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Be forewarned, Ireland is seductive. Traditions are strong and stress is a foreign word. I fell in love with the friendliest land this side of Sicily.

Cars torched, firefighters attacked, police bombarded and neighbors terrified: It was another fine St. Patrick's Day in Ireland, where inebriated mobs annually turn districts of Dublin and Belfast into a nightmare.

A police officer was shot dead in Northern Ireland late on Monday, the third killing in as many days, raising fears of a return of sectarian violence in the British province.

The financial crisis and a series of scandals has Irish workers fuming -- and likely to take it out on the government.

As Ireland's overheated property market crumbles, even Guinness is feeling the pain and putting plans to build a superbrewery on hold.