“The hole in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam, that Looks Like Ireland.(Ferdia MagLochlainn)

“The Deliberately Arranged Collection of Tiger Beer Cans That Looks Like Ireland (‘Homesick’ Charlie Ryan, Melbourne).

“The oil stain That Looks Like Ireland.” (Patrick Doyle)

“The puddle at Beartra Beach in Westport, Co. Mayo, that looks exactly like Ireland. Not slightly. Exactly.” Emmet Keane)

“The Battered Fish That Looks Like Ireland.” (Stephen Peirce)

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They’re back. Literally rolling out of bed in the Merrion Hotel and crossing the road to the Department of Finance.

1. Senior Economist at the European Department of the IMF, Johan Mathisen (left).

2. Assistant Director at the (IMF) and Ireland mission chief, Craig Beaumont (front left).

3. European Commission representative Nigel Nagarajan (left).

4. Director of Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission, Istvan Szekely.

5. Economist at the European Commission, Sven Langedijk (front left).

Troika Begin Two-strand Mission To Dublin (RTE)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

The work of the anonymous benefactor who spent much of 2011 ‘art-bombing’ various cultural organisations in Edinburgh with intricate paper sculptures dedicated to the good work carried on therein.

Above: the first of many: an exquisite paper tree left at the Scottish Poetry Library last March; a gramophone and casket at the National Library Of Scotland in late June followed by a dragon egg at the Scottish Storytelling Centre and a diorama dedicated to Edinburgh’s Filmhouse cinema.

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