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Minister Joan Burton on Ireland’s endemic and systemic corruption scandals
Social Protection Minister Joan Burton gave a wide-ranging lecture in Trinity College today on corruption in Ireland – citing, variously, the child sex abuse scandal; her own experience, as a “newbie” councillor in Dublin City Council, of receiving 42 legal … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout, Bankers, Economy, Justice, Politics
Tagged banks, Bertie Ahern, Mahon Report, Mahon Tribunal, Nyberg Report
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If the government really wants to tackle fraud, it should take on the banks.
From the Irish Examiner on January 4… THE Government is engaged in a campaign of vilification against those claiming social protection benefits despite an Oireachtas report revealing the proportion of fraudulent overpayments actually decreased by more than half between 2007 … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout, Bankers, Economy
Tagged Department of Social Protection, social welfare fraud, social welfare reform
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Through the looking glass with Fine Gael and Labour
With a national unity government now formed in Greece, in a last-ditch effort to save it from financial Armageddon, it is worth taking a closer look at the affect of draconian austerity measures on the Greek people – because, where … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout, Bankers, Economy
Tagged banks, burn the bondholders, ECB, EU, IMF
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We’re getting burned just so bondholders get their cash
Neglected to post last week’s Irish Examiner column – We’re getting burned just so bondholders get their cash – so posting it here.. IT may have escaped your notice but the country has finally emerged from the economic crisis that … Continue reading
No perp walk for Irish bankers
It may have slipped your notice last week, because of all the hype over the government’s raid of private pension funds and the visit of a certain elderly Monarch, but a High Court case has revealed that Irish bankers are … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout, Bankers
Tagged Anglo Irish Bank, Director of Corporate Enforcement, Nyberg Report
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Mr Nyberg can stick his report
According to the Nyberg report, a herd of anonymous rampaging elephants are responsible for Ireland’s banking collapse. Well, it’s possible the herd he refers to is composed entirely of elephants because, one thing’s for certain, absolutely no humans are named. … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout, Bankers
Tagged AIB, banks, Bonus culture, Brian Lenihan, Colm Doherty, ECB, Nyberg Report
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Bludget 2011
So, what does this budget mean for you? Less money for more work? Yes, but you knew that anyway. Imminent poverty aside, the really interesting thing about this budget, in fact the only thing that remained unknown before it was announced … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout, Bankers, budget 2011
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Bankers aren’t very bright and other amazing revelations
As we all await Brian Lenihan’s budget announcement this afternoon, I thought now would be a good time to replicate a column, about Brian Cowen’s determination to get tough on bankers – those clever people who got us into this … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout, Bankers
Tagged Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowen, Culture of Entitlement, Mike Soden
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