The Hamlet, Gardiner St., #Dublin, 1985.
From my #DublinBeforetheTiger series (1982-1992). For more info visit https://t.co/MrT74XBaUj pic.twitter.com/cEphqzqNhZ— David Jazay (@DavidJazay) July 8, 2020
Hic.
What replaced The Hamlet?
That is the question.
Anyone?
The plan first aired in 2006 for a cablecar which would run 80 metres above the Liffey between Heuston and the Docklands
The initial ‘Celtic Tiger’ period of the 2000s threw up a colourful variety of proposals for the Liffey Quays, Dublin, including the ‘Suas’ cablecar. See more here – https://t.co/VoAolcXbUO pic.twitter.com/tu58Wzmhms
— An Taisce (@AnTaisce) April 23, 2020
We dared to dream big, in fairness.
Previously: Whatever happened to… Cable cars suspended hundreds of feet above the River Liffey?
1997.
“Awash with cash”, lenders suggest ‘mortgage rationing’.
Includes: George Lee, ‘Fingers’, old-school AIB guy.
Good times.
Thanks Jack Jones
Belmayne Estate on the Malahide Road at Clare Hall, Dublin in 2007
Oh.
BelmayneTruth writes:
..and so it begins! Costs of balcony/fire safety corrective works expected to be pinned on Belmayne property owners…
Previously: Belmayne on Broadsheet
Last night.
Cliff Townhouse, Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
‘Celtic Tiger Picasso’ Graham Knuttell launching an exhibition of his “affordable” limited edition print collection.
We’ll take one for every room.
Rollingnews
This morning
Anne writes:
At the traffic lights at Camden Street [Dublin]…Baby we’re back.
Nothing like a new Winter coat.
Deirdre writes:
Saw this in my local hardware store on Thomas Street [Dublin} at €2.50 a pot!
Spotted in Ranelagh… A Celtic Tiger Badger. A rare species from 2006 that's reemerged. #tigersback #celticphoenix pic.twitter.com/uVCUNWF6sR
— Daire Hickey (@hidaire) June 20, 2014
They’re coming out of it.
Elly Parker writes:
“The Celtic tiger lives again! New helipad, extensive landscaping at Finnstown House Hotel Lucan, [Dublin]…”
Update:
Noel writes:
“don’t forget the ostrich and llamas they have too…”
“Time and again it was described to me as a system characterized by mediocrity, nepotism, secrecy and a lack of genuine competition. It is a system in which the governing philosophy of “social partnership” has morphed into nothing more than an excuse for buying off special interests.
And it is a system in which the top priority of those who run it is preserving their powers, perks and prerogatives.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Steven Pearlstein, who recently visited Ireland [his lengthy article below] to see if the Celtic Tiger could be resuscitated.
Can Ireland’s Celtic Tiger roar again? (Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post)
