The Wild Atlantic Drive

Achill, Ireland, Locations, Travel

Nice idea to develop this route along the west coast of Ireland. The Irish Times is going to have someone travel the route and write about it every day.

Take the existing coastal road up and down the western seaboard between Derry and Cork, a route of some 1,400km, develop it, package it and market it to visitors â€“ from abroad and other parts of Ireland. The trick is to do it by taking what is there already â€“ remote and wild beauty, coupled with people who in the main are warm and friendly and have a vibrant culture and history â€“ and draw people into it without compromising it.

The world’s best performing Asset Class in the last 12 months

Economy, Ireland, Thought Provoking

Business Insider has the scoop

The best performer in the world over the past year: Irish government bonds, returning 19.0 percent.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/best-performing-asset-12-months-2012-5#ixzz1vtNLYsCe

Irish breakfast

Food, Ireland

First St. Patrick’s Guinness

Ireland, Nightlife, Travel

Having a mid-journey break in Longford. Taken in Valentines’s pub.

Going home

Ireland, Travel

First flying to Manchester, then on to Dublin.

JP Grealis Protest at the Dutch embassy

Achill, Ireland, Netherlands

JP Grealis, the man from Achill who went missing in the Netherlands is still missing since the 23 October 2008.
The Journal has a piece about the protest at the Dutch embassy in Dublin today by the family of the missing man. They want to pressure the Dutch government into holding a comprehensive investigation into his disappearance.

Peer to peer lending in ireland

Ireland, Thought Provoking

Doing some thinking over the Christmas break, I wondered why the concept of peer to peer lending had not been introduced in Ireland in which it exists in the UK through companies like Zopa. Ireland seems like the perfect market as the banks have failed their societal duty to keep businesses going through lending. There are people with money to invest who did well during the Celtic tiger. Perhaps there is a regulatory issue that makes lending unsafe in Ireland. It certainly seems that there is a business opportunity fhere.