“Entrepreneurship Takes Off in Ireland” is the title of an upbeat New York Times‘ article on the go-get-’em business moxie that is supposedly rampant in the “new” Ireland.The piece kicks off with a bold–some begrudging inhabitants of the “old” Ireland might prefer the word “ridiculous”–assertion:”Ireland is now alive with enthusiasm for entrepreneurs, who seemingly rank just below rock stars in popularity.”That’s why Denis O’Brien “left” the country, you know. It wasn’t to avoid paying a huge wodge of tax or to flee the hellhounds of the tribunal. It was to escape those damn paparazzi and teenagers who used to hang about all day outside his mansion.