Category Archives: Eire

The difference

I forget what motivated me to go and look it up, but a few days ago looked into a comparison of the British and Irish economy between shortly after arriving in 2014 and finally leaving in 2021. Below is the … Continue reading

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Irish general election

This one crept up on me. Ireland did not need to hold a general election until the spring but the government opted to hold one last Friday. It was Gerry Hutch standing in Dublin Central making it into the British … Continue reading

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Coming home to roost

A major Dublin shopping centre has gone into receivership. The only surprise is how long it took and it is yet another sign of how Ireland’s stupidly harsh Covid-19 lockdown simply destroyed lives and livlihoods. For context I finally fled … Continue reading

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