'Jobless Paddy' Spends Life Savings on Billboard Plea in Dublin

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Will the luck of the Irish favor a 26-year-old unemployed marketing grad who's branded himself "Jobless Paddy" and reward him with a proverbial pot o' gold? Or with gainful employment, at least? Feilim Mac An Iomaire is generating international media buzz after shelling out €2,000 for a huge billboard on a busy Dublin thoroughfare. The ad shows him standing on a pier with a suitcase, with images of New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney looming in the distance.

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