Tag Archives: Irish government

The Great Pensions Robbery

Posted on September 26, 2014 by rjmackin

Private pension funds today woke up to find they were victims of an audacious theft. Overnight they had been robbed of over €700 million. The perpetrators were known to the victims. In fact they were the Irish government. Since its … Continue reading →

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Duty galls

Posted on April 30, 2014 by rjmackin

I’ve been feeling rather smug lately as I’ve nearly managed to clear the onerous debt on my credit card. It’s taken years but I’m almost there. Funnily enough when I owed the bank thousands I never heard from them, but … Continue reading →

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