Reading tour Dublin

How can you recognize Dublin police officers in plain clothes? By their socks! After their shift, only the uniforms are taken off, not the police socks. Ralf Sotscheck combines Irish wisdom like this with solid political and economic background knowledge. His reports are as lively, charming, and relaxed as the residents of Dublin are said to be. Sotscheck's articles take you through the capital of the "Celtic Tiger," as the Irish economic miracle was called, before the Emerald Isle slid deep into recession in 2008. What remains are the new trendy districts like Temple Bar or Smithfield - once poor neighborhoods with narrow alleys and brick houses; magical places like the horse market, which has been held on the first Sunday of every month since 1664; or the old port area with streets like Sheriff Street.