2013-06-07

Faced with a busted boom and a persistent 15 percent unemployment rate, the Irish have been upending every conceivable stone in an attempt to reignite this island world. There’s the Connect Ireland scheme employing financial incentives to nurture new jobs in from everywhere, the new Dingle Distillery coaxing people to invest in personal kegs of whiskey, and seaweed-based dog food supplements from Cork stone-guaranteed to make any New York City or Los Angeles suburb puppy purr – not to mention gold mining in the midlands and wave energy off Galway. So now one of the country’s more unusual entrepreneurs wants everyone everywhere to trust him as to what they might do with their next bright day abroad.

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