“What I suggest to you and what I ask you is this, would you not consider taking up the default gauntlet, and in a structured way if necessary saying yes, default is not a negative, default is a positive, because believe me, the markets believe it is inevitable,” Mr Ross said.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-07-19 22:10
The Fine Gael/Labour government has dumped Fianna Fail’s critical attitude to Israeli excesses and instead turns a blind eye, even as Israeli Special Forces sabotage the MV Saoirse, threatening the lives of Irish citizens in the Gaza relief flotilla. The government response has been about as terrifying as the proverbial dead sheep.
Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2011-07-18 07:37
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The bill for the visits of the Queen and US President Barack Obama to the Republic of Ireland was €40m (£35m), almost double the previous estimate.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-07-17 12:55
Eight out of 90 European banks have failed stress tests on whether they could withstand another financial crisis. None were in Italy - which it hopes might help the country fend off spiraling debt costs, along with the 70-billion-Euro cuts which parliament passed on Friday. But, as RT's Sara Firth reports, there's only so much that can be done before the people take power into their own hands.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-07-17 08:39
The euro plunged deeper into crisis last night as Greece’s credit rating was slashed to ‘junk’ status – just one notch above default – by another major agency.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-07-14 07:47
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More than a dozen cases of narcolepsy linked to the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix have been diagnosed in Ireland.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-07-12 21:43
The credit ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Ireland‘s long-term debt to junk status from Baa3 to Ba1 – the highest junk grade.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-07-12 20:19
Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on selling Greece's sovereignty and Spain's El Gordo. In the second half of the show, Max talks to economist Michael Hudson about the IMF assassins sent in to destroy the Greek economy.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-07-09 11:40
Pat Fitzgerald, Engineer on board the MV Saoirse and a veteran seafarer for over two decades tells the full story about the damage to Saoirse at Gocek and that it could not have been anything else but sabotage.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-07-03 21:57
The Israeli ambassador, Mr Boaz Modai, should be "called in" by the Government to explain how an Irish-owned ship, due to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, was damaged, a number of TDs have said.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-07-02 09:26
The MV Saoirse, which was to take part in the "Freedom Flotilla 2" bringing medical aid and sports equipment to Gaza, was deemed unfit to sail after damage to its propeller shaft was discovered on Monday evening.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-07-02 09:20
The first video shows the damage to one of the Greek vessels with the second showing the damage to MV Saoirse, the Irish vessel.
Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2011-07-01 00:42
The Irish ship that was intended to sail to Gaza as part of a ‘freedom flotilla’ has been damaged while docked in a Greek port.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-06-30 09:19
Dublin’s Socialist MEP Paul Murphy has today condemned US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for comments she made yesterday criticising the attempts by the Gaza Flotilla II to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-06-26 10:48
Four of Ireland's rugby team score a try for the besieged Palestinian people of Gaza. Civil society has spoken, enough is enough. The illegal blockade of Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it has created must be broken. Convert the try, please donate what you can.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2011-06-17 12:49
With Greece forced to seek a second bail-out to avoid bankruptcy, Open Europe has today published a briefing cataloguing how the eurozone crisis could drive the European Central Bank itself into insolvency, with taxpayers likely to pick up a big chunk of the bill.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-06-14 21:23
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Financial war reporter, Max Keiser, travels to the global financial war. This time, Keiser is in Ireland
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-06-12 20:20
Ireland may be plunged into a a “disastrous” sovereign debt crisis within three years as the cost of rescuing its banks mounts, Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the global financial crisis, said.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-05-28 09:33
Dublin was in lockdown, mass stop and search was in operation and there was severe curtailment of freedom of movement.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-05-21 21:42
Gardaí arrested a man in his 40s in Dublin this morning and TheJournal.ie understands that the arrest was in connection with security operations surrounding the visit of US president Barack Obama to Ireland on 23 May.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-05-14 14:52
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Banks are driving some borrowers who can not pay their debts to suicide, the Master of the High Court warned last night.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-05-12 17:49
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In a blatant and outrageous act of political censorship Dublin City Council is attempting to impose an unprecedented ban on posters advertising political protests. This poster ban represents a very real attack on the right to political expression, the right to organise politically and the right to assembly.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2011-05-09 22:22
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Max Keiser on Irish political talking-heads show
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Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-05-08 21:41
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According to Morgan Kelly, a highly-respected Irish economist, in November 16th 2010, the rarely-altruistic IMF suggested that unguaranteed bonds in failing Irish banks should be given a haircut by an average of two-thirds. This plan, which would have lessened the penury imposed on the Irish taxpayer, was apparently scuppered by one Timothy Geithner, US Treasury Secretary and Don of the Wall Street Mafia.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-05-08 13:33
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Honohan is accused of 'costliest mistake' ever made by an Irishman
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-05-08 09:36
Irish people rate themselves among the most fulfilled and optimistic in the world, according to a new global survey.
Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2011-04-25 21:03
Economist Colm McCarthy has said that there are "widespread suspicions" that the European Central Bank fostered a run on Irish banks to force the last Government to seek a bailout from the EU-IMF.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-04-24 12:36
The UN says it's alarmed by the looming humanitarian crisis in Libya. Officials warn food supply lines have been disrupted and over three hundred thousand refugees have already fled the country. Nigel Farage, MEP and leader of the UK Independence Party, believes the whole military strategy in Libya has not been thought through.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2011-03-25 19:10
Firm paid for Caribbean and ski junkets for doctors
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-03-13 10:44
Would you trust these slimeballs with your confidential information?
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