Ireland Revives Its Boom-And-Bust Property Cycle
There must be something in the Irish psyche, some cultural legacy of foreign colonial rule, of war and oppression, whichContinue Reading
Tag: The Celtic Tiger
Another Irish Property Bubble In The Making, Another Irish Property Crash In The Waiting
There seems to be little doubt that Ireland is in the early stages of yet another property-related bubble, reminiscent ofContinue Reading
Fine Gael Minister Paschal Donohoe Blames Left-Wing Parties For Right-Wing Failures
Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Finance in the Fine Gael-led minority government, took himself off to the MacGill Summer SchoolContinue Reading
Surprise Convictions In Brazil, Business As Usual In Ireland
No offence to the good people of Brazil but when you find yourself casting envious eyes at the treatment of highContinue Reading
Mick Wallace: NAMA Is Rotten To The Core
Whatever one’s feeling about the past business affairs of Mick Wallace, there is no doubt that the Independents 4 ChangeContinue Reading
Ireland’s Homeless Crisis, When Party Ideology Trumps Government Duty
A full seven days late, the latest figures from the government show that 7,148 people were in emergency accommodation at theContinue Reading
The Phantom Corporations Of Ireland’s Banshee Economy
Adam Davidson, a business journalist with the New Yorker magazine, has an all too accurate examination of Ireland’s phantom economy inContinue Reading
RTÉ’s Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
During the height of the post-Celtic Tiger economic collapse I remember driving from Malahide to Howth, two middle-ranking suburbs in north countyContinue Reading
The Banking Inquiry Whitewash, Covering Up For The Party Tigers
With the death of Ireland’s so-called “Celtic Tiger” economy in 2008-2010 the country entered a period of severe recession, made worse byContinue Reading
Irish Journalism On Trial
If you are anything like me you probably enjoyed watching the great and the good of the Irish press corps squirmingContinue Reading
The Big Bang Theory
Like lambs to the slaughter Seán and Síle Citizen trots forward eager to taste the sweet green grass of domestic recovery,Continue Reading
Socio-Economic Cleansing – The Irish Way Of Doing Things
So the Fine Oibre government is considering demolishing forty of the ”worse” ghost estates in the country. From the Journal:Continue Reading
From The People Who Brought You The IMF And The ECB – President Gallagher
Well, we’re in the final stretch of the race for Áras in Uachtaráin and it is claimed that the great Irish public, or at leastContinue Reading
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