For the real reason why a black man moving house to Pennsylvania Avenue is big news for Ireland, don’t go looking in Moneygall, take peek into Roddy Doyle’s back catalogue. Say it once, say it loud. I’m black and I’m proud. The look on Glen Hansard’s face when he’s told he’s a minstrel is beautiful.

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Next job – to get an Aboriginal Australian into the top job over there. Plenty of Irish blacks over there – prime example here.