Damn - I was in the process of working out what a free ireland would come with, but that's probably about right.

Cash smapitalism. Free Angela Davis (or Nelson Mandela) with every packet.

But seriously Willie, relocation to Dublin for tax reasons? That was the norm - the enterprise zone and the IP write offs - but have you no loyalty to your country (not its ruling classes, that is different)? The tax break investors are fickle and undependable for the host anyway - Delorian to name one - and Don Bluth to name another. Ireland paid dearly for its irrational lust to host a car manufacturer and a film studio. A lose/lose deal.

Sad for the owners of the house - if it was a home and not an investment. If the latter, well, capitalism works by big boys' rules. You can't play and not pay. Been there, done that too.