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THE ECONOMY’S ‘BOUNCING back’.
Haven’t you heard?
Throw a minister in front of any microphone these days, and you can be guaranteed the phrase ‘green shoots’ will be uttered at least twice – within the first ten to 12 seconds.
And, as anyone who took a walk through Dublin city centre last weekend will have noticed, the streets of the capital are once again thronging with young couples, packing out fashionable bars and tripping over themselves to spend all that disposable cash.
Particularly around the Capel Street and Dublin Castle areas…
Alright, perhaps that was just last weekend.
But either way, people definitely have a bit more cash to spend then they did even three years ago – when this happened:
In what’s perhaps the clearest indicator that we may once again be hurtling inexorably towards the tottering heights of the Celtic Tiger – these arrived in TheJournal.ie’s offices earlier this week…
What is it?
Well, according to their press bumf, ‘esthechoc’ is the world’s first beauty chocolate.
Rich, dark and velvety – the chocolate treats boast “incredible skin enhancing properties”.
How?
It’s based on intensive research, we’re told. The chocolates combine “the potency of nature with scientific evidence”.
It’s all about harnessing the “proprietary enhanced power of Cocoa Polyphenols”.
Not to mention “one of the strongest antioxidants: Astaxanthin”.
Anyway – here’s what the ‘food supplement’ looks like in real life:
And how does it taste?
Quite nice.
Like dark chocolate, really.
My skin didn’t immediately appear any more youthful – but then again, it’s been along week, and I haven’t quite gotten over the whole Averil Power thing yet.
(If you’re interested – a three week trial box costs €39.95, and they’re available exclusively from Therapie Clinic)
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at this stage i am surprised it isn’t just a Journal Poll.
Do you like wet , windy and cold weather ?
Yes .
No.
I don’t know.
Other,
for the readers on holidays somewhere hot.
@Dave Hammond: you’ll almost certainly get that Poll tomorrow now or something similar
It’s winter in Ireland, how is this news????
@Vincent #SaveDaredevil: People forget – Storms are much more frequent and intense than they were 30 years ago, when calmer colder frostier conditions would happen for weeks and often months in Winter.
@GO GREEN: you mean like last winter?
@GO GREEN: As Leo implied, these less cold winters result in lower heating bills and lives saved amongst our elderly who tend to suffer most in cold conditions. Less heating needed = less emissions in milder, albeit stormier conditions. Long may it continue.
@joe: Now in my mid-sixties, I can tell you that the weather today is the same as it was years ago. We always got rain, high winds and several storms over the autumn/winter period. The difference is we just got on with it back then.
@John Mallon: The dementia has kicked in. You’re talking nonsense. The weather has changed dramatically. In the last 10 years we have experienced record lows, and record highs
@John Mallon: There were fewer cars and more drunks on the roads back then, though. Also driving through floods only landed you in a pothole. You swam out and walked to the nearest AA phone box a few miles away. Great times. Later you died of TB.
@Vincent #SaveDaredevil: it’s less news and more just information on the bad wind that’s coming .. a warning so people can prepare.. I would say vinny
@Juniper: nasty and unnecessary comment but probably par for a scouser supporter
@Tommy Roche: Leo showing more of his ignorance as the collapse of the gulf stream due to global warming and Arctic Ice melting is making Ireland colder while most of the globe gets warmer. It’s a temporary phase. Fasten the seat belts.
@Thomas Sheridan: Not too familiar with sarcasm Thomas? I thought that was par for a self-respecting Irishman.
Headlines for Cork and they’ve a picture of the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin. What’s that all about?
@Ciaran Farrelly: it’s an updated article. There are hints. Well, not hints, they flat out tell you.
“Status orange wind warning issued for Cork” uses image of the Samuel Beckett bridge….
@Kev: I thought that too
@Kev: The wind was so strong it blew the bridge from the Liffey to the Lee.
Dont normally pay attention to these warnings. I usually roll my eyes up to heaven, but by god it is dangerous out there. I found it very difficult to keep her on the motorway between kilbeggan and athlone
Who wrote subheading needs learn use of English…
@Joseph Molloy: ONE JOB..
@Joseph Molloy: it appears that you also need to learn.
Yeah well I’m in Adelaide sweating my behind off.. It’s 43 degrees today tomorrow and the next day.
@Denise McGowan: pic of ur behind sweating please
@Ole dan tucker: wtf?
@Football in the Groin: wtfdym wtf?
@Ole dan tucker: sweaty ar$e fetish eh? :)
Wet and cold. As opposed to what?
@Liam Byrne: as opposed to cold and wet!
Not yet icy.
Well they got the forecast for Galway correct, its windier than the aftermath of a Heinz beans fest.
Limerick did not get a mention and it’s very bad here all day wind is getting stronger
Another status yellow warning ⚠️!
@bombacho: this a weather forecast. All news outlets provide them. No need to thank me.
Well it’s at the 120km/hr this minute with associated rain. Waiting for roof to come off house!
Am convinced there’s people in the Journal who get a kick out of reading all the “how is this news” comments when they post these pieces
Love a rainy night
@Rory Mackle: in Soho?
@Rory Mackle: visit Georgia
A beautiful winters day in Cork.
So…2 counties will be hit… the weather knows how to avoid country boundaries?
Media over hyping previous storms to boost viewing figures could have cost somebody their life today.
Should that not read “twenty four years”
Roosevelt Lee Roosevelt will be so disappointed….
@David Lawlor: What’s the weather like? You got window? Open it!
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