The real truth about what is happening here is that we've a massive national debt to the IMF now, as a result people are finding less and less money to get drunk with (I gave up the demon drink 3 months ago, not through lack of money but by Godly intervention - I've remained quite resillient to the current economic downtown here). As a result people are begining to sober up, for many it's the first time in several years.
With this sobriety the lord has opened thier eyes to the true evil of the papist dogs who used to rule Ireland with a whiskey bottle in one hand and a club in the other. Parents are starting to finally realise that Seminaries, convents, catholic schools and other papist institutions were nothing but rape factories, where nuns, priests and bishops raped little boys and girls. The Irish PM has finally sobered up too and lashed a scathing attack on the vatican in Parliament. Truly the lord works in mysterious ways.
The pope himself is in a massive panic and has recalled his envoy
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0725/cloyne.html
At last we are finally going to be free from rome. Keep praying friends that Ireland will stay sober and reject the romanist dogs forever.