Category Archives: An Bord Snip Nua

The Green Bone

Posted on August 18, 2009 by

Greens support Dail inquiry into bank activities   An idea has been mooted by Colm McCarthy, the chairman of An Bord Snip Nua. To have an Oireachtas inquiry into the failure of Ireland’s banks has being receiving support from none … Continue reading →

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Pirate ship NAMA

Posted on August 10, 2009 by

It looks like that this Capt of Finance is going to bring himself and his crew to a sorry end and if he and his crew are captured he can expect to be asked to walk the plank, by his … Continue reading →

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Thanks Lads!

Posted on August 8, 2009 by

ECONOMIST Colm McCarthy was paid a fee of €35,000 for telling the Government how to cut public spending by €5bn, it was confirmed last night. But given that some meetings did not last a full day, Mr McCarthy’s average daily … Continue reading →

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Sligo General Hospital cuts

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

Fianna Fáil Sligo-North Leitrim TDs Jimmy Devins and Eamon Scanlon have resigned the party whip over their opposition to cuts in breast cancer services at Sligo General Hospital, at least this is what we are told in the papers but … Continue reading →

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Ireland To-Day !

Posted on August 3, 2009 by

This to my mind represents Ireland to-day When will the people rise up and kick this lot out?

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You have a Neck! Mr.O Connell

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

Shareholders who lost their life savings in the Irish banking collapse shoulder blame for their own financial ruin, the country’s Central Bank has said. Tom O’Connell, assistant director general of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland, claimed … Continue reading →

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Time to get real!

Posted on July 18, 2009 by

  Looking at the ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary, summer 2009 I notice that they are predicting unemployment to top 12.6% and then next year they are predicting a top of 16% Given that this body has never got its figures … Continue reading →

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No stimulus plan!

Posted on July 18, 2009 by

THE Government is going to sit on the C report for the next five months — while it continues to borrow €400m a week to run the country. Ministers will also have a report on reform of the tax system to … Continue reading →

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The country is Broke!

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

We are borrowing €400 million every week and we need to cut €5bn from public spending And that’s just for starters! According to the report from An Bord Snip Nua release to-day the country needs to cut more than €5bn … Continue reading →

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An Bord Snip Nua

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

  The government have realized that they could not keep the report from An Bord Snip Nua quite over the summer months The last straw was yesterday when some of the ungrateful green senators did not vote with the government … Continue reading →

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