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The downsides of progress

In our first visit, almost 30 years ago, Dublin was still a grim city on the Liffey. It took three hours to drive, on little, winding roads, to get down to our office in Waterford. Eating out was not an easy matter back then; there were few good restaurants. And bars were still of the “Old Ireland” vintage.

In one, we recall standing on a

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