Laura Kennedy: My heart is broken for want of an elusive spice bag

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I presume that the Irish Embassy in Australia, located here in its capital, Canberra, is kept busy. They’re duty-bound to help you (probably — I’m not sure so don’t read that as legal advice of any kind). If your son is visiting and is arrested outside Aldi (yes, we do have Aldi here) for brandishing a traffic cone while running down a public thoroughfare in his underpants screaming, “Up Mayo!” because he lost a bet with his friend Dodgy Brian, you’d go straight to the only consecrated Irish soil in Canberra, I’m guessing. Whether or not your son deserves help,...