March 16th, 2012 – Washington, DC
On Friday afternoon, two leprechauns fought over a pot of gold outside the Irish Embassy in Washington, D.C. The first leprechaun, named Anglo-Irish Bank, frowned as she lost the battle for the gold, and the other, the European Central Bank, gleefully counted his winnings. The pot of gold, however, belonged to neither, but was pilfered from the Irish citizens. Around the leprechauns, a crowd, holding signs supporting Irish debt relief efforts and jeering at the thieving leprechauns, had gathered to deliver a letter signed by faith and civil society organizations to the Embassy. The letter urged the Irish government to end an unjust repayment plan that diverts taxpayers’ money away from those who need it- the citizens of Ireland.