Tag Archives: Covid-19

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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The coming crash

An Irish Times op-ed talks about a collapse of Ireland’s property market. A serious case of last to know. Back in mid-2021 there had already been reports of huge property write-downs, but this was patently obvious from walks I took … Continue reading

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2022 Census

As part of the 2022 Irish census, which was postponed from last year, is a “time capsule” section which is a free-form section for general release in 2122. Some people have been posting what they wrote, and so far they … Continue reading

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