Lord Henry's Blog
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TIME FOR SOMETHING TO CHANGE
06 April 2013
I can’t escape the notion this week that the mood music is awful. It isn’t just the prolonged winter, but Moody’s itself. Irish debt as far as they are concerned still has junk status…
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SOME EUROS MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
30 March 2013
Sometimes it is difficult to see the big picture, but this week clear evidence of one is emerging and it is not very pretty. The euro is no longer the same throughout Europe…
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ANNOYING SIGNS OF THE TIMES
23 March 2013
This bye-election in Meath East is beginning to get on my nerves. I just love the way political activists think they can nail posters onto your property without asking. The fence in front of the Castle gates seems to be a target…
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PEOPLE HAVE LOST FAITH IN INSTITUTIONS.
16 March 2013
There is definitely a crisis of legitimacy in the Western World. During the last number of years it would not be inaccurate to say that it has become endemic. At the core of it seems to be two central issues most relevant to Ireland…
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I HOPE WE ARE TURNING THE CORNER
01 March 2013
The departure of a Pope in a helicopter watched by thousands of adoring fans. We are told he will no longer wear red shoes and his ring will be smashed. He is going into retreat in Vatican City in a building being urgently renovated with teams of gardeners beautifying the grounds.
