By Barry O'Gorman on May 15, 2009
Today’s report in the Irish Times gives a reasonable summary of just how bad things are around Europe. We have made some serious errors in Ireland – but there is a major international dimension to this. Was interested in listening to economist John Fitzgerald today. Even if we end up putting €20bn into rescuing our [...]
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By Barry O'Gorman on April 18, 2009
The concept is great. Join an organisation. Give the best years of your life to the organisation. Expect that when you receive the retirement watch in your 65th year that you should be able to ‘retire’ – meaning live a confortable life, without being required to work. You should expect to retire without any financial [...]
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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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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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