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A clip from the first ever Dempseys Den – bright jumper included

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This video, from YouTube, is apparently the [...]

Remember the mad jumpers on Dempseys Den? A 1980s entrepreneurs story

I’ve written in the past about the fact that as I was growing up, my parents ran their own business in Mayo.
The [...]

Nominated for a 2010 Irish Blog Award – Thank you

I’m very happy to report that ValueIreland.com has been nominated for a 2010 Irish Blog Award.
I’d like to very much thank all [...]

Irish Culture – Here’s a challenge for you

Back in early October, I wrote about what it might mean to say that one was interested in Irish culture. I still don’t [...]

A retiring bishop once said: “I should have challenged the prevailing culture” – we still can

I’ve written already this week about what I think would be a great way of approaching your new year 2010 finances. Read [...]

NAMA in a nutshell?

This e-mail went around last week, so some of you may have seen it already. It’s being described as “NAMA in a [...]

Small world, small country, big conflicts – why familiarity is killing the Irish public spirit

There was a tweet recently on Twitter that I thought was very telling on how Ireland operates. From @bohoe:
In Ireland, complaining about [...]

How come we still can’t stop “Tiger Kidnappings”? Ability or inclination?

Tiger Kidnappings
Right, before I get into this post, regular readers are probably familiar that I’m quite keen on my conspiracy theories, but [...]

TopTips.ie – Another domain available for a good home

I wrote in October how I had NameAndShame.ie available for a good home. Going through a few things in the last while, [...]

Brian Lenihan is an unwitting genius – he’s worked it out!

Karl Whelan, over on IrishEconomy.ie, this week picked up on something said by the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan TD over the [...]