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Oil sheikhs?

Ireland now has the exciting prospect of developing an oil industry! Providence Resources has recently upgraded its findings on the Barryroe oil field off the Cork coast to 280 million barrels of oil; an announcement which marks the beginning of the Irish oil industry.  Despite the recent discovery of large reserves of natural gas in … Continue reading →

Trieste and the Making of a Modern Everyman

Trieste and the Making of a Modern Everyman

Literary tourism is a strange monster – a bit mystical and very superstitious. Cities acquire the properties of second-class relics – one can reverently partake of some of their mana and metaphorically touch the hem or the coffee cup that might have touched the lip. Continue reading →