Category Archives: Irish National Debt

Hangover for Irish Banks

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

MONDAY’S jump in banking stocks was followed by a hangover yesterday as the country’s lenders pared most of the gains posted in the session. Bank of Ireland fell 4pc to 69c after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) cut its outlook to … Continue reading →

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Irish banks are still in denial

Posted on September 10, 2010 by

While all the focus has been on losses at Anglo Irish, the other Irish banks are in denial about the scale of State support needed. It is time to face the facts: the three viable banks need over €17 billion, … Continue reading →

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You want to know who I am?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

This article was sent in this morning and I thought it might be of interest to some of you. I know I recognize lot of this man’s current life’s problems. The sordid intervention of derivatives in all of our lives … Continue reading →

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Cowen & Lenihan spin doesn’t wash with the markets

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services downgraded Ireland’s credit rating Tuesday on concern about the cost of bailing out the country’s ailing banks. S&P lowered Ireland’s long-term sovereign credit rating to AA- from AA and kept its … Continue reading →

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New reserve currency

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

This is big trouble for the USA WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators on Friday shut down a Nevada bank, raising to 83 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. The 83 closures so far this year is more than double … Continue reading →

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What if this oil spill was off the coast of Ireland?

Posted on May 30, 2010 by

  If this had happened in Irish waters the Government would have told the nation that we were all responsible and we must all put our shoulder to the wheel and help stop this well from leaking any more of … Continue reading →

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Irelands true financial debts are?

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

Ireland is a basket case and we are not been told about it. $865 billion is the amount the Irish state owes to the rest of Europe Greece owes $367 billion. So how does this make us any better off?  … Continue reading →

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