But enough about the unsecured bondholders..

Enda holds Maria Joseph’s bag as she looks for her camera at the Citizenship Ceremony today in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, where people from nearly 100 countries gained citizenship to Ireland. Maria Joseph is from India, lives in Springfield and works in Tallaght Hospital. Enda is from Mayo.

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

A picture of loveliness with Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård literally this afternoon at the launch of the Dublin International Film Festival (sponsored by some whiskey firm) in the Lighthouse cinema, Smithfield.

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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“In 2007, our debt to GNP ratio was approximately 30%. By 2014, it will have ballooned to 145% – no developed economy can survive those levels of debt. Ireland has just about survived four years of austerity. Our debt levels directly linked to bailing out banks in Ireland and in Europe are now simply unsustainable.

Yet we are told that more of the same without any commitment to Eurobonds, Redemption Funds, or debt restructuring will solve our problems. It will not, and cannot and, given that our access to the ESM is tied into ratification of the Treaty, it is little short of blackmail.”

Marian Harkin MEP, today.

 

Ireland West MEP Marian Harkin Accuses European Council Of Blackmailing Ireland Over Fiscal Treaty (Politics.ie)


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