Irish reaction to the cartoons

I forgot to mention this. You might remember that I was skeptical that the Irish public "abhorred" the publication of the Danish cartoons, although President McAleese said we did. Well, she was right.

According to the Sunday Independent's poll 65% of people polled answered "Yes" to this question.

President McAleese told the Saudis that Irish people 'abhorred' the cartoons. Does that represent your opinion?

And, no matter how hard the Sunday Independent tries to say otherwise, the Irish people abhorred the cartoons and felt the President was right to say so in Saudi Arabia.