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| You're fired! Ireland's eternal flame for JFK goes out after four days | You're fired! Ireland's eternal flame for JFK goes out after four days |
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| How long is eternity? In Ireland, less than a week. | How long is eternity? In Ireland, less than a week. |
| An Irish eternal flame honouring John F Kennedy petered out four days after the assassinated US president's closest relatives and Ireland's prime minister lit it near the Kennedys' ancestral home. | An Irish eternal flame honouring John F Kennedy petered out four days after the assassinated US president's closest relatives and Ireland's prime minister lit it near the Kennedys' ancestral home. |
| The flame had been taken from the original JFK Eternal Flame on his burial plot in Arlington cemetery – the first time this has been permitted by the Kennedy family. | The flame had been taken from the original JFK Eternal Flame on his burial plot in Arlington cemetery – the first time this has been permitted by the Kennedy family. |
| An Irish honour guard ferried the flame in an Olympics-style lantern across the Atlantic by aircraft, then by Irish naval vessel to the riverside town of New Ross for last Saturday's ceremony. | An Irish honour guard ferried the flame in an Olympics-style lantern across the Atlantic by aircraft, then by Irish naval vessel to the riverside town of New Ross for last Saturday's ceremony. |
| The gas-fed flame was supposed to burn indefinitely inside a specially constructed globe sculpture. New Ross council said it went out Wednesday night, but was relit within minutes. | The gas-fed flame was supposed to burn indefinitely inside a specially constructed globe sculpture. New Ross council said it went out Wednesday night, but was relit within minutes. |
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