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Will Ireland Need a Second Bail Out?

Tom McDonnell 20/01/2012

Tom McDonnell: Willem Buiter of CitiGroup and formerly of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee reckons that Ireland should negotiate a …

Questions and answers

An tSaoi 20/01/2012

An Saoi: On Thursday 12/1/2012, Finance Minister Michael Noonan answered a series of questions on inheritances and Capital Acquisitions Tax. The …

Time for Plan B

Nat O'Connor 20/01/2012

Nat O'Connor: Austerity policies are not working. I was one of 59 signatories of a letter in today's Irish Times calling for Plan B. Plan B must …

They're making a list, but are they checking it twice?

Donal Palcic 17/01/2012

Donal Palcic: The Irish Times reports that the Government has drawn up a shortlist of state assets to be sold that includes its remaining stake in …

If we don't talk about it, nothing bad will happen

Michael Taft 17/01/2012

Michael Taft: It is frustrating that so much debate about the economy is informed by denial (the insanity of the speculative boom was denied for …

Major state investment plan needed for recovery

12/01/2012

Writing in today's Irish Times, Paul Sweeney says: "All are agreed that Ireland is in deep trouble. However, there is now clear evidence that the …

Jeff Madrick on how austerity is killing Europe

Jeff Madrick 11/01/2012

Jeff Madrick: When it was announced that Ireland's national income virtually collapsed in the fall of 20011, it should have been a death blow to …

The data being sent to IMF and EU bodies should be public

Nat O'Connor 10/01/2012

Nat O'Connor: The latest IMF report on Ireland has an important annex: Annex 1. Provision of data (pages 81-82), which gives a list of "indicators …

IBRC Restructuring Plan

Tom McDonnell 09/01/2012

Tom McDonnell: The Story.ie has obtained a restructuring plan 2011-2020 for the IBRC (Anglo/INBS). The plan was submitted to the European Commission …

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