Where are health costs headed?
Great presentation illustrating the trends in healthcare spending in the US – up to 2007. Includes one slide comparing with a number of other countries – including UK. Brought to my attention by @endamadden on twitter. Do we have similar information available for Ireland? Share on Facebook
Comparing Ireland and UK in these dark days
Interesting piece by Emmet Oliver in today’s Sunday Tribune – comparing the situation faced by Ireland and the UK. Times are tough (grim) on both sides of the Irish Sea. For us the massive devaluation of Sterling has been a killer – hitting our exports and producing this cross border shopping frenzy (further exacerbated by [...]
Ireland – rugby champions of Europe!
What a drama – playing out the final game in the caulron that is the Arms Park. Ireland triumphed – just- over a brave, gallant Welsh team. As in all of the Irish games the two leaders – Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell led from the front. No other team they’ve met has had this calibre of leadership
Golf with a rugby legend
Played Portmarnock (http://www.portmarnockgolfclub.ie/) last week as a guest of Goodbody Stockbrokers (http://www.goodbody.ie/). It was a charity event and our celebrity team member was Jason Leonard – most capped rubgy forward of all time. Portmarnock itself was in fantastic condition (they had just had their Captain’s Prize the previous weekend). The challenge at Portmarnock is always fair but tough. [...]