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Gay bars in Ireland feeling pinch in recession as attitudes change (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:03:31 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Several gay bars have been closing around Ireland in the past few months due to the economic recession and more liberal attitudes about homosexuality in the general population.

The West needs a reawakening - recession ravaged area needs an injection of life like 'The Quiet Man' (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:31:01 PST

Maureen O'HaraI had the warm pleasure of being introduced to Maureen O'Hara about 20 years ago in New YorkWe talked about The Quiet Man and Mayo for about three minutes and she made my day She was then in her seventies but yet still a beauty with that flaming hair and regal presenceAny time I get the chance in the years since then she represents about the only bit of name-dropping on my social agenda READ MORE

Enda Kenny tells Europe that Ireland is over the worst of the recession (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:27:20 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Prime Minister Enda Kenny has told Europe’s power brokers that Ireland may be over the worst of the recession.

Kids now have to pay for letters to Santa in recession move (IrishCentral)

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:25:33 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Children sending letters to Santa this year have to pay up. In previous years, Irish tots sending missives to the North Pole were told there was "no need for a stamp," but due to the recession, things have changed.

Irish Golden Circle still shining despite massive recession -- Still running the show despite bankrupting the country (IrishCentral)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:42 PDT

Brian Goggin, formerly of the Bank of IrelandThey were called the golden circle, the people in the inside loop who made lots of money during the boom years hereI'm not just talking about the property speculators and developers playing with their borrowed billions who were in an inner platinum circle all of their own The golden circle was far wider than thatIt included bankers, lawyers, accountants, financial advisers, brokers, management consultants, IT experts, the top layer of professionals of all kinds -- and it also included the senior levels in the civil service and state agencies, the guys and gals who actually run the country for the politicians READ MORE

Turbulence in the air as Irish Government returns from the summer recess (IrishCentral)

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:17:25 PDT

The Dail (Ireland's houses of parliament)It’s mid-September in Ireland and the annual “think-ins” of the political parties here are in full swing as Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Irish parliament) prepares to reconvene after the summer recess Recent weeks have exposed serious differences between the two parties who currently form the governing coalition, Fine Gael and Labour These primarily have to do with proposals to cut government spending and increase taxes as per the dictates of the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank One particular spending cut had been mooted would have imperiled services to disabled people in Ireland READ MORE

Ireland has 33,000 millionaires despite worst recession in decades (IrishCentral)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:35:29 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Ireland may be weathering an economic crisis but the figures issued by Bloomberg and Boston Consulting this week have painted a rosier picture for some there.

Irish suicide numbers show sharp rise as recession takes its toll (IrishCentral)

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 05:37:51 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland’s suicide rate now stands at a shocking 600 deaths per year – and experts believe the figure is rising as the country experiences the pain of recession.

Jay Z and Kanye West offer discount tickets to recession hit Dublin fans (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:45:54 PDT

By: KELLY DONOHOE

Music icons, Jay Z and Kanye West, who are performing their ‘Watch the Throne’ show this weekend in Ireland, have offered to cut ticket prices for their Saturday show, according to Journal.ie

Former Intel chief executive volunteers to help drag Ireland out of recession (IrishCentral)

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:48:28 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

American business leader Craig Barrett has volunteered to help Ireland out of the economic recession currently strangling the board.

Recession or not - OECD still ranks Ireland as the fifteenth happiest nation on earth (IrishCentral)

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:17:04 PDT

By: KELLY DONOHOE

According to a landmark International survey, Ireland is the fifteenth happiest place to live in the world.

Recession? What recession? - Galway City streets abuzz with revelers (IrishCentral)

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:57:38 PDT

By: Una Sheridan

Recession? What recession?

Suicide rate rising rapidly in Ireland as recession grips (IrishCentral)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:51:16 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Three people a day are now committing suicide in Ireland with police and support groups monitoring known blackspots.

Botox boom saves Irish town amid the massive downturn and recession (IrishCentral)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:07:30 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The production of Botox on the outskirts of Westport in Co Mayo is helping to create an Irish boom town despite Ireland's economic recession.

Death of the Irish pub - recession is driving publicans out of business (IrishCentral)

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:18:57 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

The Irish government is to outlaw below cost alcohol sales amid renewed calls to save the traditional Irish pub from extinction.

Irish government warned recession will deepen on back of property woes (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:16:59 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Expert Peter Bacon has warned that Ireland’s economic woes will worsen if the government fails to stabilize the property market.

Surge in welfare cheats as Irish struggle to cope with ongoing recession (IrishCentral)

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:45:16 PST

Joan BurtonIreland's social welfare system, colloquially known as 'the dole', is buckling under the strain of a never-ending economic depression, latest numbers showStartling figures appearing on RTÉie show that the number of reported welfare frauds has sky-rocketed from barely 600 in 2006 to over 16,000 this yearThat's an over 20-fold increase, and although not all of those reported can be assumed to have been 'cheating' the system, it's a safe bet that at least some of those reported were not unfounded READ MORE

Irish among the wealthiest in Europe despite recession (IrishCentral)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:06:15 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

Despite high unemployment and mass emigration, Irish citizens remain among the wealthiest in Europe, according to the latest figures from the European statistics office Eurostat.

On finding job satisfaction during a recession (IrishCentral)

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:50:05 PST

It was not without more than a hint of irony that I purchased Barbara Ehrenreich's book, “Nickel & Dimed” on my first day of catering work in 6 years The book is a classic piece of first-person journalism: the author gives up the life she knows to work various minimum wage jobs around the United States and document her experiences I was buying the book so I could talk about it to the journalism students I teach one day a week; when I finished paying for it, I looked down and noticed that I held the book in one hand and my heavy, steel-toe non-slip work boots in a plastic bag in the other hand I couldn’t help thinking, if I saw this scene in a book, I’d say it was positively contrived for dramatic effect READ MORE

What recession? Sen. Chris Dodd can do the impossible! (IrishCentral)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:15:08 PST

Posted by wolfhound at 6/13/2009 11:11 PM EDTWhile everybody has been belly-aching about foreclosures and plummeting property values, the wise Connecticut senator, Chris Dodd, has literally performed a miracleWolfie will have to check with IrishCentral's own Father Tim, but I am pretty sure we will soon be seeing a new "St Christopher" statue on our dashboards (As you may know, the old St READ MORE