{"id":268,"date":"2008-07-16T17:18:21","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T16:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/?p=268"},"modified":"2008-07-16T17:18:56","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T16:18:56","slug":"links-16-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/16\/links-16-july-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Links, 16 July 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Links to peruse at your leisure, presented in no particular order. <\/p>\n

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French Prez Sarkozy will visit Dublin Monday<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
After the defeat of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland, Sarkozy has been downright intimidating<\/a> about Ireland’s role in the EU. His visit to Dublin<\/a> to meet with government officials (and possibly representatives of the opposition to Lisbon) should make my neighbourhood fairly exciting on Monday.<\/dd>\n
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Don’t miss this tourism survey<\/a><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
This report<\/a> is essential reading. Its findings are substantiated by BBB&B’s own data.<\/dd>\n
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Rumours flying that Obama will visit Ireland<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
Anita heard, on the radio, that Obama would\/could\/might visit Ireland during his European trip. I can’t find any solid information on this, except that some political grandstanding<\/a> may have started the buzz.<\/dd>\n
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Our recession can beat up your recession<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
Do the following news reports sound familiar? A credit crunch<\/a> is contributing to crashing home values<\/a>. Massive numbers going unemployed<\/a>. A civil service that seems unprepared<\/a> for any of it. There is little confidence<\/a> in the current government’s ability to handle<\/a> the economic crisis.<\/dd>\n
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Oxegen festival a great success<\/a><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
Dublin was dead quiet this past weekend — most people between the ages of 18 and 30 were at the Oxegen festival. The lineup<\/a> was so amazing that Anita and I were tempted to camp with the young’uns — but only tempted. Good news in the aftermath, too: young folks know better<\/a> than to drive home drunk.<\/dd>\n
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Oregon cop causes outrage in Ireland<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
A young Irish man was killed by a police officer in Oregon on 30 June. His mother, living in Dublin, can’t get information about the shooting<\/a>. This is causing some outrage<\/a> in Ireland, especially after<\/a> the officer was charged with child sex abuse as well<\/a>. As far as I know, neither national government has taken notice yet.<\/dd>\n
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Immigration laws create extraordinary problems for families<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
I visit the US embassy a lot, and I see many families trying to work out visas, passports, etc, for their children or themselves. A Galway family<\/a> had a particularly hard time of it, since it took a complex lawsuit to move back home.<\/dd>\n
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Independent: Americans still not visiting<\/a><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
“The number of wealthy US tourists travelling to Ireland has dropped by almost 15pc — and those who do travel are spending less.” Come on! What will it take to get you to enjoy our glorious<\/a> Irish summer?<\/dd>\n
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Can’t get enough Lisbon Treaty?<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
Look into the anguish of a thoughtful Irish voter<\/a> just before the vote. Observe the contempt<\/a> engendered by the campaigns<\/a>. Nod sagely as Germany’s Spiegel<\/em> analyzes the vote<\/a>.\n<\/dd>\n
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Another Irish lawyer on the run<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n
Is it that these cases don’t make the papers in the US, or is it something about this time and place? First Michael Lynn<\/a> and now this Thomas Byrne guy — up millions of euros, and on the lam<\/a>.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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