Final Thoughts on Ireland...

• Aer Lingus has cheesy buy on board service; even for alchoholic beverages on international flights.
• They actually encourage children to "take the pledge" - of abstaining from drinking until age 18.
  
• Sky News is featuring a recreation of the Michael Jackson trial using actors, and the script, which kind of wraps it up for "no televising trials."
• It is very widely known and reported that the United States condones the torture of prisoners, as does the UK. Names like Maher Harar are well known here.
  
• Always allow AT LEAST 2.5 hours on international connections at Heathrow. They make you go through security twice.