Tag: economic collapse
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Stop talking down the economy (even though nobody is listening)…
The debacle surrounding Irish water, which is by no means yet resolved, has highlighted once again the importance of communications. Indeed, much of the blame in relation to Irish water is being laid at the door of communications, from the company and from the government. Personally, I dont think any amount of communication genius could…
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Someone needs to define affordability in mortgages
This is a version of a column which appeared in the Irish Examiner 14 September 2013 Since the appearance of the banks before the oireachtas committees last week we have seen a lot of discussion on the mortgage issue. Like the poor, speculation about mortgages will always be with us it seems. A vexed element…
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Mirror Mirror on the (Clara) wall, who is the sorriest of all?
‘No one more sorry than I about what happened,’ says Cowen – Political News | Irish & International Politics | The Irish Times – Fri, Aug 30, 2013. I have never met Brian Cowen. The closest I came was twice, once when I saw him and some others in a hotel near the Dail the…
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Ireland is, probably, not Greece….
This is an expanded version of an oped published in the Irish Examiner 12/January/2013 So, we are back in the bond market, which must mean that every thing is great, and the recession is over….. three cheers….no? really? Well, one cheer for the NTMA anyhow is due, they did a solid professional job of tapping…
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Euro deal saves Ireland? Maybe…
It’s not clear that it does. I’m not sure it’s a seismic (Enda Kenny) or massive (Eamonn Gilmore) deal. And it happened because of Spanish and Italian pressure. So far as we can see at present there are three parts to this. The Spanish banks will be recapped directly from the EFSF and later the…
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(so far 8) questions on the Fiscal Compact which I would like answered..
Following up on my blogpost today and just in time for the sunday business and talking heads shows, some questions spring to mind on the Fiscal Compact. Feel free to pose these to relevant politicians or better yet to answer them below.. How would the existence of the fiscal compact have prevented the Irish economic…