2009/2010: Two non-systemic Irish banks are insolvent, need €31bn to bail out their creditors, most of whom are from overseas. The E...

Once upon a time there was a shiny new currency launched in Europe, the euro. Unfortunately however it was a flawed currency , struc...

In much of the promotion of Irish Water we’re told the major aim is conservation. This is obvious nonsense, easily disproved. The cur...

Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice tells the tale of a merciless vindictive money-lender, Shylock, calling in a bond against the Mercha...