Allied Irish Bankrupt

Why is the Irish government( taxpayer)saving the AIB bank. It's going to be a central pillar in the Irish retail banking system. Yet this Bank was rescued before and has a record of reckless trading by individual members of staff in the USA. It should be closed down.

A few thoughts on Sport this weekend

Golf
Tiger Woods should be punished for hitting the ground with his club ( driver ) in a temper. There is no point in giving him a fine of a few thousand dollars because money is no object to him.

Soccer
Good to see Mr W Rooney loosing his Coke Cola advertising for his bad behaviour.

Baseball
They should BAN spitting, especally the coaches.

Cricket
Well done the Indian Premier League for adapting boring cricket into a fast and exciting sport of 20 a 20 cricket

Rugby
They need to do something about the injuries to players and the long term effects the sport is going to have on there bodies when there finished playing.

Unemployment 23 million

The rate of unemployment across the 17-nation currency euro zone hitting a record 10.1% in October, Some 15.75 million people were looking for work in February. 

Across the wider 27-nation EU, which includes non-euro Britain and Poland, the jobless rate was 9.5% .Some 23.05 million

The highest unemployment rate was recorded in Spain at 20.5%, while the Netherlands had the lowest rate at 4.3%. 

The corresponding rate for the US was 8.9%, and for Japan 4.6%.

Civil unrest will happen if this is not solved as most unemployed are under 25 years old.

TD holiday

NEW Independent TD Shane Ross, who made banking reform a central plank of his election campaign, was missing for this week's stress-test announcement -- because he was on holidays.
He got elected as a peoples champion for attacking the way the banks were run. This just undermines peoples belief in the political system. Shame on you Shane Ross. Resign now and give back your salary.

Irish Banks

The banks need to be bailed out. Thats the word from the Government. HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY THIS MONEY BACK ? Where are we going to find up to 20 new Directors to sit on the boards of AIB and BOI and run them professionally.

Help Japan

This is a copy of a letter to Junior Minister of Foreign Affairs


Dear Minister Jan O'Sullivan
Japan is in crisis. It has tens of thousands homeless after the tsuamni. We have thousands of empty houses and hotels from the failed tiger economy. It a pity we could not find a way to take some Japanese for a year and put them up while accomadition is being built for them at home. It might be only a little help but at least it would be something and give the Irish people a chance to help. Take the empty Montrose Hotel for example, we could reopen it for a year and look after some Homeless Japanese citizens. Volunteers could help them while here, Nippon airways could fly them in. Sending them €1 million through the Red cross is a very poor response with no input from the public. This would show our hospitality at it's best.

Revolution

Other countries have revolutions but in Ireland we payoff the failed politions with borrowed money from the IMF. 6 million euos for the Fianna Fail TD who lost there seats in 2011.