61.  Shoppers flocked into Belfast city center, including busloads of Irish people who had never before thought it was safe to cross the border.

62.  She said that the commitment to peace inspired by the Omagh bombing was greater than that on the day the Irish people approved the Good Friday peace agreement.

63.  The Irish people who died in British uniforms in World War II received their first official recognition from the government on Friday.

64.  The Irish people have twice before voted on abortion.

65.  While the British press and government are in Never-Never Land, it is the Irish people who are suffering.

66.  What we have had is one law for the British occupation forces and a different law for Irish people who resist occupation.

67.  He said Irish people should be justly proud of the peace, prosperity and progress they had achieved in the last five years.

68.  His government was severely embarrassed in June last year when, against all expectation, the Irish people rejected the Nice Treaty in a referendum.

69.  As Irish people continue to enthusiastically embrace the new currency, the ECBI said the rate of conversion was a week ahead of schedule.

70.  But celebrations marking the switch to the new currency were relatively low key, as an opinion poll showed that the process held few fears for Irish people.