Fintan O'Toole draws parallels between the rapid collapse of Ireland's #Catholic Church and the crisis of Britain's monarchy. Exposing sustained huge deceits can lead to rapid collapse.
But the context is v different. Irish Catholicism destroyed itself during the #CelticTiger era of economic boom, peace process, and political stability. The crash came later.
But the #Andrew crisis comes to a broken #UK. Will Brits demolish #monarchy while nothing else works?
The Crowd on Pana
A huge crowd gathered around a man on stilts holding 3 flaming torches on St. Patrick Street, Cork in 2006. See how homogeneous the crowd is? A similar photo today would show a much more diverse set of people in modern Ireland.
https://inphotos.org/2025/12/17/the-crowd-on-pana/
#2006 #busking #Canon20D #CelticTiger #Cork #crowd #Ireland #PatrickStreet #Photo #Photography #StreetPerformer #StreetPhotography #summer
The Crowd on Pana
A huge crowd gathered around a man on stilts holding 3 flaming torches on St. Patrick Street, Cork in 2006. See how homogeneous the crowd is? A similar photo today would show a much more diverse set of people in modern Ireland.
Apertureƒ/11CameraCanon EOS 20DFocal length10mmISO200Shutter speed1/250s#2006 #busking #Canon20D #CelticTiger #Cork #crowd #Ireland #PatrickStreet #Photo #Photography #streetPerformer #StreetPhotography #summer
Celtic Tiger Cranes and the Elysian Rising
Cork City during the height of the Celtic Tiger era, captured in 2007 when Ireland’s construction boom was at its peak and the city skyline was dominated by cranes building new office blocks and apartments, including the Elysian Tower.
It would all come crashing down financially within a year. Some apartments in the Elysian were vacant for years.
Celtic Tiger Cranes and the Elysian Rising
Cork City during the height of the Celtic Tiger era, captured in 2007 when Ireland’s construction boom was at its peak and the city skyline was dominated by cranes building new office blocks and apartments, including the Elysian Tower.
It would all come crashing down financially within a year. Some apartments in the Elysian were vacant for years.
https://inphotos.org/2025/11/14/celtic-tiger-cranes-and-the-elysian-rising/
[18:02] Judge threatens to remove Celtic Tiger socialite Marcus Sweeney from High Court for ‘being a nuisance’
A High Court judge has told Celtic Tiger restaurateur and socialite Marcus Sweeney that he had "not hint nor hair of what you are on about" and threatened that a duty guard would remove the 47-year-old from the court for "being a nuisance" when seeking to re-enter a Criminal Assets Bureau matter.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/judge-threatens-to-remove-celtic-tiger-socialite-marcus-sweeney-from-high-court-for-being-a-nuisance/a654747303.html
#HighCourt #CelticTiger #MarcusSweeney #47_year_old #CriminalAssetsBureau
A High Court judge has told Celtic Tiger restaurateur and socialite Marcus Sweeney that he had "not hint nor hair of what you are on about" and threatened that a duty guard would remove the 47-year-old from the court for "being a nuisance" when seeking to re-enter a Criminal Assets Bureau matter.
[13:13] New scheme to reimburse cost to fix defective apartments
The Government is establishing a pilot scheme for reimbursing apartment owners who fix Celtic Tiger era defective properties at their own expense.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1029/1477991-defective-apartments-scheme/
#CelticTiger
At this age range change in cohort size is mostly due to migration. For cohorts between 1961 and 1978, there is a long stable pattern of cohort decline (emigration), well into the 1990s. But then everything changes. First the Celtic Tiger seems to have staunched emigration, and then with EU accession of the eastern European countries, there is substantial net in-migration.
I'm looking at Irish population estimates (for a project on fertility) and this popped out. How female cohort size changes between 15-45, for cohorts from 1961. It tells quite a story.
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