Category Archives: Action on unemployment now!

Ireland’s coalition proposals are strong on rhetoric but need more depth

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Taoiseach-in-waiting Enda Kenny will be in at the deep end as Ireland’s coalition attempts to deal with the country’s economic plight. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA The campaign rhetoric seeps through Fine Gael and Labour’s freshly minted “Programme for Government” unveiled Monday … Continue reading →

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He could be talking about Ireland

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

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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Taxpayers getting shafted once again

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

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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Green’s still supporting the Fianna Fail mantra

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

The Green Party has pledged to pursue a major reform agenda over the next Dáil term in a bid to ensure there is no reoccurrence of the banking crisis. Speaking after the party’s think-in in Co Carlow, party leader John … Continue reading →

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Cowen continuing to waffle “That morning radio interview”

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

Listen to the apologizers for Fianna Fail and at the end Brian Clown telling the reporter not to engage in defeatism as a way of deflecting the hard questions “There is nobody else “says another Fianna Fail supporter as if … Continue reading →

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“A picture is worth a thousand words”

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

Europe’s biggest can of worms is overflowing again. Fears that Europe’s banks are vulnerable to losses on risky government bond investments are sending shivers through the European bond markets, especially Ireland and Greece. Investors are dumping risky bonds tied to … Continue reading →

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Why should it be any different here in Ireland?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

Economic uncertainties around the world are expected to provide continued support for gold these concerns have led investors to gobble up gold in the second quarter The World Gold Council said demand for gold-backed exchange-traded funds rose 414% compared to … Continue reading →

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Should the transfer of Anglo’s remaining NAMA tranches be put on hold ?

Posted on August 27, 2010 by

from source http://namawinelake.wordpress.com/author/namawinelake/ Should the transfer of Anglo’s remaining NAMA tranches be put on hold pending clarification of Anglo’s total costs? namawinelake | August 27, 2010 at 10:15 am Anglo has transferred a cumulative total of €16bn of its NAMA-bound … Continue reading →

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Our King Louis XVI = The Banks and their Gombeen politicians

Posted on August 10, 2010 by

€10bn Anglo Government injection approved The European Commission has approved Government plans to inject up to another €10bn into Anglo Irish Bank. The Commission said the Government had notified it at the end of June that it wanted to put … Continue reading →

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John Drennan of the sunday independant on Calley

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

No amount of houses, yachts or portraits would ever fill Callely’s desire to be noticed, writes John Drennan He may now be more famous than Brian Cowen, but the strangest thing about the summer phenomenon of 2010 is that we … Continue reading →

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