Has the Run on Ireland Begun?

[Tommythecommy]

We have turned a corner

[Tomas Mor]

And that scutterbucket Callery is the main story at the moment on the radio.
Very sad times.

and plank kenny's main items were (1) Callely, and (2) nuns in Carlow. Maybe we should all go into the convent and hide away.

[Mar Tweedy]

And globalised speculative capitalism and the large financial institutions who threw the money at us, who would have abandoned Ireland if we had tightened up regulation, and who are now making profit on causing misery in the countries affected of course has nothing to do with this. Yes, it all caused by a state agency called FAS. Clearly FAS is at the root of the problems of globalised capital and must be eliminated.

We have more in common with the people who go hungry because of food price volatility by the same speculative markets who are causing our misery now.

Blaming Lenihan, FAS and the public sector unions is like attending to a broken arm while the blood is gushing from a cut artery.

[jpc]

and plank kenny's main items were (1) Callely, and (2) nuns in Carlow. Maybe we should all go into the convent and hide away.

We'll be hiding away a long time.

[RightCentreLeft]

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[Fr. Hank Tree]

We'll be hiding away a long time.

Or we could do an Iceland...

[typical]

Blaming Lenihan, FAS and the public sector unions is like attending to a broken arm while the blood is gushing from a cut artery.

I suspect there's plenty of blame to go 'round but, not to worry, those who are blamed seem to be the only ones immune from consequence.

[Dreaded_Estate]

Just for contrast, what are the Greeks at?

The Greeks are borrowing at 5% from the IMF/EU

[Cassandra Syndrome]

6% is a major psychological barrier. One for Sean Whelan to spin.

[Cato]

6% is a major psychological barrier. One for Sean Whelan to spin.

It looks like we will shortly find out the limit of his spinning skills...