Celebrating all things Irish goes global on St Patrick's Day

From The Angelus to our relationship with the cupla focail, we are a unique nation, writes Damian Corless.

As St Patrick’s Day trundles around again, our politicians will dutifully fly off to the warm corners of the globe armed with their portfolios of Ireland’s Unique Selling Points in the hope of drumming up inward investment, tourism, or at least a photo opportunity.

There are indeed many unique points to Ireland, though not all of them have much sales potential abroad.