IRBC costing the state 200m a year more to run that the other state debt agency NAMA. Iāve been arguing for the liquidation of Anglo/INBS since 2008 so its a positive move as far as Iām concerned for those cost savings alone.
The thing is the ECB havenāt agreed to anything yet. So everything that was done last night could still blow up in their faces. Will be interesting to see what is said at the ECB press conference today.
[quote=āKIB man, post: 277167ā]Vast majority of them would be back at their desks the following day.
FFS, some of you are indulging mightily in hyperbole here, the act is a logical and smart move.
yes under TUPE contracts I understand but now a lot of them will move to work for NAMA. Handy work for the KGB taking over the board, how these cunts keep getting state contractsā¦
One govt department to another really but NAMA will at least keep salaries etc under control. A lot of efficiencies there (should have happened years ago). The conspiracy theories re IRBC being kept alive to keep FG and FAI buddy DOB sweet and out of NAMA seem to be blown away. Seems a bad day for the Quinn family too as I suspect NAMA will increase the pressure on them.
the namawinelake guru seems to think this is a largely positive day. Will await for his definitive account tomorrow morning
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oh ffs. what came out of last night was that the anglo debt is now sovereign debt and theres no deal on the table from the ecb.
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I missed it as well. Like a good Irishman I was in the pub sinking pints of Guinness.
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Proper order. At least you were out trying to kick a bit of life into the economy rather than sitting at home bitching like an auld wan. We need more people like you, Farmer.
Vinnie moaning about the government not providing a representative and having to tell pat rabbitte to fuck off. Heās strangely off form for such a big night.
no it was never, nor should it ever be sovereign debt. the option of having the PN declared unconstitutional should have presented a powerful bargaining tool but we never took it.
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Fionnan is a gas man all the same. Now he knows more about economics than Stephen Donnelly. No journo has been more comprehensively paid for by the establishment than Mrs Power, the way he attacks the representatives outside the big 3 parties is beyond parody at this stage. Pearse Doherty cannot be a good speaker because his party voted for the bank guarantee ffs ! What he really means is Iām married to a FFailure, born into blueshirtism and even helped Michael Lowry get elected. Why in the name would I credit anyone who upsets the status quo, be it Donnelly or Doherty.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I was reading my free āIndependentā in McDonalds yesterday when an article [not FS] mentioned the rise of FF in the polls and referenced their star performers of Kelliher, McGrath etc. They then added Senator Averil Power to that list !!! Now you have to ask was that really necessary or just a sop to a fellow employee? [/FONT][/SIZE]
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[quote=āSpecial Olympiakos, post: 738878, member: 366ā][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Fionnan is a gas man all the same. Now he knows more about economics than Stephen Donnelly. No journo has been more comprehensively paid for by the establishment than Mrs Power, the way he attacks the representatives outside the big 3 parties is beyond parody at this stage. Pearse Doherty cannot be a good speaker because his party voted for the bank guarantee ffs ! What he really means is Iām married to a FFailure, born into blueshirtism and even helped Michael Lowry get elected. Why in the name would I credit anyone who upsets the status quo, be it Donnelly or Doherty.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I was reading my free āIndependentā in McDonalds yesterday when an article [not FS] mentioned the rise of FF in the polls and referenced their star performers of Kelliher, McGrath etc. They then added Senator Averil Power to that list !!! Now you have to ask was that really necessary or just a sop to a fellow employee? [/FONT][/SIZE]
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Good shout. The publicity Averil Power gets is sickening. She has achieved nothing other than get rejected by the electorate twice, but between her husband and the party theyāve decided sheās worthy of publicity and sheās now a mainstream politician despite no mandate.
Bizarre antics from Sheehan last night alright, the tough guy thing doesnāt really suit him. The attack on Pearse Doherty was predictable enough from someone like him, but the attack of Stephen Donnelly was surprising. Donnelly tends to present quite cogent and precise arguments and is one of the most popular of the independents as a result. You would initially think that it was incredibly misjudged as the public reaction seems to have been uniformly negative, but I suppose itāll further endear him to the political establishment which was probably the point.
