<p>The recent virtual American Conference for Irish Studies meeting convened scholars and diplomats to discuss challenges posed by Brexit and opportunities for cooperation between the United States, Northern Ireland, and the Republic. </p>
The Irish Ambassador to the United States was right to criticise a
New York Times columnist who used the word “leprechaun” when referring to Ireland, according to a journalist.
Daniel Mulhall said the use of the phrase “leprechaun economics” in an article about Ireland s tax policy on multinational companies was an “unacceptable slur”.
The phrase was coined by Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who wrote a piece titled ‘Yellen’s New Alliance Against Leprechauns’ last week.
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In a letter to the
New York Times, Ambassador Mulhall said “derogatory references in a leading newspaper like yours are no laughing matter”.
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