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March 17, 2017
March 25, 2017

McGuinness

The burial of Martin McGuinness this week brought to a premature end his working towards political stability in Northern Ireland. The rare illness which removed him so swiftly was unforeseen. The reconfiguring of his Party continues. McGuinness died at the age of 66 having spent the last 50 plus years bound up with what is […]

March 17, 2017

Patrick’s Wife

She has stayed in the background for a long time but this year Saint Patrick’s wife, Sheelah (or Sile) has decided to turn up! Like a dutiful wife she has deferred to the Saint and not intruded on his Day but accepted the 18th March as her day! Not that you would notice as the […]

March 11, 2017

CRH

Amidst the many tales of woe regarding Ireland’s treatment of children that were reported this week was an account of one who has done rather nicely. This was the Chief Executive of Cement Roadstone Holdings, Albert Manifold, whose pay, it was disclosed, reached €10 million last year. Just what do you have to do to […]

March 4, 2017

Snapchat

This week ‘Snapchat’ was launched on the New York Stock Exchange raising $3.4 billion for the two inventors. It is an enormous sum of money. The timing was fortuitous. The Market is optimistic. Its three years since ‘Twitter’ was floated. The time was right. The attraction of Snapchat lies in the deletion of the communication […]

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