Tell your Irish friend there that the sooner he gets cracking the better.
My Irish friends kept playing the "Departed" all the time to send me a message.
Once I was driven by a young Irish friend to call upon the wife of a rich farmer in the country.
Your Irish friend isn't here to stop me now.
Your Irish friends have gotten a lot of attention.
I've been told by an Irish friend to bring excellent rain gear.
He is, as my Irish friends would say 'a broth of a boy'.
I think that is how we can benefit from the signal given by our Irish friends.
My Irish friend accompanied me so far on the way.
My more cynical Irish friends were quite distressed by it.