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Despite Globalization, Ireland Draws Businesses

By Louise Carroll, Contributor
August / September 2004

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The dragging economy, the technology bust, and increasing competition in the global market have not stopped businesses from locating their operations in Ireland. In fact, despite the draw of cheap labor in Asia, in 2003 the United States invested 2 1/2 times more money in Ireland than in China. This figure is surprising when you consider the cost of living and the relatively … [Read more...] about Despite Globalization, Ireland Draws Businesses

The Bearing of the Green

By Pete Hamill, Contributor
October / November 2000

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Some thoughts on being Irish-American. ℘℘℘ As a proud Irish-American, I begin with a simple assumption: there is no way to precisely define that elusive, complex human category called the Irish-American. The tools of sociology are as inadequate to the task as the forms of the Census Bureau, and the jeweler's art of the lexicographer can't come close to an answer. This … [Read more...] about The Bearing of the Green