On This Day In Irish History: Oct 22nd 686 AD - Slave Market Crash

An early setback for the Irish economy occurs when the major Irish export of the time, slaves, plummets in value.

The standard price for the slaves exported to Scandinavia is zero. The Vikings take Irish people as slaves whenever they need some.

However with the slave material having been exploited in previous years and increasing numbers of complaints from customers who bought two Irish slaves only to find themselves feeding a family of twenty within a couple of years it becomes uneconomic to pay nothing for the slaves.

Instead Irish people are required to pay large sums before the Vikings will consent to whack them over the head, clap them in irons and take them away from their homes and families forever.

It is this phenomenon which is largely responsible for the emphasis in the Irish economy changing from slaves to piston rings. (The dreadful mismatching of this fine product with the incorrect century in which to market it is another story).

Bishop Donates Ennis Land To Old

The Bishop of Killwilly has announced that the Church will donate land €10 million near Ennis in a bid to solve the problem of old people mingling with ordinary people in the area.

The land, which is currently used to store a lake, will be partially drained. €2 million has been set aside for the purchase of rubber slippers. An old people's home, provisionally called "The Killwilly Codger Containment Project" will be built with room for 150 old people. Although there are at least 500 people who could benefit from such a development, the Bishop has pointed out that many of the first wave of residents "won't be staying long".



The land will also have a skate park, a cattery and a clean room for the manufacture of complex high tech computer chips.

Bishop donates €10m worth of land for elderly project BreakingNews.ie 17/10/2007