“A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse” – Minister Noonan explains the basis of Ireland’s bailout agreement with the ECB

There’s a scene (here on youtube if you’re interested) from that great 1980s movie “(This is) Spinal Tap” where the British manager of the hapless eponymous rock group,  tries to understand why the record company won’t approve the new album record sleeve just because it’s sexist (“what’s wrong with sexy” says one of the dopey [...]

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GreekWatch Weekly Roundup (Week 3 of 4)

This is the third in the weekly GreekWatch series (Week 1 is here, a mid-week special is here and Week 2 is here), it follows on from a daily GreekWatch feature at the end of May which chronicled the days leading up to the Greek/IMF/EU staff-level agreement at the start of June. First up, the [...]

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