DUBLIN

THE SMALL SCOTTISH village of Brigadoon protected itself from the outside world by only appearing once every century.

The Irish Government has been told to use a similar strategy in riding out the Donald Trump storm.

“Hunker down and hide for four years, hope Trump will have wrecked Vance’s chances for the White House, and then re-emerge as America’s friend when the time is right,” says Van Kelly, a political lobbyist who insists that a small country like Ireland can try and avoid the worst by essentially hibernating. “Go Hibernia!” he added.