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Diary Part 7 Emigration Once Again - a new Irish ballad

"Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don't know how people who engage in that don't commit suicide." - Bertie Ahern, July 4th, 2007 [...more]

Second Air France plane ‘dropped like a stone’ as student pals planned reunion at wedding

Second Air France plane 'dropped like a stone' as student pals planned reunion at wedding Three of their closest companions believed to be in Bolivia oblivious of the tragedy By John Whelan [...more]

It’s not the economy stupid, it’s the stupid mortgage

It's not the economy stupid, it's the stupid mortgage [...more]

Diary Part 6 (2) - The long hot summer

Observe the Soldiers of Destiny marching towards the Somme - Part 2 'Where did my money go?' The soundtrack to the long hot summer of discontent [...more]

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So May has been a month of milestones. May 3rd, thirty years since Margaret Thatcher became England's first female Prime Minister; May 7th, one year since Brian Cowen became Taoiseach; May 8th six months since I signed on the dole. [...more]

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Diary Part 5 - Back to our roots

Last week as I passed the park in Portarlington I was struck by the crowd in the playground. Fathers out in force pushing swings. When you're signing-on you have to find other things to occupy yourself. [...more]

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Diary Part 4 - Home Sweet Home

The return of rates coming soon to a home near you The fear of losing your home is worse than the stress of losing your job and now the Government plans to put the boot in with a new property tax writes John Whelan [...more]

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Diary Part 3 - Hold onto your hat, your friends and your sanity

Losing your job is a bit like a death in the family There is no scope for snobbery when you're signing-on. You have to be as hardy as a snipe to cope writes JOHN WHELAN [...more]