Oliver St John Gogarty once asked ‘What would Dublin do without the Shelbourne?’. Gogarty who had consulting rooms in a building that has now become part of the famous hotel posed the question at a time when The Shelbourne was in all its pomp and glory. Dublin may have seemed to many to have become [...]
In spite of contemplation over many years I cannot really see any justification for the month of February. After all the excitement of Christmas and the revelries of the New Year we become locked into dark, wet and windy days, getting up for work and returning home in the dark, rain sodden and sad. We [...]
One of the few economic issues to receive the attention of the public at large over recent years has been the subject of prices. To be fair, it would have been hard for households not to spot the run-up in prices in Ireland in the recent past. In 2005, Ireland managed to surpass Finland to [...]
How do you feel about Glasgow?” she asked. “I don’t know,” I replied. “I’ve never been there.” There was a pause. Both of us couldn’t believe it. She is the nice lady in the Visit Britain office in Dublin and I am the person who believes that Scotland is in my soul. And I’ve never [...]
The most important Irish exhibition of the year, Irish Paintings from the Ulster Museum, will be held at the National Gallery of Ireland in March. Also starting in March, is a significant exhibition at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris on the paintings of Jules Bastien-Lepage, a French artist who had a profound influence on a [...]
The 5th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, which opens this month, will present new feature films from all continents, along with retrospectives and special seasons, making it the biggest film event in Ireland with 100 feature films, shorts, discussions, special guests, events and the odd surprise! The festival will be running films at all four [...]
For the most part, I enjoy what I do for a living. No more than anyone else, I have my off days. I think everyone does. No matter how much in love you are with your work, there inevitably comes a morning when you’d give a vital organ to stay in bed and you just [...]
Purchasing an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) can be a relatively inexpensive way to gain exposure to a particular market. This allows investors access to the market returns regardless of which direction the market takes. However, most individuals like their investments to beat market returns and therefore this method of gaining exposure to markets can prove [...]
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