THE merchants of gloom are making a fortune out of the recession. We can’t get enough of their dire warnings of economic Armageddon.
Leading economic commentators who specialise in doom-laden prophesy, like
David McWilliams, Eddie Hobbs and George Lee, have become big box-office draws on the after-dinner speaking circuit.
As the season for black-tie events kicks off, the naysayers can now command up to €10,000 a gig. The recession has made George Lee, RTE’s economics
commentator who
Monday, November 21, 2011
The humiliation of begging for a day on Dublin's mean streets
I was an amateur beggar for a day on the mean streets of Dublin and in a couple of hours I managed to pull in €20 by preying on people's generosity.
By being the face of social decline and demise for those few hours I made a few quid, yet I didn't twitch a muscle.
If one can put up with some humiliation and cast your dignity aside there is money to be made out there from people's spare change just by looking like an eyesore on the streets. That's all it takes for a career in the making
By being the face of social decline and demise for those few hours I made a few quid, yet I didn't twitch a muscle.
If one can put up with some humiliation and cast your dignity aside there is money to be made out there from people's spare change just by looking like an eyesore on the streets. That's all it takes for a career in the making
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Dunne and bankers in Africa doing hard labour
He's Ireland's most talked about developer, but Sean Dunne, the man dubbed 'The Baron of Ballsbridge' is not afraid to get his hands dirty and mix a bit of cement.
Along with up to 50 senior Irish bankers, Mr Dunne has joined millionaire developer Niall Mellon on his annual one-week volunteer trip to South Africa -- to build houses for the township poor.
With the future of Irish banking in a state of flux, and the property market at a standstill, Cape Town seems like the ideal
Along with up to 50 senior Irish bankers, Mr Dunne has joined millionaire developer Niall Mellon on his annual one-week volunteer trip to South Africa -- to build houses for the township poor.
With the future of Irish banking in a state of flux, and the property market at a standstill, Cape Town seems like the ideal
Bankers find their Cape of Good Hope
Fifty Irish bankers and some of Ireland's best known property developers, including Sean Dunne, fled Ireland this weekend to join multimillionaire developer Niall Mellon on his annual one-week volunteer trip in South Africa.
Although the future of Irish banking is in a state of flux, with mergers and possible collapse still on the cards, many senior bankers are getting down and dirty building houses in the townships while disaster still looms at home.
Heads of lending divisions, and a
Although the future of Irish banking is in a state of flux, with mergers and possible collapse still on the cards, many senior bankers are getting down and dirty building houses in the townships while disaster still looms at home.
Heads of lending divisions, and a
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