Comments on: 'Absolutely mental': Apple launches first Irish store

By: Dreamdeceiver, Silicone Valley, CA

Dreamdeceiver, Silicone Valley, CA — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:13:44 +0000

Are these warranteed against spilt beer?

As for the Americans giving history lessons here about the world's troubles I would suggest you mind your own business; otherwise your business may skip town with trillions of your tax money.

What's that, you say they have already?

By: cynyc, nyc, ny

cynyc, nyc, ny — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:01:02 +0000

Oh, Ireland is also an island. What a lame excuse for an obvious mistake. If you mean the island, then say ON Ireland. IN Ireland refers to the country.

ex ped: OK. Headline rewritten to get around the problem. "On Ireland" reads funny to my ear, and the trouble with the headline "first store in Northern Ireland" is that makes it sound like there was already one in the Irish Republic, which there isn't.

By: Belfast

Belfast — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:39:31 +0000

Yeah the store opened in Northern Ireland with the usual American fan fare, to which Northern Irish people found indifferent. However after a moment everyone joined in the cheering and all the high five clapping going on with Apple staff.

For Belfast people this is the really first quality store to arrive and perhaps customer service will catch on in local stores.

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By: Alan in Belfast

Alan in Belfast — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:30:58 +0000

Well, in a spirit of conciliation, it was certainly the first Apple in Northern Ireland, and the only store on the island of Ireland too. The Apple PR folk present wouldn't be drawn on the likelihood of a Dublin store opening. Thanks for the link. Alan in Belfast

By: KenC, Edenton, NC

KenC, Edenton, NC — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:47:03 +0000

Apple Store openings are where real people can openly say, "I'm a proud Mac-user", unlike some TV commercials where pseudo-celebs, Eva Longoria and Tony P, and attention-seekers, Deepak Chopra, profess to be inanimate objects.

Oh, and it's probably good to point out that the Belfast store is in Northern Ireland, not Ireland. You have heard of the "troubles", haven't you?

ex ped: See note below. Ireland is also an island.

By: Confederated, Nashville

Confederated, Nashville — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:58:59 +0000

It's Northern Ireland, nor Ireland. Years of war nothing tell you?

ex ped: Ireland is an island that contains the Irish Republic, a sovereign state, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. This was the first Apple Store in Ireland.