http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/The+lines+at+social+welfare+offices+throughout+Dublin+continue+to+grow%0AHere+we+are+back+again+after+our+summer+break IrishCentral The lines at social welfare offices throughout Dublin continue to grow Here we are back again after our summer break en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/are-the-irish-work-shy-128320183.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/are-the-irish-work-shy-128320183.html Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:55:12 PDT
The lines at social welfare offices throughout Dublin continue to grow Here we are back again after our summer break, a few weeks in which the world economy has teetered on the brink and poor little Ireland's vulnerability has been cruelly exposed  To make us feel even more depressed it's been raining -- we've had the wettest summer in years; in Kerry it was the wettest summer since records began in 1886! Plus it's been colder than normal over the past month  Where's all that global warming when you need it?There was some good news at the start of summer The International Monetary Fund gave us a positive quarterly report and said we were on target in the four year plan to balance the budget READ MORE ]]>