DoChara's Ireland Blog
Random Writings about Ireland and the Irish
Blog Archive for June 2007
The Smell of the Crowd
Saturday, June 30 2007
It's over three years now since Ireland's pubs changed forever with the introduction of the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces. Next week in England and in parts of Australia a similar ban is being introduced, greeted, as was the Irish... [More]
Holidaymakers Come, but Mostly They Go
Tuesday, June 19 2007
For the first time people leaving Ireland for a holiday abroad exceeded the number arriving here on vacation, according to figures released to-day by the Central Statistics Office (PDF). Apparently 1.47 million people visited Ireland, up 6% on the same... [More]
Chris Dodd's Galway Cottage
Monday, June 18 2007
However he fares in the presidential race, Democratic US presidential hopeful, Christopher Dodd, certainly has an eye for property. In his financial disclosures lists among his property a cottage in Co Galway, to which he assigns a value of... [More]
Ireland's Cost of Living & some Property Bargains!
Sunday, June 17 2007
Mercer have just produced their annual Cost of Living survey, which compares how much it costs to live in various capital cites around the world. Dublin came 16th, still well behind London in 2nd place, a little behind Paris in 13th and just... [More]
