Archive for August, 2005

Dublin in the summer of 1905 felt like a very British city. Yes, you were in Ireland, but British rule in Ireland, and particularly Dublin, would have felt very secure.

Armenians were the first Christians. In the third century the country officially declared itself Christian. Despite a deep and violent schism between Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Catholic) Christianity in the 11th century,many of our present-day religious rituals and holy days are Armenian in origin.

Have you ever heard the expression “Irish pricing”? It is a new term used in banking circles to describe the fact that Irish banks are offering large corporate borrowers money on much better terms than the British or continental banks.

Irish banks are giving away money.