Steeling myself for St. Patrick's Day
I spent tonight at the American Ireland Fund dinner, where Dan Rooney was the guest of honour. Chief of the Pittsburgh Steelers American Football Superbowl champs, he is the odds on favourite to become Barack Obama's ambassador to Dublin.
The Irish Americans we spoke to all declared that the recent dissident violence would only spur them on to back the peace process even more. Amongst those expressing that view was the former envoy Paula Dobriansky. Martin McGuinness sounded hopeful that her successor would be announced this week, but others say there are still about three runners and riders.
I'm 
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