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UEFA Euro 2012: Robbie Keane adamant that Ireland can do a Greece on it and win Euro 2012 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:46:07 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland captain Robbie Keane wants his team to draw inspiration from the Greeks and take Europe by storm on Sunday.

UEFA Euro 2012: Weak group presents chance of a lifetime - Poland, Greece, Russia and Czech Republic (IrishCentral)

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:46:08 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writer

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Will Greece print the drachma? Will California soon follow and print the cali? (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:09 PDT

Will Greece start printing the drachma?With the unfolding economic crisis hitting the EU, speculation is running rampant that Greece will not adopt the austerity measures it's partners are demanding in order to get bailed outGreece has been the economic poster child for run away socialist entitlement spending that has cratered it's economy Even the hint of trying to rein in the out of control spending driving it into an economic death spiral, brings thousands into the streets in violent protestsBeing a sovereign country the Greeks can drop the euro and go back to printing their own currency READ MORE

Euro’s future looks shaky as Greece almost certain to exit (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:24:54 PDT

By: Irish Voice Editorial

The new Greek election makes it almost inevitable that the country will exit the euro.

Now President Obama tells Greece to eat their peas (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:30:17 PDT

Nobel Prize winning President Obama, is at the G20 summit in France The main topic of this summit is how to keep afloat the EU by bailing out the poster child for out of control entitlements, Greece He told the Greeks they must eat their peas, just like he lectured Americans many months ago Note to President Obama: The peas diet doesn't seem to be having an effect, as the economy continues to stagnate READ MORE

Breathing space for Irish economy (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:50:06 PDT

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Finance Minister Michael NoonanBeware of Greeks bearing gifts, the old saying goesAnd there is a downside to the great news we got last week, bundled in with the deal for Greece, that the terms of Ireland's huge debt burden are to be easedThis gift -- and it is a gift because it had nothing to do with the Irish government's negotiating skills on the matter -- will give much needed breathing space to the Irish economyWhat happened last week was that a summit meeting in Brussels of the European leaders finally agreed a package of measures to prevent an imminent default by Greece on its massive debt and to ease the terms of the bailouts for Ireland and Portugal to prevent them going down the tubes as well READ MORE

Irish finance minister will print t-shirts saying 'We're not Greece' - Novel way to show differences in economic crisis (IrishCentral)

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:10:05 PDT

The Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan has come up with a unique way to disentangle Ireland from the Greek financial crisisHe says he is considering he’s getting T-shirts printed that say “Ireland is not Greece” in an effort to distance Ireland from other debt-burdened nations“We won’t give them away, we’ll sell them,” Noonan said at an event in Dublin today Monetary Fund READ MORE

Thousands fill the streets, is Greece in Wisconsin? (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:35:06 PST

The television screen showed angry shouting demonstrators filling the streets of the city At first I thought I was looking at Athens, Paris or Madrid, where angry civil workers fill the streets when their socialist governments suggest the retirement age be increased from 53 to 55 Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth! The burning of cars! The breaking of glass! The stamping of feet!Then I realized the streets filled with demonstrators were American and it was happening right here in the USA, the heartland of the country, Madison WisconsinWhere's the civility pledged so eloquently by the President at the Tucson gathering? How quickly things change as shouting protesters carry signs depicting the Governor of Wisconsin as Hitler READ MORE

Ireland must avoid another Greece, but it will be tough (IrishCentral)

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 05:50:05 PDT

THIS week marks the second anniversary of the decision by the Irish government to step in and give a total guarantee to the Irish banksTwo years ago this week, after Lehman Brothers collapsed and the international financial crisis accelerated, Anglo Irish Bank in Dublin with its tens of billions in bad property loans reached the brink The situation was stark Either the government stepped in or the bank would have imploded within hours READ MORE

Ireland worse than Greece, faces financial ruin, say two leading economists (IrishCentral)

Sun, 23 May 2010 05:17:43 PDT

By: PATRICK COOPER

Ireland's economic miracle was a mirage and it should consider leaving the Euro say two leading economists writing in The New York Times.

Cash strapped Ireland to loan Greece $700 million (IrishCentral)

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:33:18 PDT

By: DONAL THORNTON

The Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan is seeking to introduce legislation that will allow the government to loan $700 million to Greece as part of a $61 billion rescue package to the debt ravaged country.

Greece must follow Irish example to avert financial crisis, says Cowen (IrishCentral)

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:25:53 PST

By: PATRICK ROBERTS

Greece must follow the Irish example to find a way out of their financial crisis, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen told a European Union summit in Brussels yesterday.

Greece must follow Irish example to avert financial crisis, says Cowen (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:44:42 PST

By: PATRICK ROBERTS

Greece must follow the Irish example to find a way out of their financial crisis, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen told a European Union summit in Brussels Thursday.