1. November 30th, 2008

    Banking on future growth

    The sight of Ireland’s top bankers traipsing in to meet finance minister Brian Lenihan last Friday with their lawyers in tow indicates just how far we have come since the chest-thumping of a few weeks back, when the bankers said that they could go it alone.

  2. November 26th, 2008

    Nationalise the banks but don’t feed them to vultures

    Although I never thought I would say so, it would be preferable for us to nationalise our banking system than to allow a private equity consortium to own and control our major banks.

  3. November 23rd, 2008

    Time to face up to reality

    As the banks move to sort out their bad debts, it’s imperative that the state also tries to alleviate negative equity problem facing young workers.

  4. November 19th, 2008

    Leviathan: Moral Money: The Future of Capitalism

    8 PM ’til LATE
    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH
    THE BUTTON FACTORY,
    TEMPLE BAR, DUBLIN
    At Next Wednesday’s edition of the hugely popular political cabaret show, the Red Adair of Irish economics, David McWilliams, will probe a panel including Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary, Green Party finance spokesman, Senator Dan Boyle; and Professor Mary Corcoran of NUI Maynooth as well as special [...]

  5. November 19th, 2008

    Act now, minister, or we will all live to regret it

    We are now reaching the endgame. Few are in denial any more. The situation is dire and we need real leadership to get us out of this mess. Businesses across the country are going to the wall, unemployment is going through the roof and people who have been trading for years say this is much worse than the 1980s.

  6. November 16th, 2008

    Banks can’t hide from this crisis

    Every evening, there is a little ritual in our house. Our young children, having been settled by their mother, demand dad tells them a story ‘‘from your head’’ before bed. This lark involves all classes of adventures, heroes and implausible tales starring themselves as central characters.

  7. November 12th, 2008

    Why Bailout Bill should pick the banking team

    Now the Government needs its own people in the banks … they must be independent, not some patsies

  8. November 9th, 2008

    Banking ‘Know Nothings’ are keeping their heads in the sand

    Considering they had neither the financial nous to foresee the global downturn, nor the courage to release accurate figures on the state of their institutions, how can the inept leaders of our banks now expect our trust?

  9. November 6th, 2008

    We need our own Obama to be an agent for change

    Yesterday I spoke to a friend — let’s call him Mike — a hard working, non-greedy, frugal individual. This is not the sort of bloke who went out and splurged in the boom. He has a house, a car and, up until recently, a steady job. He lives for his children, his family and yet [...]

  10. November 2nd, 2008

    Irish banks must tell the truth if they are to regain our trust

    Banks are paying for the abuse of belief and trust with the loss of credibility in the fiduciary system.

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