Archive for February, 2004

Jack Welch

February 23, 2004

Retired CEO of General Electric Jack Welch on the state of the Irish economy


Young victims of property tyranny

February 22, 2004

Tomorrow afternoon, Newstalk 106 will give away €40,000 to the winner of a very generous competition called Time to Move.

The money is earmarked for a deposit on a house. Not surprisingly, with this much cash involved, the competition has generated huge interest.


Achieving rock stardom the economical way

February 15, 2004

Did you ever want to be in a band? Of course you did. Every self-respecting teenager wants to front a tight four-piece, blasting out three minute wonders.


The middle-class myth of affluence

February 9, 2004

Have you noticed the size of fridges these days?

The “walk-in” fridge – where did that come from? Who is it for? Last weekend, I happened to be in the showhouse of a new estate.There was a huge gaping hole in the kitchen, through which you could have driven a Humvee. I asked the smarm-meister estate agent what was missing. He replied, indignantly: “Why, the fridge of course.”


Magic Bus generation holds key for Ryanair

February 1, 2004

The Ryanair Generation – remember them? Well, they’re still around.Those born in the late 1960s who had a “made for export” stamp for a birthmark and who emigrated in their hundreds of thousands in the late 1980s.They were the first of the Ryanair generation.