Yesterday’s Figures
6th January, 2010
Yesterday saw the publication of new figures by the Department of Finance on the state of the national finances. A flurry of figures were......
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Hope is a habit you need to acquire
26th November, 2009
So said Joseph O’Connor on Drivetime last night. I quoted this on the Order of Business this morning as I listened to the litany......
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Eoghan is nearly right
17th February, 2009
Eoghan Harris wrote a very strong article in the Sunday Independent yesterday. While I don’t agree with much of what Eoghan writes (particularly about Fianna Fail......
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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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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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Passing the Anglo Irish Legislation
25th January, 2009
The Irish Times published an article yesterday about the Fine Gael leader in the Seanad Frances Fitzgerald challenging the result of the vote on the nationalisation......
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Anglo Irish Bank and the FT
18th January, 2009
The Seanad is been recalled for next Tuesday night to debate the legislation to nationalise Anglo Irish Bank. Fine Gael have advocated the nationalisation......
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