The Great Nevada-Ireland Friendship Scheme

A Grand Exchange of Leprechauns

Ever the land of bold enterprise and creative economics, Nevada has set its sights on a new and exotic trading partner: Ireland. Yes, that misty emerald isle where poetry flows like whiskey and the cows outnumber the citizens.

Speaker Steve Yeager and Assemblymember PK O’Neill, struck by a fit of international enthusiasm, are championing a bill to create a Trade Commission between Nevada and Ireland, a venture no doubt inspired by a late-night reverie over a pint of Guinness and a map of the Atlantic.

The grand aim of the Commission is to cement relations between the Silver State and the Shamrock Shore.

According to Yeager, AB160 is an “incredible opportunity” to “expand trade, create new business partnerships, and create jobs for Nevadans.” One might pause here to ask what exactly Nevada and Ireland have to trade, but such questions only dampen the spirit of progress.

For his part, O’Neill is as equally enthused, calling the legislation a “smart investment” for Nevada’s future. It suggests that Nevada’s economy—built upon gambling, mining, and the occasional alien conspiracy—was in desperate need of Irish intervention.

Perhaps the Commission will ensure a steady flow of stout and storytelling to Las Vegas while guaranteeing a robust supply of slot machines for the pubs of Dublin. It is a bold stroke of statesmanship, a bridge of commerce spanning the Atlantic.

And if nothing else, it will ensure that Nevada and Ireland remain forever linked, if only in the bewildered musings of those trying to figure out what they have to offer one another.