For St. Patrick's Day we've reached back into the archives- all the way back to that bygone era known as 2009- to pull up a trio of stories from a trip reporter Pendarvis Harshaw made to Ireland for Youth Radio.
There is an old Irish saying: "Ireland's greatest export is its people,"and as I walked through the market today window shopping, I saw exactly why: the rich spirited, politically active, religiously optimistic people of Dublin moved in crowds though soggy cobblestone streets.
I am a mad egg who's having a bloody wopper of a time enjoying the stick matches with the youth of Dublin's inner-city Kip. Translation: I am a crazy cool person who's really enjoying my time trading jokes back and forth with the youth of Dublin's ghettos.
After Ireland joined the European Union, its economy roared to life in the 1990s, becoming known as the Celtic Tiger. Today it’s whimpering. The symptoms are familiar – credit is scarce, and joblessness is rampant. Young people in Ireland have been primed for jobs that are now non-existent.
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