Ireland is so broke, they’re talking about selling off their forests, which they’re famous for. Seriously. (via Hacker News)
Hey readers in Britain and Ireland: If you bought your burgers from Tesco, there’s a chance they might include horse meat. Holy cow. (photo by Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)
It’s not that often that a tropical storm hits that neck of the woods, we’re guessing.
As you know Zuckerberg has seemingly stopped at nothing to try to slander me during this case so far and part of that has been their use of private investigators not just to investigate me, but far beyond that to harass me and my family daily.Facebook claimant Paul Ceglia, who’s moving to Ireland in effort to get away from hounding media pressure. This despite the fact that he’s due in court next week. He says that he’s currently trying to “build a working prototype of a refrigerator/cookstove” for third-world countries. The article as a whole makes him sound like a crazy person. “When I win this case and finally prove who the liar is, I plan to do a lot for [Wellsville, New York, his hometown],” he noted to his local paper, the Hornell, NY Evening Tribune. “At the top of my list right now is a Boys and Girls Club of America.”
Speaking of Ryanair: The ultra-cheap airline congratulated its Irish competitor, Aer Lingus, on its 75th anniversary with this wonderfully evil newspaper ad. (via Twitter user @simonog)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama enjoy a glass of Guinness in his ancestral home of Moneygall, Ireland. May 23, 2011
We’ve never seen someone raise a glass with such a deadly-serious expression on their face. Lighten up, man, this is supposed to be fun!
Video of the day: The Obamamobile gets stuck on a wedge of the U.S. Embassy in Dublin. Yes, this really happened. (via BreakingNews)
Queen Elizabeth finally visits Ireland, because really, why not?: It’s the first visit by a reigning British monarch since Ireland first went independent in 1922. There have been two bomb threats already. She’s 85 — might as well get this visit in now. source
A dozen pints of Guinness, a lot of grumbling over walking, a lot more grumbling over the €20/day wi-fi in my hotel room (Hilton is a nickel-and-diming company!), and a 25-hour-long epic travel day that featured two connecting flights, including a nine-hour one from Amsterdam to Detroit, and the opportunity to be felt up by a Dutch security guard … and me and my GF are home. It appears that Seth, Chris and ProducerMatthew did a bang-up job while I was pretending to be Irish. (By the way, you know an Irish rock star who’s treated like a God over there, but nobody in the States thinks about anymore? Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott.) So, what’d we miss?
ShortFormBlog’s European Adventure: Hey all, Ernie of SFB here. You might know me as the guy who screws with the design of the site every weekend. Just wanted to give you an update on the next few days … I’m headed to Dublin to pretend to be a busker for a week. I plan to listen to a lot of U2 and sit in my hotel room and watch “Once” multiple times in an attempt to get the true Irish experience. But seriously, the blog will continue over the next week with our intrepid staffers Chris Tognotti and Seth Millstein taking the helm, and everyone’s favorite breaking news dude, ProducerMatthew, playing utility infielder. I’ll be back on Tuesday, but keep in mind that if you bug us, there might be a slight delay in getting back to you. It’s nothing personal. Oh, what am I kidding, it totally is! Either way, I’ll pound a Guinness in your honor, kids. All 5,600 of you! source
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Opposing Irish parties decide to share the burden of leading: Coalition government ahoy! Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny and Labour’s Eamon Gilmore will share leadership duties as Ireland tries to shake off all that economic drama they’ve had lately. source
We have decided that we can no longer continue in government.Irish Green Party leader John Gormley • Revealing their plans to exit the coalition with Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s government, likely forcing a much quicker election than Cowen anticipated. (One was planned for March 11th already, but might be needed sooner.) Despite washing their hands of Gormley’s government, they plan on supporting a key piece of legislation regarding the country’s austerity plan. (Edit: Sorry we screwed up the link; fixed now. Thanks ilyagerner) source (via • follow)
We’ve seen this song and dance before. First in Greece, then Belgium, then France, then in Britain, but it’s still not any more frustrating to watch – especially in Ireland’s case. The Irish had a solid decade of economic growth, only to see the economy go into freefall and be forced to take upon tons of bailout money in the span of about two years. So that’s why these people are protesting in Dublin today. They’re angry because of the insane cuts they’ll be forced to swallow – the worst of any European nation so far. (Photo by Marcus Swan) source
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