It all feels a bit pointless, at times, talking about the Irish situation. Earlier this afternoon I spoke to a friend of mine who is finally giving up and leaving the country – he says for good, but who knows what the future holds – due to what he described as the “absolute impossibility” of [...]
This may be the most severe recession in generations, but in Texas, it’s been felt as little more than an economic tremor – a slowing of the State’s dramatic economic growth. As such, I thought it might be of interest for us to listen to the Governor who as overseen that success story. As he [...]
I’m not going to name anybody here, but this post is about a real person, who I know.
This person went back to college aged 24, having worked to help their partner through their own education. In a bad economic period, it seemed like the right thing to do – upskilling, and all that. This person [...]
I couldn’t write this morning. I had a tonne of copy-writing sitting in front of me, and I was just drawing a blank. To be honest, things haven’t really improved, and so this post is as much an attempt to get the juices flowing again as it is an expression of my desire to write about anything [...]