Killiney Eviction
Wait a minute now. Let me just process this Killiney eviction story that RTÉ is getting in such a lather...
Banking
Making Sense of Anglo Debt, Promissory Notes and Burning Money in the Central Bank
For years, I thought my bank had a stock of anti-money in its vaults, and when my few shillings came...
Investigating Anglo-Irish Bank
If you were in charge of a criminal investigation into the collapse of a bank, how many people would you...
Guilt Versus Responsibility
If you go out with a gun and deliberately shoot someone dead, you're guilty of murder. If you go out...
Paying €700 Million of Public Money to Cover Private Losses in Anglo
Tomorrow, the government will hand €700 million of public money to unsecured investors in Anglo. Unsecured! This is the text...
Greece Calls Referendum on New Bailout
It's not over yet. The Greek government has put the terms of the new so-called bailout to a referendum. It...
Wallowe’en
It's Wallowe'en, the dread night when a veil slips between our world and the grim otherlife, that half-lit place where...
Dale Farm and the Global Financial Crisis
I have an idea. Why don't the Dale Farm travellers occupy Wall Street? A gang of angry Pavees with piebalds...
Imaginary Money Equals Imaginary Debt
What is money? No. Seriously now, I'm not joking. Can you say what money is? I can't. I asked this...
Ballsy Baldy Burns Bank Bondholders
Michael Noonan has decided to make the the bondholders carry a share of the losses, thereby restoring capitalism to its...
