Marking Time http://www.markingtime.org/blog Mark Time. Gather My Thoughts. Talk to myself. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:05:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ 2010: A Good Year for the Irish? http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/12/31/2010-a-good-year-for-the-irish/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/12/31/2010-a-good-year-for-the-irish/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:05:07 +0000 Mark Waters http://www.markingtime.org/blog/?p=501 In as much as we have been given many opportunites to learn a lot about ourselves, it has been a good year for the Irish. Will we take those opportunities or will we continue trying to delude ourselves with our visions of Irish exceptionalism?

I don’t think we have much choice. Roll on 2011.

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  • Turbulence Ahead: A Question of Sovereignty
    (tags: ireland politics economics)
  • A Fistful of Euros – Ireland: The timidity of the lawyers
    (tags: ireland politics economics)
  • NAMA Wine Lake: The IMF and Ireland – the speech the Taoiseach should be making to the nation
    (tags: ireland politics economics)
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  • eire.com – Ten reasons to be optimistic about Ireland
    (tags: irish politics economics)
    • ]]>     http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/11/08/links-for-2010-11-08/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/     links for 2010-09-28 http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/09/28/links-for-2010-09-28/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/09/28/links-for-2010-09-28/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:05:51 +0000 Mark Waters http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/09/28/links-for-2010-09-28/
  • Tales from Talbot Towers :The ?21,500 hotel bill & Mary McAleese’s ?3,198 room
    What it’s all about, in case you had any doubt.
    (tags: ireland politics)
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  • e 21 – The Real Lesson About Ireland’s Austerity Plan
    We are where we are…
    (tags: ireland economics politics)
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  • Irish Central: Ireland’s property crash could have been avoided
    I was just musing the other day at the vehemence with which Michael McDowell pursued Frank Connolly.
    (tags: ireland politics corruption patriots)
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    Keel, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland
    Reminds me a little of Paul Henry.



    Keel Beach, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland

     

    Keel, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland

    Achill is windy.

    Dooagh Village, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland

    Dooagh Village with Minaun Cliffs in the background.

    ]]>     http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/08/23/achill-island/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/     Ireland – My Part in Her Downfall http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/08/16/ireland-my-part-in-her-downfall/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/08/16/ireland-my-part-in-her-downfall/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:30:57 +0000 Mark Waters http://www.markingtime.org/blog/?p=494 Once upon a time I gave Leaving Cert Maths grinds to a boy who would later become the Chief Financial Officer at Anglo Irish Bank. My mind does backflips of bogglement when I recall the intergalactic trajectory his career has taken since my brief interjection.

    We are all to blame for the state of the country but some of us are more culpable than others.

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  • YouTube – Story of the Blades
    Nice little documentary
    (tags: music ireland)
  • 3quarksdaily: Griel Marcus on Van Morrison
    Santiago concert cancelled due to rain, his Mercedes splashed me as it passed. It meant something?
    (tags: music)
  • Ronan Lyons: Five things you need to know about Ireland’s competitiveness
    (tags: irish politics economics)
  • Ireland after NAMA: Understanding Planning Failure in Ireland
    (tags: irish politics)
    • ]]>     http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/08/12/links-for-2010-08-12/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/     Spanish Point http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/08/10/spanish-point/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/08/10/spanish-point/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:54:00 +0000 Mark Waters http://www.markingtime.org/blog/?p=489

    Spanish Point, Clare, Ireland



    Spanish Point, Clare, Ireland

     

    Spanish Point, Clare, Ireland

     

    Spanish Point, Clare, Ireland

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