Deletion of Mary Byrne (centenarian)

Comment: Recognised by the President's office (how much more official can you get on these matters?) and has long-standing significant coverage in multiple reliable sources, dating from before her death as well, thereby satisfying |SIGCOV/|GNG, and, this being an encyclopedia, so of course it would stock "oldest people". --Special:Contributions/86.40.107.199|86.40.107.199
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SIGCOV||WP:GNG)

Comment: a .  Being the oldest person in the world is probably notable, but being oldest in a single country, not really.  Being noted by the president isn't a big deal either, in the US the president will http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/greetings.htm send a greeting to anyone over 80 (70 for veterans), plus various other random events such as bar mitzvahs.  Front page news it ain't
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEVENT)

Comment: Does  not apply here?  The subject seems to only be notable for one event - dying at 108 years old.  The coverage seems to only cover this one even.  I don't see how that establishes notability per .  I could be convinced that this case is fundamentally different but it seems to me that picking an arbitrary number (at what age does one become notable?) isn't something that Wikipedia has ever done but if we're covering what humans consider notable, represented by significant and independent coverage from reliable sources, there has been some coverage.  Still, that coverage verges on non-significant as it only covers her age.  As an example, I've seen longer obituaries but that doesn't make a person notable, even though it can be covered in several reliable and independent sources.  What's the difference?  Again, it seems to be an arbitrary number.  At least the references used in the article aren't in the obituary section.  That at least leaves the door open for an argument
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT||WP:GNG)

Comment: per nom and others plus  and . BTW the President of Ireland recognises all Irish centenarians, So what is notable about that
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:ONEVENT)

Comment: to Oldest people, per CorporateM and 
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO1E)

Comment: per 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)