A Fortune writer tours the land of his ancestors for clues to the country's sudden fall from charmed to challenged.
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Reflections on a changed land
While surveying the economy of recession-riddled Dublin, Fortune editor at large and proud Irish-American Shawn Tully toured the homeland of his forefathers. Here is a photo gallery of his visit to the boom-and-bust landscape of the Emerald Isle.
Dark clouds have descended upon Eire, which has been hit by a housing bubble and the global slowdown. Can the country once again become the go-to place for foreign investors? More