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Banana Nama - 2
Sorry, but I can’t let this topic go. The Government’s NAMA has bought €77 billion worth of loans from the banks. The property relating to these loans is worth €47 billion, but we’re… more →
Worth Doing Badly
Banana Nama - 2
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tinman18 wrote 2 months ago: Sorry, but I can’t let this topic go. The Government’s NAMA has bought €77 billion worth … more →
Banana Nama
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tinman18 wrote 2 months ago: So now we know. The new National Asset Management Agency is to take €77 billion in “distressed … more →
Oh Carroll
tinman18 wrote 2 months ago: Those of you who live in Ireland will be familiar with the problems currently facing property develo … more →
Smokes, Daggers... and Darts
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tinman18 wrote 3 months ago: I read that our glorious ex-leader Bertie Ahern is to become a sports columnist for the News of the … more →
Blame it on the Buggy
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tinman18 wrote 4 months ago: Last year, here in Ireland we were grudgingly impressed by the sheer gall of ex-FAS Chief Executive … more →
So It's Good News, Then
tinman18 wrote 5 months ago: If Paul McCann of the accountancy firm Grant Thornton ever decides to take up politics I predict a l … more →
Never Saw That Coming
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tinman18 wrote 5 months ago: Speaking on RTE this morning Mary Coughlan has just said that the Government has no plans for a re-s … more →
And It Never Did Me Any Harm
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tinman18 wrote 6 months ago: As I said yesterday, I watched Michael O’Brien on Q&A on Monday night in my local with abo … more →
A Brave Man
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tinman18 wrote 6 months ago: Last night in the pub, since we couldn’t agree over which sport to watch, the owner said … more →
How Many TDs Does it Take...
tinman18 wrote 6 months ago: The Government has finally decided that the two vacant Dáil seats will be filled by holding by-elect … more →
Yet Another Birthday
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tinman18 wrote 7 months ago: This blog is one year old today. I can now celebrate the day I was born (my birthday), the anniversa … more →
Dog Eat Dog
tinman18 wrote 7 months ago: On this morning’s Irish Times website a headline “Visitors flock to Mountjoy while sniff … more →
How Sick Are We?
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tinman18 wrote 8 months ago: Cystic Fibrosis patients are prone to picking up infections, and therefore should be accomodated in … more →
A Portrait of the Taoiseach as a Stung Man
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tinman18 wrote 8 months ago: In years to come, the “Portraitgate” saga will be used all over the world in PR classes … more →
Cop Yourself On, Mary
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tinman18 wrote 8 months ago: On the day that Jade Goody has died, aged just 27, of cervical cancer, I want again to express my di … more →
We R D Greens, U O Us Tax
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tinman18 wrote 8 months ago: Green Party deputy leader Mary White has suggested a one cent tax on text messages, calling it a … more →
Divide and Conquer
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tinman18 wrote 9 months ago: Today I’d like to point out what a brilliant job the government are doing (no, come back, this … more →
What's the Difference?
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tinman18 wrote 9 months ago: I don’t get it. Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche says that the 10 Golden Circle member … more →
Then Read This, Brian
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tinman18 wrote 9 months ago: The six o’clock news has just ended. Bryan Dobson has just said to the Minister for Finance: … more →
