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“It was a trivial problem that… occurs every year”
Just your average family gathering at Christmas, with a bit of an argument about the seating cleaning arrangements… Scuffles have broken out between rival groups of Greek Orthodox and Armenian clerics over a turf war in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. Bemused tourists looked on as about 100 priests fought with brooms while cleaning the [...] read our review » -
Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review » -
Talking to a brick wall: how to make politicians listen?
It took me a long time to warm to advertising agencies. The first time I worked with one I was working in sales management on Fairy Washing Up Liquid. I was due to attend a meeting at which I was to be told what consumers really thought of the brand. I remember my reluctance to [...] read our review »
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Comment on London Olympics 2012: the countdown is over for us
on 28 July 2011 at 9:45 am
The Olympics were awarded to LONDON. Not England or the UK or Britain & ireland or whatever imaginary construction you feel part of.
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Comment on POTD – This is not……
on 29 March 2011 at 9:09 am
Great pics btw
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Comment on POTD – This is not……
on 29 March 2011 at 9:08 am
Where is that ?
Just so I know not to go there for drug-taken.
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Comment on Conor Lenihan: “Back off Vincent!”
on 21 January 2011 at 10:44 am
Pfht.
What is *impressive* about this?
Lenihan is defending only his self-image and reputation.
I have yet to see hime so riled over the fate of his nation.
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Comment on A Castle Built on Sand
on 30 November 2010 at 1:28 pm
“perhaps they should resign themselves pragmatically and thankfully to living in a United Kingdom which is also facing very large public finance cuts, but whose banks are at least functioning and whose economy is beginning to emerge from recession”
the uk economy is built on sand to an even more significant degree than the RoI – the banks have even huger debts. The IMF will be at the UK’s door within 18 months, however, at that point the IMF will have nothing to offer.
Your comparison fails to take into account the cost of living and the cost of public services which are significantly lower in the north. This makes your argument slightly disingenuous and superficial and selective at best.
Plus the RoI is, even now, much more productive economy the North’s when measured in exports, adjusted to size.
(A side example, I lived in Scandinavia where I paid the highest rate of tax in the world, but as university, school, health, dental services and many other services were free, I had a much higher amount of disposable income that I do in the UK — even though I am *paid* a lot more here. )
Your article is not rigorous enough to warrant the pseudo-academic
footnotes.
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Comment on What do you love about Ireland?
on 19 November 2010 at 12:50 pm
Ireland has one of the highest proportions of people that dont drink in the western world — 24% I think.
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Comment on Economic Crisis Blogburst 4: The collision of dreams and reality
on 18 November 2010 at 10:35 am
“And remember, the Irish are damned good at cards.”
Only the bluffing part.
But when everyone knows you’re bluffing, bluffing does not work.
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Comment on Photograph of the Day – Thank you C4
on 17 August 2010 at 2:10 pm
Nice, but hard to get a feel for scale from the picture.
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Comment on The coming collapse of the Irish middle class
on 9 August 2010 at 6:12 pm
“Economists are always predicting doom and gloom and these book toting people are no different.”
Peculiar logic. (all cigarette packets have health warnings on them, yet not all smokers die of smoking related illness WFT!? )
Anyway my real point is this — the middle class is finished. The deeper structural reasons are clear though they have been hidden and will not become fully apparent for several years hence.
In the early to mid 90′s around 150 mill low-paid manufacturing workers (mainly in china and India) became available to the global ecomy. This huge over-capacity was hidden by the various credit bubbles.
This same over-supply exists across most if not all sectors.
Unfortunately the curtain has been pulled back. No, in fact, we just found out there is a curtain.
We are seeing the near collapse in the value of human labour.
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Comment on female psni officer injured.
on 13 July 2010 at 12:27 pm
“Former glamour girl and psni officer (38DD) injured”
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