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SNAPSHOTS FROM IRISH HISTORY

Posted in Death of a Tiger on Jun 7th, 2012 No Comments »

MOODYS RATING AGENCY REVEALS ITS SOURCE ON IRELAND

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Death of a Tiger on Jul 14th, 2011 No Comments »

GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL, ROSSLARE HARBOUR, JULY 2011

Posted in Death of a Tiger, Ireland on Jul 14th, 2011 6 Comments »

Went out for a drive yesterday morning with Donal and his son Padraig. We went as far as Rosslare Harbour and drove up to the old Great Southern Hotel.
It’s fully deserted, broken windows and what have you.
This is the outside, from a wider angle:

This is what the foyer looks like:

And here’s a bath in the […]

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SPENCER DOCK DUBLIN

Posted in Death of a Tiger on Apr 22nd, 2011 8 Comments »

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The Minister for Swallowing Billions and Spouting Crap

Posted in Death of a Tiger, Comedy on Oct 26th, 2010 6 Comments »

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The Ship of State

Posted in Death of a Tiger on Oct 7th, 2010 No Comments »

I’m sure the Wolfe Tones are proud of their ongoing influence on ‘our’ attempts at international diplomacy. But who’s in the canoe? Not much room below deck in one of those. At least there is a certain grandeur to imagining yourself on the Titanic.

Bobby: Hey, what happens if we flip this thing over?
Lewis: Now […]

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Lennie’s film worked for a long time . . .

Posted in Irish Capitalism, Death of a Tiger, Film on Oct 3rd, 2010 No Comments »

Used to be most everybody had a part in the film and you can still find remote areas where a whole village is on set. Nice to see but it won’t do you much good. Well he was dipping into the till. Just looks at me and says ‘account sheets are empty many […]

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