Regulating European Banking

Not the sexiest title I have ever put on a post I know but I spent most of my afternoon on this topic. The EU Affairs Committee was presented to on the Larosiere Report by the Department of Finance. These are the current proposals to reform European banking and regulation.

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March 31, 2009

Local discovery of pipe bomb material.

Yesterday was a day of drama in my local area. In the late afternoon Gardai and the Defence forces arrived in force to arrest men in relation to alleged republican subversive activity. It is alleged that material for
bomb making material was also discovered. Read More…

March 30, 2009

When Markets Collide

The Irish Times have today published my book review of ‘When Markets Collide’, the winner of the Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year 2008. 

This is a superb work, reviewing how the the structure of the global economy is changing and it’s implications for all of us. Please read my review HERE.

Paschal.

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March 30, 2009

Up and Down

I’ve already written about opinion polls on this site. They can be the source of obsession, particularly constituency polling. In national polls all that matters is the trend. Read More…

March 29, 2009

Good Trees Make Good Neighbours

Was due to canvass in North Strand last night. Things did not get off to a good start. Traffic was terrible and then I could not find Ray mcAdam and his team. While waiting to make contact with him I knocked on some doors on Leinster Avenue.

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March 27, 2009