Speaking during the St Patrick day, the Irish ambassador to Kenya called for more trade collaboration with Ireland.
In recent years Irish expertise has helped potato farmers in Ethiopia and Eritrea, increase yields by about 300%.
They have expertise in; Off-shore maritime industry, Construction, enabling IT technologies, Textiles etc.
[I]Even in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is fake culture. Though the idea of celebrating our country is a great one, distilling our myriad contributions to the world to a pint of Guinness and parades of people in stupid costumes not only undermines the concept of paying tribute but also points to a basic misunderstanding of what’s good—for starters, parades are shit.
I say this as an Irish person, sitting here in Ireland: My own country doesn’t know how to pay tribute to itself. With a tremendous tradition in resisting oppression, and a disproportionate contribution to great art, the best we can come up with is the same Guinness-and-parade bullshit you have. It’s a shame, America, that of all you could’ve inherited from us, you choose our excessive drinking and this kitsch celebration of nothing.[/I]
