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Do not lose hope, urges Dalai Lama... Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has urged Irish people not to be discouraged or lose hope as they struggle to cope with the financial crisis. In his first visit to Ireland in 20 years the exiled Nobel peace laureate spoke to a sold-out conference of 2,000 people on the first leg of a two-day trip. With the country reeling from its worst recession and facing the costliest banking crisis in history, the 76-year-old said money would not make people happy. "The ultimate source of happiness, peace of mind, cannot be produced by money," he said. "Billionaires, they are, I notice, very unhappy people. Very powerful, but deep inside, too much anxiety, too much stress. "So where I go, I always say ... the ultimate source of happiness and successful life is within ourselves." The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, addressed the Possibilities civic summit organised through the Children in Crossfire charity, est...