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Archive for April, 2011

May Day in Ireland: an interview with Sam Nolan

Posted in Irish Labour History on Apr 30th, 2011 6 Comments »

SamNolanInterview from DCTV on Vimeo.
This interview is part of DCTV’s May Day schedule.

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IRISH, UK AND U.S. HOUSE PRICES, 1975-2008

Posted in Ireland on Apr 30th, 2011 No Comments »

Irish exceptionalism is all the rage these days. I wonder, though, if the Americans and British point to the dramatic rise in Irish house prices after 1997 as the main cause of their housing bubbles? After all, the Irish people as a whole are responsible for these bubbles, no?
The graph for U.S. house prices is […]

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‘Under the guise of caution the Central Bank and the commercial banks had gambled and wasted half the national savings’: Seán MacBride, 19 may 1956

Posted in Irish Capitalism, Banks, Irish social history, Irish History on Apr 29th, 2011 No Comments »

Irish monetary policy, from 1922 to 1997, has received a bit of a free ride from Irish historians. Lord knows why, as the decisions undertaken created major stumbling-blocks to the development of the economy post-independence.
Here’s an extract from an Irish Times article, 21 May 1956, which quotes Seán MacBride speaking at the Ard Fheis of […]

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HOW TO OPEN A NON-RESIDENT BANK ACCOUNT IN BELGIUM

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Banks on Apr 29th, 2011 18 Comments »

In Ireland, there has been a “silent bank run” on financial institutions for much of the last year. In February, for instance, Irish private sector deposits dropped at an annual rate of 9.8 percent. That’s largely because some depositors doubt the commitment of the Irish government to the euro. They fear that they will wake […]

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DUBLIN ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR, 14 MAY 2011, LIBERTY HALL, EDEN QUAY.

Posted in Irish Economy, Irish History, Ireland on Apr 28th, 2011 No Comments »

I’ll be giving a talk at the book fair, in a session based around Sins of the Father: Tracing the Decisions That Shaped the Irish Economy.
More details on the bookfair here.
No admission charge. All welcome!

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The ECB and EU pauperising the Irish people

Posted in Economy, Banks, Ireland on Apr 24th, 2011 2 Comments »

[Repudiate the Debt Campaign]
The press revelations of claims made by the former Finance Minister, that the European Central Bank and the European Union played the decisive role in forcing the bank bailout in the form of the bank guarantee confirm what our campaign has been saying since its foundation.
The Irish people will be forced to […]

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AN BORD SNIP NUA

Posted in capitalism, Ireland on Apr 23rd, 2011 No Comments »


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SPENCER DOCK DUBLIN

Posted in Death of a Tiger on Apr 22nd, 2011 8 Comments »


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IRISH TIMES, 25 AUGUST 2007: IT’S TIME TO GET TOUGH WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR, BUT IN A LIGHT-TOUCH KIND OF WAY

Posted in Irish journalism, Banks on Apr 22nd, 2011 6 Comments »

Going through the proofs for Sins of the Father at the moment, and this editorial from the Irish Times popped up at me while I was checking the chapter on finance.
Got to love the cheerleaders for financial innovation, eh?

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DAVID MCWILLIAMS: THE MERCHANT OF GUESSES

Posted in books, Ireland on Apr 21st, 2011 18 Comments »

I’ve never read a David McWilliams book. I’ve dipped into them for research purposes, but I’ve never sat down and actually read one from cover to cover - to read it in its own terms, as it’s meant to be.
Last week I was in Readers Paradise in Wexford and they were selling Follow the Money […]

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