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GM potato trial 'threatens Ireland's image' 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19000190

Shades of 1845 ;)

And you can always rely on the Irish for a quote on pregnancy :lol:

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The GM will always be applied to the most common (read profitable) species. If they rotated species or developed new species through selective breeding they could possibly achieve more.

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I've spent too much time reading about cars.
I thought this was to do with General Motors.

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How does this change their image? It has nothing to do with being a near bankrupt nation ;)

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l3v1ck wrote:
How does this change their image? It has nothing to do with being a near bankrupt nation ;)


It might actually help with the potato stereotype at least :lol:

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l3v1ck wrote:
How does this change their image? It has nothing to do with being a near bankrupt nation ;)


they have just found a massive amount of off shore oil in the irish sea near cork, something as large (if not larger) then the north sea
i don't think they will too skint for long ...

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I drilled off Ireland a few years ago for Total. But it was off Donegal. Another rig was drilling off Cork at the time.

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