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Posts Tagged ‘Celtic Tiger’

Leaving on a jet plane

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

The radio this morning announced that stations were being inundated with requests for the John Denver song ever since the miraculous plane crash in the Hudson River, where the pilot managed to safely land and safely secure the lives of everyone on board.
Fortunately for those that were saved they won’t have been distracted by the [...]

Ireland can make scapegoats like no other nation

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Since we’re used to reccession - every generation previous to the current one didn’t even know there could be a lesser form of depression called recession - it’s always been easy for Irish people to find scapegoats. When you wallow in self pity for many lifetimes there are plenty of reasons and people to find [...]