By Barry O'Gorman on April 18, 2009
Strong list of economists arguing in Friday’s Irish Times for nationalising the Irish banks. I’ve argued this postion previously in this blog. Recent developments would not change my opinion. Seems to me that the NAMA process is simply going to drag out the inevitable. If the assets are written down properyly in the banks before [...]
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By Barry O'Gorman on March 21, 2009
Dan O’Brien (senior Editor & Economist, the Economist Intelligence unit) did not hold back in his call to action in his article in the Irish Times yesterday. O’Brien is a well known face to the Irish public – through his regular appearances on Prime Time. Clearly he is very fearful for the outlook for the [...]
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By Barry O'Gorman on March 14, 2009
Perhaps INBS has not experienced the same issues with its customers being experienced by other banks. Today’s Irish Times reports salary increase and significant bonus(re 2008) for INBS CEO. Presumably, in the context of what is going on elsewhere, Mr Fingleton would not be taking this salary increase and bonus unless he had a ‘stellar’ [...]
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Damning assessment of Irish Economy
By Barry O'Gorman on March 21, 2009
Dan O’Brien (senior Editor & Economist, the Economist Intelligence unit) did not hold back in his call to action in his article in the Irish Times yesterday. O’Brien is a well known face to the Irish public – through his regular appearances on Prime Time. Clearly he is very fearful for the outlook for the [...]
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