There was a very interesting and timely article by Garrett Fitzgerald in the Irish Times yesterday about how the Irish state only managed to achieve unequivocal sovereignty after joining the EEC in 1973. Before joining the European project the Republic of Ireland had been almost entirely dependent on the British export market. The EEC allowed the Republic to finally engage with the rest of the ...

... about remembering those that gave their lives in World War I. It is not the first time that I have had this lecture because I was regularly scolded when I lived in the UK for... Remembering  Faoiseamh Remembrance  Nelly's Garden See 0 more posts on this topic: World War Keywords: world?war, war, world, war?ii, west?starts, stalins?reputation, simple?orgies, reputation?today, orgies?condemnation, ...

Now, I've already said I'm favorably disposed to laying a lot of blame for the financial crisis at the feet of the Federal Reserve. In America. Here the Central Bank is getting some criticism and, well, I might be willing to cut them more slack. One of the problems that the Central Bank has is that it has no control over the currency or interest rates. We should have had much higher... Another ...

I am near the end of my fourth day home alone with my two older girls. As I haven't been able to go to the gym due to my caring duties I purchased a skipping rope and did a skipping session on Sunday morning in my back garden. Ever since my leg muscles have ached in that way that muscles do when they have rarely been exercised before. That's a bit like how my brain feels too. I am zombified every ...