Archive for : February, 2009
We must start all over again
16th February, 2009
Enda called yesterday for the entire Board of the Financial Regulator to be sacked. He is right to call for this. The failures in regulation......
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15th February, 2009
I have been using Twitter for the last couple of weeks. It is a social networking site that allows you to post messages to ‘followers’.......
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Enda
15th February, 2009
I spent yesterday morning canvassing with Enda Kenny in Cabra. I have done this kind of thing a lot with him but the reception that......
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Getting Excited About the Wrong Things?
14th February, 2009
Had a somewhat deflating week in the Seanad. Caused by the debate on child poverty and vulnerable young people on Wednesday night. It was a......
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Meeting Enda
13th February, 2009
Quick note to say that I will be canvassing with Enda Kenny and our local councillor Mary O’Shea on the Navan Road tomorrow morning......
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What the markets think… CDS
13th February, 2009
Credit Default Swaps (CDS) are financial tools that measure risk. The spread on these CDS reflect the risk that the market attributes to that risk actually......
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Docks, Ports and Banks.
11th February, 2009
I have already commented on the gravity of the revelations with regard to Anglo Irish Bank. As I write, this is being debated in Dail......
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Bring in the Fraud Squad
11th February, 2009
The revelations today about the lending of billions of euros between Irish banks is an act of vicious vandalism against the Irish state. The reason why......
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What should we do differently?
10th February, 2009
Our country is in the middle of an economic crisis. It is global in nature but has been compounded by severe domestic policy errors.......
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There is something about Mary
10th February, 2009
I know. What a cliche. The title of a film, a book and so many jokes. However in this case it is true. Last......
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