Category Archives: accounting gimmickry

TD’s unite to give themselves a pay rise

in case you missed this By John Drennan Sunday November 07 2010 As the country faces economic meltdown, TDs and senators are planning to improve their already plush terms and conditions. An official estimate of the money required to run … Continue reading

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He could be talking about Ireland

I agree we need to be concentrating of  industrious business ,why can’t I but Irish made shirts, shoes, Irish made bicycles, for god sake Irish made anything? 75% of our business here in Ireland is services, and we are now … Continue reading

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spreads tell a story

CDS spreads   Mr Lenihan, these figures tell the Irish People the real story the spreads cannot be dismissed and you are going to have to come clean on the true nature of the Banks derivatives time bomb No more account … Continue reading

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Is it time to let AIB go?

Since the Minister of Finance himself says that the still remaindering loans are only worth 40c in the euro this alone tell me that the banks is gone beyond repair as every one of his pronouncements on figures have been totally out I expect that you wouldn’t even get 10 cent on the euro Continue reading

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Angela Merkel consigns Ireland, Portugal and Spain to their fate

Angela Merkel consigns Ireland, Portugal and Spain to their fate Germany has had enough. Any eurozone state that spends its way into a debt crisis or cannot adapt to a monetary union set for Northern rhythms will face “orderly” bankruptcy. … Continue reading

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Taxpayers getting shafted once again

The Irish Times – Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Q&A MARTIN WALL Who will benefit from the early retirement/voluntary redundancy schemes?  The schemes will be primarily aimed at staff in managerial/administrative and clerical grades in the HSE, voluntary hospitals and in … Continue reading

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A Tribute to Mr. Raymond Crotty

A Tribute to Mr. Raymond Crotty 1925-1994 Economics Lecturer Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Ludwig Von Mises Quote: “Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders. No one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others and no one … Continue reading

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Developers score €200,000 salaries from NAMA

Developers score €200,000 salaries from NAMA  Some of the country’s most indebted developers – some of whom now owe the state billions after their debts were taken on by the National Asset Management Agency – have agreed new deals with … Continue reading

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Bank of Ireland and accounting gimmickry

Bank of Ireland announced that €2.1bn of formerly NAMA-bound loans would not be going to NAMA. Where are they going, if anywhere? Why are they not going to NAMA? Is this a further contraction in NAMA’s performing loan portfolio (BoI … Continue reading

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German war reparations

It took Germany 90 years to pay off 25 billion in war reparations for the First World War. The US gulf will need 20$ Billion to clean it up . Ireland is now been saddled with debts of 36.5 billion … Continue reading

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