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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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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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Paintstripper

When at University the common joke term for cheap spirits was asking for “the house paint-stripper”. In China this all too often is that bit too literal. Since I am out here I decided to try some of the local … Continue reading

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