Lately Around Ireland

November 9th, 2009 · 1:37 am @ Alisha  -  No Comments
  • Cork city has been named by Lonely Planet as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit in 2010; we can highly recommend this!
  • The standard of living in Ireland is likely to remain lower for quite some time; meanwhile, new home prices are down 40% and housing is back down to 2003 levels
  • Drunk driving blood alcohol limits are to be lowered in an effort to stop related deaths; the good news is that the statistic is already improving
  • More than 1,500 restaurants, clubs, hotels and pubs nationwide have closed in the past five years
  • Waiting time to take your driving test is now at 9.5 weeks (when we arrived it was 2 years!)
  • The usual Halloween violence and vandalism was down by 30% this year, due mostly to the heavy rain on the night; however, firemen called out to a Co. Kildare bonfire earlier in the week were still attacked with stones
  • In an effort to stop human trafficking, the government has been urged to make paying for a prostitute illegal and enforce this with huge fines
  • 7,000 samurai swords have been confiscated in Dublin due to new restrictions on knives
  • Ireland ranks 8th in the world for gender equality
  • There has been an alarming 42% increase in suicides compared to the same time last year
  • The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes must be removed from Italian schools; meanwhile, the Catholic church is currently in talks with the Irish government to hand over their schools here (which are 90% of all schools)
  • Three high school seniors recently played hookey and attended a livestock auction, successfully bid €5,000 ($7,422) on three horses and gave the name of the buyer as a classmate not involved in the situation

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