Feb 29 ! Images of The Day
Shelbourne Park .
Redeveloped at last,a playground is been planned for later in the year here.
Remember the Cinema here ?
Limerick Chamber of Commerce
Who coined their cathchprase and logo ,when Limerick meets Shannon to bring in Business to the Midwest.It’s goal is to provide business leadership and to promote and enhance economic well-being
http://www.limerickchamber.ie/aboutus.aspx?id=0
Limerick County Council before they moved to Dooradoyle.
This building is Currently under construction ,a glass floor is planned with office development’s ,more coffee shops and shops.
Fairtrade !
Is Fairtrade a good idea?I more than like to buy Coffee to make sure that poor farmer in South or Central America get’s more of a share of the cost ,but then i find it overpriced on the shelves and it’s off putting or is like Organic Produce expensive.
Thomas Street .
Construction and Roadworks are causing havoc for the local business community here as in a recent post on the Blog during the week.
Shelbourne Avenue
The Ennis Road…With a vast array of Sales Signs on both sides of the road ,is everybody selling up or is there an Arthritic Tiger about.Sales are down in the Property Market there are Auctioneering Firms who have been letting large numbers of staff go due to a slowdown.Financial Instutions are not as free with giving out loans for mortgages also.The US economy is in crisis and the knock effects are biting.50k to 60k is been knocked off property in places due to the slowdown i heard today in a news item.
February 29th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
great pics its great to see how well the city looks
February 29th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
re Fairtrade, it seems as if the producers are still making the same profit and charging the end user (us) to pay the grower his “fair price”. None of the various middlemen seem prepared to take any of the hit while passing it on and charging top dollar. Don’t get me wrong - in principle this sounds great - but Christ, it’s way above the mark too. Maybe some more enlightened contributor has worked out how the money is distributed.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I don’t think fairtrade is overpriced. Even if it’s a few shillings more than a jar of Maxwell House then those are shillings I happily fork over. I should note that I earn a mere pittance but I make a modest effort to shop responsibly and don’t care if I could get an equivalent cheaper in Lidl or Aldi.
March 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
I buy somme fairtrade products but I’m not sure if I should be putting in more of an effort to buy Irish products. I realise the if an Irish producer goes bust he can potentially go work in a factory to stay alive but if a fairtrade producer goes broke the same option wouldn’t be there and therefore the consequences are worse.