: About Me

I guess I'm just a frustrated writer with too much time on my hands so I'm trying to hone my skills on Helium.com. I find the discipline of starting with a topic great to get the creative juices going.

My main interests are music, gardening, 'net surfing, reading and family history.

My passion is ...

Family history research - I'm a real bore about it.

I know too much about ...

Lots of useless things

My parents always told me ...

Be careful who you love, don't go around breaking young girls hearts - Billy Jean, sorry couldn't resist that one.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a detective

My favorite memory ...

Dad buying me sweets (candy) on a Friday evening when I accompanied him home from his work.

Why I write ...

Because I love words and the ideas that they convey when used properly.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Lots all the time

My first job ...

Working in a department store selling christmas decorations

My best moment ...

Now, whenever that is.

My inspiration ...

The Woody Guthrie song 'Deportees' and Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath'.

Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Europe Why did the Irish economy go from boom to bust?

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I'm not an economist but I do live in Ireland and although it's easy to point the finger at the Government as being to blame for the changed fortunes (literally) of the Irish economy personally I believe that the truth is a little less palatable. For me, the simple answer is greed. Greed on behalf of the banks and greed on behalf of those people in Ireland who thought they could make a ton of money on the property bandwagon. Banks, unbelievably, were continually offering potential mortgage borrowers large amounts of extra cash on their loans, which was being converted to cars and furnishin...

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