The Seanies

Not wanting to add any more fuel to the Sean Dunne story, but really, what a scam (is it a coincidence that there are so many Seans in the thick of it – Quinn, Fitzpatrick). So, Sean Dunne flies off to Connecticut when the fire got too hot, with his missus and kids, enraging the Greenwich neighbours with her irreverent approach to local planning law, (wonder where they got that from?) and now getting off scot free from his €390m - €780m debt (he's not sure).Who are our laws made for? To protect whom in society? Not creditors, not taxpayers, not self-employed.  No doubt Sean will have enjoyed Easter Sunday en famille, while many Irish will have spent it living apart from their families, no debt forgiveness, no bank leniency for them.
 

I've spent many milestone events in recent years in the company of women who's husbands are forced to work or live abroad.  They have to decide if they'll come back for the leaving cert results or the graduation or the birthday or even Christmas, but not all, maybe one.

Let Them Eat..... Granny P's Christmas Pudding

So it was, yesterday when I got together with a neighbour whose freezer I'd abandoned a turkey in at Christmas, while she was visiting husband abroad. She decided it was time to roast the bird and use up Grannie's unique feathery light Christmas pudding as well. We had Christmas and Easter in one day, not sure how that would go down in the Church calendar, but at least we used the day to do decent secular activities, like preparing food communally (in fairness I'm a dab hand at artfully arranging leaves on a plate) and eschewing the downturn.

Other guests were oblivious to the Dublinlandlady blog and clammed up at the thought of being mentioned. So, no mention of the entertaining couple from D6. 

One thing I might repeat, the Churchill Bunker Museum in London, according to them it's well worth the visit. Just saying..

I'd like to see the Bowie exhibition at the V&A and the Pompeii at the British Museum, I never get tired of the Tate Modern or the National Gallery, all open with new exhibitions. The recession hasn't really hit London. Whereas, two of our most popular galleries have closed recently, The Rubicon and Origin. Our National Gallery and IMMA are only partly open.  Not good for tourism, not good for the locals. Debt forgiveness for the foolhardy rich not good for the other citizens. I think it's time to tweet NAMAwinelake.