..the stories which caught my eye:
Beer consumption ‘going down slowly:’
http://www.economist.com/node/21540293
“Roll it there Róisín:”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2011/12/art-basel-miami-beach
Cats stiffed as engines purr:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1225/breaking9.html?via=mr
The new Chief Minister of Gibraltar was 14 years old when DPP Bara McGrory’s father Paddy represented the families of the three IRA members killed on the Rock. The inquest took place in 1988:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/12/18/fabian-picardo-is-the-rock-s-new-boss.html
