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...Irish voters are now venting their rage. On Feb. 21, the country saw its biggest public demonstration in a generation as 120,000 people took to the streets of Dublin. Most were civil servants protesting a levy on public-sector pensions, which the government says will save the country $1.2 billion. Unions are currently balloting members on a planned general strike for March 30, with the head of the country's trade-union umbrella group warning of a "doomsday situation" should the government fail to introduce a recovery plan that gains the support of social partners. According to the most...
...several E.U. states following suit. But five months down the line, and with Ireland's public purse tightening, the government's promise is looking harder to keep and a run on the banks ever more likely. According to Ray Kinsella, an expert in financial institutions based at University College Dublin, a run on Irish lenders might still happen if the banking crisis continues. "Unless we get a handle on this, then all bets are off. That's the train on the horizon that's coming toward us. You reach a point where giving guarantees becomes counterproductive," he says...
...refuge. Work on No Line on the Horizon began in 2007, when the band decamped to Morocco with Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, the men who oversaw U2's 1980s transformation from anthem singers to makers of textured, daring rock. As a hedge, the band also paid visits to Dublin and London to check in with Steve Lillywhite, who helped U2 crank out some of its muscular early and recent hits. (Most bands would have to take out a second mortgage to cover the per diem for just one of these producers...
Emerald Isle. Celebrate St. Paddy's Day the way it was meant be. Sceptre Tours' seven-day package to Ireland includes round-trip airfare from New York City or Boston to Dublin for $799 per person, a night at the Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt (just south of Dublin) and a stay at the four-star Strand Hotel in Limerick. While you're on the road (the car rental is also included), you can stay four nights at any of 1,200 Irish Farmhouse Bed & Breakfasts. The same package is available from Chicago or Washington, D.C., starting at $949, and from...
...government gives money away to stimulate the economy, it should target "people who can't afford to save it ... that's why Obama is pushing a permanent $500-per-person credit on payroll taxes for every worker making less than $200,000 a year." Was that sarcasm? Frank Humphreys, DUBLIN...