Opinion: Some Striking Public Servants Need To Get Real While Others Deserve A Big Pay Raise
The combination of a very weak and likely short-term Government and an improving economy has led to that most volatile of political situations: Strikes in the Public Service. It is startling the degree to which some sections of the Civil … Continue reading Opinion: Some Striking Public Servants Need To Get Real While Others Deserve A Big Pay Raise
Skellig Island Among World’s Best Places To Visit
In another boost for the Irish Tourist industry Skellig Island and the Skellig Ring have been named among the top ten places in the world to visit by the well-regarded travel website ‘Lonely Planet’. The remote County Kerry location can … Continue reading Skellig Island Among World’s Best Places To Visit
Homelessness at Crisis Point as Property Market Surges
Reports from property portals Daft and MyHome suggest that the Irish property market is set to increase by an average of 5% in 2016. There was a big disparity in the locations of the price rises with the Daft report … Continue reading Homelessness at Crisis Point as Property Market Surges
Ireland Refuses 13 Billion Euro from Apple in Bizarre EU Standoff
In a bizarre sequence of events that has made international news the Irish Government is actively refusing 13BN Euro in back-taxes from the Apple Inc. The maker of the iPad and iPhone has been accused by the European Commission (EC) … Continue reading Ireland Refuses 13 Billion Euro from Apple in Bizarre EU Standoff
Success, Fury and Scandal for the Irish at Rio Olympics
The fallout from the participation of the Irish Olympic squad at the Rio Olympics continues with the news that the Olympic Council of Ireland President Pat Hickey will likely face the evidence that has been assembled by Brazilian police soon. … Continue reading Success, Fury and Scandal for the Irish at Rio Olympics
The State of the Irish Nation 2016
STATE OF THE IRISH NATION 2016 1916 Anniversary When the rebels had been defeated in the GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street and the damage to the already shambles of a city was surveyed the soon-to-be martyrs were pilloried as traitors … Continue reading The State of the Irish Nation 2016
US Tourists to Benefit From Fall in Value of the Euro
The continuing fall in value of the Euro currency has proven to be a timely boost for the Irish tourist sector in particular and the Irish … Continue reading US Tourists to Benefit From Fall in Value of the Euro