Apologies to my readers, especially avid fans, for the time out in the last few months. There was a lot of disruption in my routine, with move of office, move of house and move of city (to Greencastle, County Donegal, lovely spot). I found it difficult to keep up to speed with the details of some of the topics I’m interested in, such as NAMA, banks, Irish economy, diaspora, export development, etc (–these topics are related to each other in various ways..), but I’m now ready to start working on them again. This is a sort of trial post to see if the site is still working properly. I hope you will visit again soon.