€350 to share a single room with 2 gay Brazilian guys in a 5-bed house sleeping 19?

€300 to rent half a double bed in Dublin 8?

Ireland is so behind the times. Chinese development sharks are looking to the future.

Investors there are digging holes for themselves – investing in valuable grave sites.

The plots are simply to die for.

via: Irish-born Chinese blog

Via Metroblogging Melbourne, an interesing tidbit on how we Irish brought our vote-scamming ways to Australia, along with a penchant for petty crime, potatoes and a host of diseases.

The man in question? Patrick Costello, great-great-grandfather of the Australian treasurer, Peter Costello. The resemblence is uncanny.

Quoting Neil:

‘To gain more votes for the seat of Mornington, he “organized a steamer trip during which a number of men were asked to personate deceased or absent Mornington electors.” Patrick became the first Australian politician thrown out of parliament.

Pillars of the community, we Irish.