Hobbs of the Shire

So, the FT has an op-ed on the Irish recovery.  And it is, sadly, about as wrong as can be.  The op-ed starts with the facts, of the crash and […]

‘No one more sorry than I about what happened,’ says Cowen . I have never met Brian Cowen. The closest I came was twice, once when I saw him and […]

I kinda like Joan Burton.  No, not in strange way, but she always seemed (at least in 2008-9-10) to have a good solid handle on the banking calamity.  It’s a […]

With the #anglotapes this week it seemed to me a good time to recall those heady days of August 2010 when we had spent only €25 billion on Anglo.  At that […]

We don’t like kids in Ireland. Oh, individually we do. We love a cute baby, or a wee moppet, or pictures of kids on a strand in summer. We love […]

So the revenue have produced a heatmap of the country, at DED level, to give you a guide as to the property tax you will pay. Or, not. Its fifty […]

So Dev Óg wrestled with his conscience and won.  What a strange and faintly nauseating sight it was, also somewhat pathetic to see his dreams of importance fade.  I guess […]

The Prof is getting wound up about absurdities. Who knew ridiculous things could happen in Ireland?

The Professor talks rubbish