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That photo we posted yesterday. Yeah, well now there’s a movie.
It’s not Russia at all, is it? It’s Ireland, next month.
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We’ve posted before about astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock and the spectacular Twitpics he posts from the International Space Centre.
On Sunday night, he added this image to his collection.
All together now.
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Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8% in 2009 – the first recorded fall in emissions in 20 years. Hooray!
It’s partly due to improvements in efficiency and greener policies. Hooray!
But it’s mainly due to the economic downturn. Hoo-
First fall in greenhouse gases in 20 years (RTE)
From today’s editorial in the Guardian:
‘When financiers joked in 2008 that the only difference between bankrupt Iceland and hard-up Ireland was one letter and a few days, they got it wrong – the mess the Emerald Isle is now in is so much worse.’
Ouch.
‘…all the way down, Dublin ministers have promised voters that things are about to get better. Those emergency loans to the banks – that would sort it. These savage spending cuts – that would do the job. That decision to pretty much guarantee the entire banking system (with practically no questions asked) – this time for sure. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Like a body flung off the roof of a skyscraper, the Irish economy has just kept on falling.’
Ditto.
‘…being open for business at all costs does not work well for small countries with homogeneous economies. And it really does not work with dozy policymakers.’
Game over.
That’s the magazine that said Cowen was one of the Globe’s top leaders? They love us. Where do we rank?
In the top 20.
But where?
Up there with the big guys.
Where?
Ireland is the 17th best country in the world.
Marvellous. Do we beat Albania?
Not really.
Not really? How about Greece?
I’m going to go now. You seem a bit upset.
And still the home of the sophisticated PR shot. This is for the excellent Haggen Daz in Stephen’s Green this very afternoon. It features Big Brother’s Noirin Kelly and Kamal Ibrahim, Mr World, a title he wrestled from Daithi O’Se in Paris last year..