Ireland Pres. McAleese: Globalized Irish More Valuable Than Gold

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/12/11/Mary_McAleese_Global_Challenges_and_Opportunities

President Mary McAleese of Ireland names cultural and economic benefits of globalization and immigration. She believes that cultural interactions, from music to poetry, provide greater gifts to society than "cases full of gold."

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Irish President Mary McAleese delivers a speech as part of a special ceremony awarding her an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the University of San Francisco.

In the speech, she tackles global issues ranging from poverty to war, explaining how they can only be solved with an increased sense of global community. - USF

On 11th November, 1997, Mary McAleese was inaugurated as the eighth President of Ireland. Mary McAleese was re-elected on Friday 1st October 2004 being the only validly-nominated candidate. She is a barrister and former Professor of Law. Born on June 27th 1951 in Belfast, she is the first President to come from Northern Ireland. She is married, since 1976, to Dr. Martin McAleese, an accountant and dentist. They have three children, Emma, born 1982 and twins Justin and SaraMai, born 1985. The eldest of nine children, President McAleese grew up in Northern Ireland through the violent times that have come to be known as 'The Troubles'. Her family was one of many adversely affected by the conflict. She graduated in Law from the Queen's University of Belfast in 1973 and was called to the Northern Ireland Bar in 1974. In 1975, she was appointed Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin and in 1987, she returned to her Alma Mater, Queen's, to become Director of the Institute of Professional Legal Studies. In 1994, she became the first female Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Queen's University of Belfast. President McAleese is an experienced broadcaster, having worked as a current affairs journalist and presenter in radio and television with Radio Telefís Éireann. She has a longstanding interest in many issues concerned with justice, equality, social inclusion, anti-sectarianism and reconciliation. The theme of her Presidency is 'Building Bridges.'

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[IrishNationaIist]

How dare she say that, as if a people do not have the right, to be themselves. Would she say that about Africans or Native Americans, how bloody dare she. She is a hatemonger, she is saying it is hateful to want to exist as a people. So the Native Americans are aggressive and hateful as a people because they do not want to disappear off the face of the earth, they want to be their own people. they want to exist, how bloody dare she.

Shite platitude PC talking hatemonger.

[Kythos]

You should read about Sociology and Anthropology to know more.

[ravetunes]

YOU FUCKIN TRAITORS CUNT OF A WHORE!!!

[HiawathaMohawk]

"And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the "bounds" of their habitation" Luke 26

"Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

And they covet fields, and take "them" by violence; and houses, and take "them" away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage." Micah 2

[sidecrank]

Zionist collaborator.

[IslamsVisionofWorld]

@capturedpilot i know,just walk down talbot street in dublin,or indeed any main city in ireland now,you will feel like your in zimbabwe,where are the ira these days?thats what i wanna know too!the people in power now will have another 5 years of wrecking this country..

[capturedpilot]

A tin whistle grows 'exponentially?' Apart from anything else this woman is daft. Totally bloody daft.

[capturedpilot]

@IslamsVisionofWorld She is a tedious Dhimmi, like most European politicians.

'Inward migrants' - code for inward migrants who will totally replace Irish people within 20 years.

Jesus, though - where are the IRA? They were like devils to the British; but they accept the Somalis? I guess the logic of that is truly Irish.

[capturedpilot]

"The diversity of God's creation." Interesting: even God has been press-ganged into diversity. Even God is not safe from Cultural Marxism.

Meanwhile, I would say that this old bitch is a traitor to Ireland. She's kind of stupid too, even though she uses the word 'exponentially' a lot.

What else can I say? Well, a warning to Americans: if you visit Ireland, these days, you will think you are in Somalia. Dublin's fair city is now black.

[IslamsVisionofWorld]

DIE..VERSITY wont affect her in her plush mansion

[IslamsVisionofWorld]

funny she talks about heritage and identity she is trading us out to a third world welfare state

[ahamatmabrahman]

My father used to sat that the city was nothing but lots of villages packed tightly together , in big cities we theres always the a China town , an area thats mostly Italian or Irish or whatever, even in places where people are mixed they still preserve their culture Birds of a feather flock together