For twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. Low taxes, light regulation and an 'anything goes' attitude seemed to have created boundless prosperity. And then, as in Iceland, the glittering palaces vanished in the heat of the global financial meltdown. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble. In "Ship of Fools", Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickening fall. Ireland may have had a...(more info)
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Ship of Fools How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
Between 1995 and 2007, the Republic of Ireland was the worldwide model of successful adaptation to economic globalisation. The success story...(more info)
Recreates the course of events during the 1916 rising. This book is based on contemporary witnesses, memoirs and later recollections.(more info)
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