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The bottle banks around Ireland after Christmas are quite a sight

Chaos.

IT’S THE FIRST week in January and it’s back to reality for the nation.

But one area we often forget about is the bottle banks of Ireland.

Look at them there, the poor things

This is their busiest time, and people can’t get near them such is the demand

The time of excess is over, and now this is what we’re left with

Best leave it until next week, in fairness

At least the country is ridding themselves of the bottle baggage

This should be a positive experience - everything is going to be allllright.

Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Sep 27th 2011, 10:57 AM

    No diplomatic immunity ! No one is above the law in these cases ! It then becomes a rule for the rich to walk free and the ordinary can go to jail ….NO WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THAT !!

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    Sep 27th 2011, 10:21 AM

    If he had diplomatic immunity at the time why wasn’t he hiding behind it at the start of the criminal case or am I missing something?

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    Sep 27th 2011, 10:39 AM

    He is still a national hero in France and rightly so. He is a man’s man!

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    Sep 27th 2011, 11:34 AM

    If he had diplomatic immunity there is no way he could have been arrested. They would have gotten the country that grants the immunity (presuming the French) to recind the immunity.

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    Sep 27th 2011, 12:42 PM

    Apparently He wasn’t on official IMF business at the time of the New York incident and therefore had no immunity

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    Sep 27th 2011, 3:07 PM

    May be wrong but once diplomatic immunity is granted it doesn’t matter if there on official business or not. I know when it comes to actually diplomats(embassy staff) they are covered even when outside work.

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    Sep 27th 2011, 2:08 PM

    I hope the judge see`s sense and throw`s this baseless case out of court, she is a grubby money hungry b****, i wouldn`t believe her if she told me todays date. DSK is not prince charming but he is not guilty of this. I would love him to become French President.

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