Irish Diaspora speaks out on IMF bailout

Please keep in mind "us Irish".... No matter who is to blame for the present conditions... and that be wether they are corrupt politicians, ignorant voters and/or dole seeking parasites (which Ireland seems to have more than it's share of)... And factoring in that I for one am unimpressed by the expressed reasons given by the named above for the present "Irish" condition. Only to say that I am still willing to "invest" some of my U.S. earned $'s into the only country in this world that I can truly call HOME!!! As if Ireland is not worth saving? We Irish will become nothing more than mongrels without a pedigree.... My hope is that we are better than that.... Join me in finding a way to put back a little something into our one and only IRELAND!!! AND IF NOT NOW............. WHEN??? Paddy.

Spud republic? That's cute.

The rothschilds surely have a few candidates primed with funds to buy up tiger whiny land on the cheap. New oligarchs will blossom forth as like when Russia came a-cropper. Chelsea's russian owner, investor in Irish bonds is assured of big gains, safe and secure, given the massive bailout by europeans which will render ol erin a complete joke = banana (no spud) republic. Better than that the occupier is fully back, no illusion as it being as it was all along.

Well, they don't mind socialist spending when it comes in the form of a banker bailout. Calling the minimum wage an "excessive giveaway" - that's pure, better than thou, thinking, if I ever heard it. How about some shared responsibility for the clean-up of Ireland's economy that was brought down by Bankers and developers? Create some jobs - don't talk elitism.

Why do so many Irish who were on the dole complain that bondholders get their invested money back? If the Irish had not been profligate with the real estate market they would have done well with the money if it had been invested in infrastructure instead. As it is, the EU has looked the other way as the Irish enticed Corporations to operate out of Ireland as a tax shelter with a low corporate tax rate compared to the other EU countries. I am truly sad but the Irish bear responsibility for some stupid decisions. Some of the population was happy taking the dole for a long time.

Why do so many Irish who were on the dole complain that bondholders get their invested money back? If the Irish had not been profligate with the real estate market they would have done well with the money if it had been invested in infrastructure instead. As it is, the EU has looked the other way as the Irish enticed Corporations to operate out of Ireland as a tax shelter with a low corporate tax rate compared to the other EU countries. I am truly sad but the Irish bear responsibility for some stupid decisions. Some of the population was happy taking the dole for a long time.

kelleher - sucks - dhuin his bhoil

Well that's all well and good for those big rich HONOREES to be spouting their opinion - but they aren't really that clued in. Irish and European politics are linked. Emmett O Connell has a point about Ireland's involvement in Europe, but it's too late now. Kelleher thinks Ireland is socialist - come on! Nice to hear what they think though. Wish they would put their money where their mouth is.

Irish government and Irish bank rep, lawmakers and officials are wedded at the hip in bed togetherlooting unwitting Irish people and living it up in a boundary free and lawless entitlement palace with no consequences being served much less enforced

It's reassuring to see that American bigwigs really have no more idea how to handle the crisis than the Irish themselves. I'd really like to see Denis Kelleher try to get by on "excessive giveaways like the minimum wage." He's a top hat and tails plutocrat from central casting, isn't he?