Leaked European Commission documents given to the German Parliament reveal Ireland may need a mini budget this year

Scheiße.

Ah for fecks sake...

Weren't they right the last time as well...

As far as I knew the Government were openly talking about this anyway...

If growth isn't high enough, adjustments will have to be made to the budget.
I thought everybody knew that?

Well if we vote no to the upcoming FC referendum we certainly WILL be needing a mini budget, and much, much worse.

This, if anything, will increase the pressure on the troika to do something about the Anglo promissary notes that will be of real benefit to the Irish taxpayer - the last thing the Government wants is anything even resembling speculation about a mini budget while the referendum is going on.

In line with expectations.

This cant be true.

I call fake, God has told me that Enda dosent lie to the people, he is our future. I simply cannot accept this.

Sean Whelan reported this story on today's edition of RTE News at One.

Originally Posted by Kerry South

This cant be true.

I call fake, God has told me that Enda dosent lie to the people, he is our future. I simply cannot accept this.

If you want to know what's happening in Ireland these days you have to go to Germany. Truly we are a province once again.

Originally Posted by Astral Weeks

If you want to know what's happening in Ireland these days you have to go to Germany. Truly we are a province once again.

Germany is a good country, in them we must trust.

Originally Posted by gerhard dengler

Sean Whelan reported this story on today's edition of RTE News at One.

Nowhere near the top of Six One?

Originally Posted by Astral Weeks

If you want to know what's happening in Ireland these days you have to go to Germany. Truly we are a province once again.

Usurper!

Ha!

Lads they are running the country. Don't be fooling yourself otherwise.

This is not new - we know all the troika bailout reports go to the EU states' finance ministries from the EC and on to their respective parliaments. In the case of the Germans, the Bundestag's budgetary committee has to approve each tranche of funding for the three bailout states. And politicians can't resist leaking something to the media.

That's one of the prices we're paying for being beholden to others for funding.

And there's feck all the govt can do to stop it.

So SF were right again.. those damn economic illiterates.. why do the Government bother telling people lies when it's all going to come out in the end and make them look stupid

twas obvious a mini budget would be needed early 2012 from a week or two following the budget.

Originally Posted by He3

Nowhere near the top of Six One?

Whelan said on the News at One to Sean O'Rourke that news of the Bundestag seeing the report before Irish politicians had been leaked by someone at the Bundestag to the media.

O'Rourke made a remark about this being the second time that German politicians got sight of information before Irish politicians did - and Whelan agreed but stated that as journalist it was great that these type of controversies are leaked.

Alright, so Baldy and the Dwarf did not get the budget right.

That VAT rise was not enough.

And, to the great consternation to the know-it-all constituency in this country, the pariah that the media have instructed us to fear, because they issue the heresy of the age, the UK Independence Party has been shown to be correct in that the entire Troika regime is making everything worse, not better.

In fairness there have been a few here that have said for some time now, expect an emergency budget.

Also Kudos to D.Cochrane for all the news breaking in last hour. This and O'Cuiv.