Daily Archives: October 7, 2012

D’Unbelievables

Why The Austerity Solution Is Doomed To Failure

Ambrose Evans Pritchard has a wonderful piece in The Telegraph today telling us why the eurozone’s attempt to use austerity to solve the continent’s economic problems just isn’t going to work. Why it cannot work in fact, not just that … Continue reading

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Google pays just €8m tax here by routing €9bn profits abroad

 Sent into to us to day Thomas, Thought this item might be of interest ….. Google pays just €8m tax here by routing €9bn profits abroad   By John Mulligan Irish Independent Saturday October 06 2012 IT handles billions of … Continue reading

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'Is this conversation being recorded?'

Reblogged from Awaken Longford: THE scene: AIB HQ Bank Centre, Ballsbridge. In the boardroom, taking a telephone call, is former Labour Party leader and AIB ‘Public Interest’ director Dick Spring. On the line is Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore…… Read … Continue reading

AIB “bleeds the ordinary householder dry”

THE Government has been accused of standing back as AIB ”bleeds the ordinary householder dry” following the bank’s decision to hike up its variable-interest rate for the second time in two months. The State-owned bank shocked its customers earlier this week when … Continue reading

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