UPDATE:Irish finance minister - statement about Bitcoin
'We want no Brits here. Britcoins are not welcome now and never shall be. They are an offence to all our brothers who fought valiantly in for Republican freedom in Easter 1916.
Oh, BITcoins..... Sorry, my bad. Wait, same answer. An offence to Irish Republicanism.'
source:
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/bitcoin-im-only-titting-about-1.1361048