Bank Guarantee Could End Up Costing €40 Billion, Says Central Bank Governor
Forty billion euros. Forty thousand million euros. That's how much it might cost us to bail out the gamblers who...
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Sean Quinn Out of Bankruptcy
Sean Quinn will be discharged from bankruptcy next Friday, wiping out the €2.1 billion debt he owes to Anglo-Irish Bank,...
Seanie Fitz Applies For Free Legal Aid
Seán Fitzpatrick, former CEO and Chairman of Anglo-Irish Bank has applied to have his defence costs paid by the State after...
David Drumm and the Anglo Tapes Might Expose Hijack of Irish Democracy
It's a little disconcerting to hear people expressing horror at the cursing in the Anglo tapes. Hello? This is Ireland...
Lack of Political Will to Enforce Law in Ireland
I kinda like Joan Burton. No, not in strange way, but she always seemed (at least in 2008-9-10) to have...
Religious Orders Not So Different from Bankers
The Magdalene survivors are to be paid something by the State to compensate them for their time imprisoned and enslaved...
The Anglo Tapes – Failure to Understand Citizenship
Did you, like me, feel nauseated listening to the Anglo tapes? What made you sickest? Was it the fact that...
Cyprus : The Burning Season
Cast your mind back four or five years, to when the full extent of our banking collapse became apparent. In...
No Losses Imposed On Senior Bondholders of Zombie Banks
Oh God. It's just depressing, and I apologise most sincerely for banging away at this, but someone has to do...
A Tale of Two Seáns — Quinn Gives Radio Interview
I met Seán Quinn once, and I found him an amiable, approachable sort of fellow with a good line in...
