A nursing home boom. The age-old business of caring attracted a corporate cash pile of €600m in 2021. Source: The Sunday Times. (Fred says watch this space in Ireland. Bartra are carving out a nice niche and so are others). However, Fair Deal is lucrative and has kept many of these businesses substantially financed and now they are being sold off to investment companies. Note the word “investment”. The Europeans are buying up nursing homes at a phenomenol rate; why is it not discussed in our Dail; by our politicians and our media?

BUSINESS A nursing home boom | Ireland | The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk › article › a-nursing-home-bo… 9 Jan 2022 —

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25 Years Ago Today – Final Provisional IRA Ceasefire Came Into Effect … ironically this anniversary falls in line with the chaotic failure of Brexit which may prove to be a challenge to the Good Friday agreement as the Tories search for a new leader to usurp the flamboyant Boris Johnson who claimed “Get Brexit Done” was his objective.

Dr Tom Clonan  @TomClonan  5 h  20th July 2022 25 Years Ago Today – Final Provisional IRA Ceasefire Came Into

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Tributes paid to ‘wonderful’ academic Vicky Conway following her death. Too young to die; a remarkable woman with academic achievements but most importantly a core interest in human rights (a former member of the Policing Authority, who also sat on the Commission on the future of Policing). Source: The Irish Times

Ireland Tributes paid to ‘wonderful’ academic Vicky Conway following her death Well known legal academic and former Policing Authority member

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