Category Archives: Bank of Ireland

“A picture is worth a thousand words”

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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Drip ,Drip Lies and more lies from Cowen and lenihan

Even by the standards of the global banking collapse, Anglo Irish Bank stands out. From a loan book of about 75 billion Euros when the government took over in 2009, Anglo Irish says that it has only about 12 billion … Continue reading

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Mr. Aynsley and the greens playing to the cameras

Mr. Aynsley of Anglo Irish Bank last night hit out at the Green Party’s call for a wind-down of the nationalized lender. He would wouldn’t he! Nobody likes to have to leave a party in full swing! And he is … Continue reading

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Cutting Ireland’s Rating

by Reggie Middleton So, S&P finally gets around to Cutting Ireland’s Rating on the Cost of Bank Support, as reported by CNBC: Ireland’s financial headache worsened on Wednesday after Standard & Poor’s cut its credit rating in a move criticized … Continue reading

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

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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These stooges obviously don’t read the papers

More proof that the Banks are in fact calling to tune with regards to the running of our country Cowen and Lenihan have swallowed hook line and sinker the notion from the other Bank Lords that no Irish Bank must … Continue reading

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European Bank Stress Test

European bank stress test is a scam so say the experts It’s worthless I wouldn’t own Allied Irish Bank or Bank of Ireland there heading down the toilet get out now

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Why is NAMA calming that it was not a public authority?

EU Commissioner’s preliminary decision on NAMA Who is controlling NAMA? Why is NAMA calming that it was not a public authority? Is it in order to be able to escape having to supply information on its activities to the public … Continue reading

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Central Bank report for Quarter 2

Just more lies? Central Bank report for Quarter 2, NAMA’s resident and non-resident borrowers namawinelake : source http://namawinelake.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/central-bank-report-for-quarter-2-nama%e2%80%99s-resident-and-non-resident-borrowers/ The wide-ranging quarterly Central Bank report and forecast published yesterday contains some interesting nuggets on NAMA and Irish property in general. On … Continue reading

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We are been lied to by the Central Bank and the CSO

I see California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state’s finances on Wednesday last , raising pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that is more than a month overdue and will need to close … Continue reading

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