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Sat 09 Sep 2007Market Lane, CorkEating out:Like many Irish people, I felt a pang of sympathy when I heard Gay Mitchell whingeing about the German ambassador recently. I was convinced that his excellency would be on the receiving end of a barrage of denial and invective, just as I was, in a much smaller way, when I pointed out that a certain Irish city had a disgraceful paucity of decent places to eat.But I need not have worried. Everyone seems to agree with the ambassador, and it was amusing to hear Joe Duffy, the nation's confessor, becoming increasingly desperate to find a dissenting voice.