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Category Archives: No2NAMA
Paddy Mc Killen and NAMA (2)
Is NAMA capitulating to to-paddy-mckillen namawinelake | August 3, 2010 at 1:35 pm source http://namawinelake.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/is-nama-capitulating-to-paddy-mckillen/ News today that Paddy McKillen has at last made the sale of that Bond Street property on which pesky Bank of Ireland had previously put … Continue reading
Posted in "The-end-of-democracy", accounting gimmickry, action, NAMA, NAMA accounts, NAMA board members, NAMA Fraud, National Emergency Plan for jobs, No 2 NAMA campaign, No to bank bailouts, No2NAMA
Tagged Bank of Ireland, Bond Street property, Department of Finance, NAMA, namawinelake, Paddy McKillen, The Irish Times
Kenny prancing around the K-Club
The significance of Ronald Quinlan’s revelation today that Fine Gael sought and accepted a sum of money from a property developer — and not just any property developer — should not be underestimated. O’Flynn Construction is one of the … Continue reading
Posted in A New Irish Citizens Political party, accounting gimmickry, Brian Lenihan, Enda Kenny, NAMA accounts, NAMALAND, National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), No 2 NAMA campaign, No to bank bailouts, No2NAMA, NTMA, People power, Political party donations, sovereign debt, Sovereign Debt Crisis, TD donations
Tagged Anglo Golden Circle, Enda Kenny, Fine Gael, Fine Gael and Enda Kenny to send back the donations, Gerry Gannon, K Club, Michael O'Flynn, NAMA, O'Flynn Construction, Ronald Quinlan's
New reserve currency
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
Posted in "The-end-of-democracy", A New Irish Citizens Political party, accounting gimmickry, action, action on Jobs, Action on unemployment now!, Allied Irish Bank, Allied Irish Banks, American International Group (AIG), and Stimulus., Back to education, Back to Education Allowance, Back to Education Programme, Back to School, Bailing out the banks, Bank für internationalen Zahlungsausgleich, Bank für internationalen Zahlungsausgleich, Bank for International Settlements, Bank of Ireland, Bank repossessions in Ireland, Banking, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihian, Central Bank Governor, China, Chinese dollar peg, Chinese economic policy, concerned citizens of Wicklow town, currency movements, current affairs (Irish), Current Affairs US, Deutsche Bank, Die EU-Kommission, Dollar, EU micro-finance facility, EU monetary union, Euro, Euro -Dollar Dance, Euro Crisis, European Central Bank, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European sovereign states' spreads, Federal Reserve X subprime X commoditys X Oil X Berkshire X BIS X Bill Gross X Warren Buffett X Henry Paulson X Ben Bernanke X black market X Foreign exchange contracts X Listed credit derivatives X F, Fianna Fail, Fiannia Fail, Finance Dublin, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, financial irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank, General Election Issues for Wicklow, General Election NOW, Government-guaranteed for Banks X Bank of Ireland X institutional investors X mortgage, Hyperinflation, Hyperinflationary, institutional investors, international bond holders, International news, International Securities Exchange, International Victims, Irelands New Financial Regulator, Irish Banking, Irish civil service, Irish Constitution, Irish debtclock, Irish Dole queues, Irish financial issues, Irish Financial News, Irish Government, Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P), Irish National Debt, Irish Nationwide, Irish News, Irish Peoples Union, Irish Pirate Banks, Irish Politics, Irish Revolution, Irish Taxpayers, Irish Unemployment, machholz blog, Market meltdown, Market meltdown, NAMALAND, National Asset Management Agency, National Emergency Plan for jobs, News from the US, No 2 NAMA campaign, No to bank bailouts, No2NAMA, political accountability, political dinosaurs, protests in Dublin streets, PUBLIC SERVICE UNIONS, Shell, shell to sea, Shell to Sea activists, TD' Perks, TD's lucrative expenses, TD'Pensions, TDs lavish expenses, The NAMA gravy train, The National Inflation Association, The Renminbi, The Truth About Retail Sales, the Unemployed, Toxic assets of Irish banks, Toxic Banks, U.S. inflation, U.S. Treasury, U.S. Treasury Department, Unemployed in Ireland, Unemployed United, Unemployment, Unemployment in Ireland, Union for the unemployed in Ireland, US Dollar, US Economic Recovery, US government, US Hyperinflation, US interest rates, US national debt, US News, US Treasury, US Unemployment, US-Treasuries, www.wealthbuilder.ie
Tagged Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan, dole payments, Dublin News, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, General election Now, Green Party, Irish Politics, Local Community Issues, NAMA, New reserve curriency, No 2 NAMA campaign, Wicklow town blog, wicklow towns community blog
Preliminary Report Into Ireland’s Banking Crisis 31 May 2010
After reading the Preliminary Report into Ireland’s Banking Crisis one can only come to the conclusion that Cowen and Lenihan are Guilty of “Gross Incompetence and Dereliction of Duty” And should resign immediately and be brought before the courts on … Continue reading
Posted in accounting gimmickry, action, Allied Irish Bank, Allied Irish Banks, Anglo Irish Bank, Annual Report & Accounts for Anglo Irish Bank, Bailing out the banks, Bank for International Settlements, Bank of Ireland, Banking, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihian, Budget 2009, Central Bank Governor, Colm Doherty, current affairs (Irish), Dermot Gleeson, Eugene Sheehy, Fairytales, Fianna Fail, Finance Dublin, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, financial irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Foreign bond holders, former Bank of Ireland chairman Richard Burrows, General Election Issues for Wicklow, General Election NOW, Government-guaranteed for Banks X Bank of Ireland X institutional investors X mortgage, Green Party, IMF financial aid recipients, Ireland's NTMA, Irelands New Financial Regulator, Irish Banking, Irish budget deficit, Irish Crime, Irish debtclock, Irish Dole queues, Irish financial issues, Irish Financial News, Irish Government, Irish Life & Permanent, Irish News, Irish Pirate Banks, Irish Politics, Irish property News, Irish Revolution, Irish stock market, IRISH TIMES, Irish Unemployment, Mr. John Gormley, NAMA, NAMA Fraud, NAMALAND, namawinelake, National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), National Emergency Plan for jobs, No 2 NAMA campaign, No to bank bailouts, No2NAMA, NTMA, political accountability, political dinosaurs, Preliminary Report Into Ireland's Banking Crisis, Recession, referendum on NAMA, Regling-Watson report
Tagged Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Brian Lenihan, Fianna Fail, Green Party, Irish Banks, Irish financial issues, Irish Life & Permanent AGM, Irish Politics, Local Community Issues, NAMA, Preliminary Report Into Ireland's Banking Crisis, Regling-Watson report
What if this oil spill was off the coast of Ireland?
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
Posted in action, Action on Environment issues, action on Jobs, Action on unemployment now!, BP Oil spill, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihian, Department of Social and Family Affairs, Eamonn Ryan, Environment issues, Exxon Valdez disaster, Fairytales, Fianna Fail, Fiannia Fail, Finance Dublin, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Follow the yellow brick road!, Former Taoiseach X Bertie Ahern X tax-free status X artists' exemption scheme X Ahern autobiography, General Election Issues for Wicklow, General Election NOW, Green Party, Green Waste, Irish Dole queues, Irish Environment Minster, Irish financial issues, Irish Government, Irish local community blog, Irish Minimum wage, Irish mortgage Holders, Irish National Debt, Irish News, Irish trade union leaders, Irish Unemployment, NAMALAND, Nature, No 2 NAMA campaign, No2NAMA, Paul Gogarty TD, People power, political accountability, political dinosaurs, Pollution of the Environment, Revenue Commissioners, Rip off Merchants, shell to sea, Shell to Sea activists, Siptu, Social Protection budget, Social welfare fraud, Starship Dail, Taoiseach, Taoiseach Brian Cowen, The green guttersnipes, The Green Party, the Unemployed, Unemployed in Ireland, Unemployed United, Unemployment, Unemployment in Ireland, Union for the unemployed in Ireland, www.youtube.com, Youtube
Tagged Bertie Ahern, BP oil spill, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan, carbon tax levy, Environment issues, Green Party, Irish financial issues, Irish Oil spill, Irish Politics, John Gormley, Local Community Issues, Shell to Sea, Single Mothers, the Unemployed, union for the unemployed, wicklow towns community blog
Billions for NAMA and sod the rest of us!
Posted in "The-end-of-democracy", A New Irish Citizens Political party, accounting gimmickry, action, action on Jobs, Action on unemployment now!, Bailing out the banks, Banking, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihian, current affairs (Irish), eirigi, eirigi.org, Garda authorities, General Election Issues for Wicklow, General Election NOW, Green Party, Health, Healthcaire, Hospital Services, Irish Banking, Irish Constitution, Irish financial issues, Irish Financial News, Irish Government, Irish Peoples Union, Irish Pirate Banks, Irish Politics, Irish Revolution, irishleftreview.org/, jobseekers allowance, John Gormley, Liam Carroll, Minister of finance, Minster Brian Lenihian, NAMA, NAMA Fraud, NAMALAND, National Emergency Plan for jobs, No 2 NAMA campaign, No to bank bailouts, No2NAMA, People power, political accountability, political dinosaurs, protests in Dublin streets, referendum on NAMA, Right to work campaign, Shell to Sea activists, Taoiseach Brian Cowen, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, TDs lavish expenses, The Dail, The Green Party
Tagged Anglo Irish Bank, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan, Family, Fianna Fail, Green Party, http://www.eirigi.org/, Irish Banks, Irish financial issues, Irish Politics, Local Community Issues, No 2 NAMA campaign, Right to Work campaign, Wicklow town blog, wicklow towns community blog
The right to work Campaign (3)
Posted in "The-end-of-democracy", accounting gimmickry, action, action on Jobs, Action on unemployment now!, Anglo Irish Bank, Bailing out the banks, Banking, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihian, current affairs (Irish), Dail Gates, Depression, eirigi, eirigi.org, Fianna Fail, Fiannia Fail, financial irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, General Election NOW, Green Party, Health, http://www.eirigi.org/, http://www.wsm.ie/, Ireland's NTMA, Irish Banking, Irish budget deficit, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish debtclock, Irish Dole queues, Irish financial issues, Irish Financial News, Irish Government, Irish Justice, Irish local community blog, Irish Minimum wage, Irish News, Irish Peoples Union, Irish Pirate Banks, Irish Politics, Irish Taxpayers, Irish Unemployment, James Connolly, jobseekers allowance, John Gormley, Minister for Social Protection, Minster Brian Lenihian, NAMA, NAMA Fraud, NAMALAND, No 2 NAMA campaign, No to bank bailouts, No2NAMA, People power, political accountability, Right to work campaign, The Dail, The Euro NAMA, The Gardaí, The Green Party, The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, The NAMA gravy train, the Unemployed, Toxic assets of Irish banks, Toxic Banks, Unemployed in Ireland, Unemployed United, Unemployment in Ireland, Union for the unemployed in Ireland, We want jobs now, Wicklow Blog, Wicklow Blogs, Wicklow communities blog, Wicklow community blog, Wicklow's Unemployed
Tagged Anglo Irish Bank, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan, Dublin News, Irish Banks, Irish financial issues, Irish Politics, Local Community Issues, NAMA, No 2 NAMA campaign, The right to work campaign, union for the unemployed, wicklow towns community blog
The right to work Campaign (2)
Posted in Irish News, Irish Politics, Irish Financial News, local Wicklow politics, Irish local community blog, Local Wicklow Issues, NAMA, Brian Cowen, action, Local Wicklow Events, Irish Government, Irish Pirate Banks, National Asset Management Agency, Anglo Irish Bank, No2NAMA, No 2 NAMA campaign, political dinosaurs, NAMALAND, General Election NOW, National Emergency Plan for jobs, jobs creation, Irish Revolution, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, referendum on NAMA, Government-guaranteed for Banks X Bank of Ireland X institutional investors X mortgage, Irish mortgage Holders, Action on unemployment now!, action on Jobs, machholz blog, Recession, namawinelake, political accountability, Irish Unemployment, Irish Minimum wage, financial irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Taxpayers, Brian Lenihian, NAMA Fraud, Irish financial issues, Back to Education Programme, Back to Education Allowance, Bailing out the banks, Back to education, Irish Dole queues, Banking, "The-end-of-democracy", eirigi, No to bank bailouts, attack on old age pension, National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), eirigi.org, Right to work campaign, irishleftreview.org/
Tagged Unemployed United, The right to work campaign
Protesters at Anglo Irish Bank
It appears the four people on ledger were arrested as well as two or three people who had been outside. All this took place in the space of ten minutes. Inspector Gannon who led the assault on Shell to … Continue reading
Posted in "The-end-of-democracy", A New Irish Citizens Political party, accounting gimmickry, action, action on Jobs, Action on unemployment now!, Allen Dukes, Anglo Irish Bank, Banking, Citizens Association of the Bewildered (CAB), Consumer issues /cars, eirigi, Fairytales, Fiannia Fail, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, financial irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Foreign bond holders, Garda authorities, Global Sovereign Credit risk report, Government-guaranteed for Banks X Bank of Ireland X institutional investors X mortgage, Green Party, Irish Banking, Irish budget deficit, Irish civil service, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Constitution, Irish Crime, Irish debtclock, Irish Dole queues, Irish financial issues, Irish Financial News, Irish Justice, Irish News, Irish Pirate Banks, Irish Politics, Irish property News, Irish Revolution, Irish Taxpayers, Irish Unemployment, irish-banks-derivative-trading-losses, John Gormley, Minister of finance, Minster Brian Lenihian, NAMA, NAMA Fraud, Nama on Youtube, NAMALAND, namawinelake, National Asset Management Agency, No 2 NAMA campaign, No to bank bailouts, No2NAMA, People power, political accountability, political dinosaurs
Tagged Anglo Irish Bank, anti-capitalist block, Bank Bailout Protests, Citizens Association of the Bewildered (CAB), eirigi, Gardai, Inspector Gannon, machholz blog, No 2 NAMA, Polthomas pier, Protesters at Anglo Irish Bank, Shell to Sea
The Lunacy of NAMA
These mountains of debt cannot be repaid and the markets will have to wake up to this fact soon or later!
There isn’t enough gold in the ground to cover these vast amounts of debt