Posted in Economy, Fianna Fáil, Irish journalism, fuckwits, Banks, Irish Economy, Fine Gael, PDs, Greens, Politics on Nov 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
That was then…
Ireland’s decision to guarantee Irish banks’ deposits and debts for two years to calm investor concern could be followed by other countries. This may be a template for rescues elsewhere if Irish banks can replenish their capital base,” Harvinder Sian, a fixed-income strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in London said […]
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This is another taping I made of the Vincent Browne Show - side B of the programme below. Again, it’s another fascinating discussion involving Browne and an informed panel of Dr. Kevin Whelan, Prof. Tom Bartlett, and Prof. Tom Dunne, with the topic this time the 1798 rebellion.
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Vincent Browne Show, 1798 Rebellion:
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The Fianna Fáil plan to fix the systematic problems within the Irish banking system is… to mortgage the entire country in order to keep the system running the same way as before.
The contradiction inherent to that decision - to fix a broken system by ensuring it runs the same way as before - is […]
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As well as feeling il-linformed, voters said they feared a host of other issues, including possible conscription into a European army…. (”Coalition Admits It Bungled Lisbon Campaign”, Irish Independent, 11 September 2008)
The research findings tell us nothing new… again, we did not need a team of researchers to tell us this… Government representatives failed miserably […]
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The main difference between the Irish Times and the Irish Independent at the moment seems to be style rather than content. For example, the Irish Independent created the debating point that immigration was a factor in the Lisbon Referendum using the leak from the European commission as the basis to do it, and the Irish […]
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Reading Donagh’s post from earlier this week, about how Fintan O’Toole is really pissed off that we didn’t listen to him and vote yes to Lisbon, I couldn’t help but think of this from Southpark.
Enjoy.
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With all the depressing news in the media these days, you sometimes miss other, non-economy related depressing news. Or maybe it’s good news. I dunno, it all depends on your perspective.
On the 24th of June the Irish Independent reported that John O’Shea of Seoige & O’Shea’s afternoon show on RTE One will not be […]
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Oh my oh my. Last Tuesday the Irish Independent told us that the Irish people voted no because they believed that the treaty could be renegotiated. Today (Saturday), they tell us that it was because of a disastrous ‘yes’ campaign.
What could have changed in the past week?
Well, the report they said was […]
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According to the European Barometer poll, the reasons why people voted no:
Don’t understand/not familiar - 22%
Protect Irish identity - 12%
Safeguard Irish neutrality - 6%
Do not trust our politians - 6%
we will lose our right to a commissioner - 6%
protect tax system - 6%
against idea of unified Europe - 5%
protest against government policies - 4%
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After yesterday’s Irish Independent piece, which gave the impression that people voted No to renegotiate, the Irish Times has just released what it claims are the preliminary results from the EU Commission’s referendum poll.
you know, people really need to just wait until the thing comes out. Here, have a look.
Post-vote poll
Preliminary results from EU Commission […]
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