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Category Archives: Ireland
What’s Mined is Theirs — Ireland’s Oil and Gas
Earlier this month, Providence Resources announced that an oil field at Barryroe, off the coast of Cork, is expected to yield 280 million barrels. The company’s CEO, Tony O’Reilly Jr, the son of the media mogul, told the Today programme that this … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, London Review of Books
Tagged Ireland, LRB, Oil, Pat Rabbitte, Providence Resources
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Sceptics say oil find will not mean boom for Irish economy
IRELAND’S devastated economy received a boost yesterday with the announcement that an offshore field at Barryroe, 30 miles off the coast of County Cork, could yield up to 280 million barrels of oil. Providence Resources, an Irish and UK company … Continue reading
From Dream Home to Living Hell: Life on Ireland’s Ghost Estates
Noelle McHale bought her “dream home” in a new estate in Ireland’s midlands in 2006 for €175,000 (£142,000 today). But her dream has turned to nightmare with her semi-detached worth only a fraction of that price, and the unfinished estate … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Scotsman, Society and Culture
Tagged Gleann Riada, Longford, unfinished estates
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Book Review: Political Corruption in Ireland 1922-2010, by Elaine Byrne
As is the case with unhappy families, every corrupt state is corrupt in its own way: in Ireland, an entrenched, localized “parish pump” political system; weak regulation; devout deference to authority; and a predisposition to denigrate whistleblowers as “informers” all contributed to … Continue reading
Despite Yes Vote, Fiscal Treaty Outcome Still Uncertain
The people of Ireland have spoken. But what exactly have they said? The vote to accept the Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union – or, more snappily, the fiscal treaty – was certainly decisive: around three … Continue reading
Growing divide in an austerity-stricken Ireland
ALMOST as soon as first ballot boxes were opened yesterday morning, it was clear the fiscal treaty referendum was not going to go the way of the rerun Nice and Lisbon votes. Just a handful of constituencies voted No, even … Continue reading
Uncertainty prevails as Irish vote on fiscal treaty for eurozone
Ireland went to the polls yesterday in the only referendum being held on the new fiscal treaty in the European Union, which it hopes will alleviate the ongoing eurozone crisis. The fiscal treaty, agreed by leaders of 25 of the … Continue reading
Irish set to lose either way
Whatever voters decide on the stability treaty, the figures don’t add up, the words won’t last long and it won’t help the eurozone crisis, writes Peter Geoghegan Few people have had such a major impact on recent Irish political life … Continue reading
LRB Blog: A Moment of Clarity
On Wednesday afternoon, excerpts from a speech by the Irish finance minister Michael Noonan to the Bloomberg Ireland Economic Summit in Dublin, purportedly copied from the Irish Times website, appeared on PoliticalWorld.org. The contributor, PaddyJoe, accused the newspaper of removing … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ireland, London Review of Books, Politics
Tagged Michael Noonan, Political World
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Solving Ireland’s Youth Unemployment Crisis
A recently published survey of students should make sobering reading for Ireland’s politicians. The poll, conducted by international research firm Trendence, asked 6,000 students in Irish universities if they intend to leave the country after graduation to secure a job … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Irish Post, Society and Culture
Tagged Ireland, richard Sennett, Unemployment
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