I'd Like To say A BIG Thankyou Your Majesty

Spook_ie

Well every bit helps

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/488m-tranche-of-uk-loan-given-to-ireland-547860.html

17/04/2012 - 16:06:33
The latest multimillion-pound instalment of a UK loan to Ireland has been given to Dublin, the British Treasury said today.

UK Financial Secretary Mark Hoban confirmed more than £403m (€488m) had been sent across to Ireland as part of the £3.3bn (€4bn) bailout loan deal agreed in 2010.

He said: “The (British) Government believes it is in our national interest that the Irish economy is successful and its banking system is stable.”

Mr Hoban added that London “continues to support Ireland’s efforts to improve its economic situation”.

The release of the new money, which has a maturity date of September 30, 2019, follows Ireland’s successful completion last month of the fifth quarterly review of its programme of financial assistance from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

The Treasury gave the cash – the third instalment – on March 28, but ministers updated Parliament today through a written statement.

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/488m-tranche-of-uk-loan-given-to-ireland-547860.html#ixzz1sKh8d7sI

galwayrush

Suppose it's cheaper than getting it from the likes of Wonga....

Squidgy Black

Half a million will last about a week at most at the moment.

GetWithIt

Aaaand, it's gone.

44leto

Thankyou Britain, I know, you reared us till we could manage our own independence, then you let go out into the big wide world, it was a difficult parting as these things are, but now we are running back to you daddy to help pay our gambling debts.

Thank you we have learned our lesson we promise it wont happen again, don't tell ma.

Frank Black

Do we have to pay them back in Diddlyies?

cml387

I somehow see the words "800 years" marching towards this thread with grim inevitability.

Spook_ie

Screw the last 800 years I wonder if Lizzy would lend me a few bob for me water meter?

galwayrush

cml387 wrote: »

I somehow see the words "800 years" marching towards this thread with grim inevitability.

800 Years to pay it back perhaps?:D

SEPT 23 1989

She liked Cork give her that in return

tfitzgerald

Fair play to them . It will keep the T D 's is expenses for a week or so

ChunkyLover_53

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

She liked Cork give her that in return

We're trying to be nice to the UK ffs

Sleepy

It would be interesting to accept it as payment for our oak

galwayrush

tfitzgerald wrote: »

Fair play to them . It will keep the T D 's is expenses for a week or so

It'll help with the setting up of the ( totally unnecessary )proposed water authority...

ChunkyLover_53

Part of the clause includes every Stag & Hen that arrives in Dublin Airport is to be given a free Leprechaun outfit from Carrolls

deman

stetyrrell wrote: »

Half a million will last about a week at most at the moment.

Half a billion, isn't it? I might be wrong as I haven't got me specs with me.

davet82

lets default, we can give them county louth, its only worth bout a quater of a billion anyways

PrincessLola

Lets not pay it back and call it reparations for the 800 years.

Chuck Stone

A shot of adrenaline to keep the patient alive. Dead people don't consume and pay mortgages.

Fuck that 'loan' - fuck it in the eye.

AboutTwoFiddy

It's nice to see that the mainland hasn't forgotten about her former colony.

Dostoevsky

Well, now we can keep the Irish economy going through paying back some more of the billions of euro in losses of the British financial institutions who gambled on the "Celtic Tiger".

Only in Ireland could people have such a low sense of national self-esteem (not to mention political knowledge) that they are grateful for a loan from the British state to pay back British institutional gamblers in Ireland. Yes, gamblers.

So much for the Irish trying to get away from the "thick Paddy" stereotype when some Irish think a rational state like the British one is giving money to the Irish state out of something other than sheer self-interest. Incredibly stupid, irrational thinking.

ChunkyLover_53

We'll have that paid off in no time with the amount of Premiership Jerseys sold every season.

Spook_ie

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Well, now we can keep the Irish economy going through paying back some more of the billions of euro in losses of the British financial institutions who gambled on the "Celtic Tiger".

Only in Ireland could people have such a low sense of national self-esteem (not to mention political knowledge) that they are grateful for a loan from the British state to pay back British institutional gamblers in Ireland. Yes, gamblers.

So much for the Irish trying to get away from the "thick Paddy" stereotype when some Irish think a rational state like the British one is giving money to the Irish state out of something other than sheer self-interest. Incredibly stupid, irrational thinking.

Yeah that Sean FitzPatrick fella should realy change his name to a more British sounding one

Sound of Silence

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Well, now we can keep the Irish economy going through paying back some more of the billions of euro in losses of the British financial institutions who gambled on the "Celtic Tiger".

Only in Ireland could people have such a low sense of national self-esteem (not to mention political knowledge) that they are grateful for a loan from the British state to pay back British institutional gamblers in Ireland. Yes, gamblers.

So much for the Irish trying to get away from the "thick Paddy" stereotype when some Irish think a rational state like the British one is giving money to the Irish state out of something other than sheer self-interest. Incredibly stupid, irrational thinking.

It all smelt suspiciously like covert re-capitalisation.

Recently nationalised British Banks remain heavily invested in the Irish financial sector.

Either way, the Irish people won't see a penny. They will, however, foot the bill.

davet82

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Incredibly stupid, irrational thinking.

like a fox :cool:

ejmaztec

tfitzgerald wrote: »

Fair play to them . It will keep the T D 's is expenses for a week or so

I understand that container ships full of ink cartridges are heading towards Dublin Port as we speak.

Notorious97

44leto wrote: »

Thankyou Britain, I know, you reared us till we could manage our own independence, then you let go out into the big wide world, it was a difficult parting as these things are, but now we are running back to you daddy to help pay our gambling debts.

Thank you we have learned our lesson we promise it wont happen again, don't tell ma.

I dont recall the british rearing us until we were worthy of independence, I do recall so many irish men and women fighting and dying for our independence though

I also dont see why anyone should feel the need to thank britain for this loan, isnt it after all a loan with a nice amount of interest included? Its a win for the british government, our economy hopefully stabilises and they get a nice return on it, its business in the end and not something we should be thanking them for.

If we had a government with balls who looked after the interests of our nation and people in the first place and at the moment, we wouldnt be in half the mess we are, and im not running back to any former brutal regime for money, im luckily debt free so are others in the country, not our debt!

Spook_ie

Notorious97 wrote: »

I dont recall the british rearing us until we were worthy of independence, I do recall so many irish men and women fighting and dying for our independence though

I also dont see why anyone should feel the need to thank britain for this loan, isnt it after all a loan with a nice amount of interest included? Its a win for the british government, our economy hopefully stabilises and they get a nice return on it, its business in the end and not something we should be thanking them for.

If we had a government with balls who looked after the interests of our nation and people in the first place and at the moment, we wouldnt be in half the mess we are, and im not running back to any former brutal regime for money, im luckily debt free so are others in the country, not our debt!

You're Irish, it's an Irish debt, be thankful that mummy is lending us the money to try and get us over the slump

Notorious97

Spook_ie wrote: »

Notorious97 wrote: »

I dont recall the british rearing us until we were worthy of independence, I do recall so many irish men and women fighting and dying for our independence though

I also dont see why anyone should feel the need to thank britain for this loan, isnt it after all a loan with a nice amount of interest included? Its a win for the british government, our economy hopefully stabilises and they get a nice return on it, its business in the end and not something we should be thanking them for.

If we had a government with balls who looked after the interests of our nation and people in the first place and at the moment, we wouldnt be in half the mess we are, and im not running back to any former brutal regime for money, im luckily debt free so are others in the country, not our debt!

You're Irish, it's an Irish debt, be thankful that mummy is lending us the money to try and get us over the slump

Lol if you say so

Paparazzo

PrincessLola wrote: »

Lets not pay it back and call it reparations for the 800 years.

Sending them Brendan O'Carroll more than makes up for the 800 years

Sound of Silence

Spook_ie wrote: »

You're Irish, it's an Anglo-Irish debt, be thankful that mummy is lending us the money to try and get us over the slump

Fixed that for you.

Dostoevsky

Spook_ie wrote: »

Yeah that Sean FitzPatrick fella should realy change his name to a more British sounding one

Indeed, because all the billions are owed to the bank which was chaired by Seán Fitzpatrick? :rolleyes:


Now, before starting this (incredibly stupid, it must be said) thread, you could have read, among other articles, the following:

British banks have £140 billion exposure to Ireland's economic crisis

UK banks exposed for $230bn on loans in Ireland


Next time, do some basic research before starting a thread

Lando Griffin

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Spook_ie wrote: »

Yeah that Sean FitzPatrick fella should realy change his name to a more British sounding one

Indeed, because all the billions are owed to the bank which was chaired by Seán Fitzpatrick? :rolleyes:


Now, before starting this (incredibly stupid, it must be said) thread, you could have read, among other articles, the following:

British banks have £140 billion exposure to Ireland's economic crisis

UK banks exposed for $230bn on loans in Ireland


Next time, do some basic research before starting a thread

Gets Celtic jearsey and placard

Dostoevsky

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Gets Celtic jearsey and placard

Stupid post. Jersey.

Spook_ie

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Indeed, because all the billions are owed to the bank which was chaired by Seán Fitzpatrick? :rolleyes:


Now, before starting this (incredibly stupid, it must be said) thread, you could have read, among other articles, the following:

British banks have £140 billion exposure to Ireland's economic crisis

UK banks exposed for $230bn on loans in Ireland


Next time, do some basic research before starting a thread

And you could have read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932012_Irish_banking_crisis
or this
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/11/19/irelands-financial-crisis-the-bankers-who-caused-it.html
or this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/16/irish-banking-profiles
or thishttp://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/03/michael-lewis-ireland-201103
or this
http://www.irisheconomy.ie/Notes/IrishEconomyNote10.pdf
or even this
http://www.bankinginquiry.gov.ie/Preliminary%20Report%20into%20Ireland%27s%20Banking%20Crisis%2031%20May%202010.pdf

Son Of A Vidic

44leto wrote: »

Thankyou Britain, I know, you reared us till we could manage our own independence, then you let go out into the big wide world, it was a difficult parting as these things are, but now we are running back to you daddy to help pay our gambling debts.

Gambling debts? I see some poor unfortunates, still haven't a clue about who was gambling what.

Dostoevsky

Spook_ie wrote: »

And you could have read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932012_Irish_banking_crisis
or this
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/11/19/irelands-financial-crisis-the-bankers-who-caused-it.html
or this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/16/irish-banking-profiles
or thishttp://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/03/michael-lewis-ireland-201103
or this
http://www.irisheconomy.ie/Notes/IrishEconomyNote10.pdf
or even this
http://www.bankinginquiry.gov.ie/Preliminary%20Report%20into%20Ireland%27s%20Banking%20Crisis%2031%20May%202010.pdf

And this largely irrelevant nonsense negates the enormous exposure of British financial institutions, whose government is now giving a loan to this state, to Ireland, how? At least try and stay focused.

Why are you trying to claim this loan is an act of charity by the British state to the Irish state?

Spook_ie

Dostoevsky wrote: »

And this largely irrelevant nonsense negates the enormous exposure of British financial institutions, whose government is now giving a loan to this state, to Ireland, how? At least try and stay focused.

Why are you trying to claim this loan is an act of charity by the British state to the Irish state?

I think it's an incredibly generous gesture to offer their errant colony a subsidised loan, perhaps you need a to inject yourselve with a dose of something if you're going to hang around AH


EDIT

Or would you prefer I started a thread about tipping?

Dostoevsky

Spook_ie wrote: »

perhaps you need a to inject yourselve with a dose of something if you're going to hang around AH

Stupidity? Whatever it is that inspires somebody to troll?

Lando Griffin

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Gets Celtic jearsey and placard

Stupid post. Jersey.

Deletes spell check and plugs out computer.

Sound of Silence

Spook_ie wrote: »

I think it's an incredibly generous gesture to offer their errant colony a subsidised loan, perhaps you need a to inject yourselve with a dose of something if you're going to hang around AH


EDIT

Or would you prefer I started a thread about tipping?

They failed to colonise the Island.

Subsidised loan? More like a bilateral loan - We're paying interest.

44leto

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Gambling debts? I see some poor unfortunates, still haven't a clue about who was gambling what.

As in the bankers and developers who "invested" expecting a big return or the consumer who also invested expecting their house to rise in value.

You do know the consumer could have rented. So yes the consumer were gamblers as well.

fonecrusher1

This thread stinks of self-loathing west brit.

44leto

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

This thread stinks of self-loathing west brit.

Do you not want mammy's help.

We did lose our financial independence, apart from a full foreign power invasion or an economic collapse it doesn't get much worse then that.

An economic collapse is still a possible, we are no-way near out of this crisis. Or who knows.

NinjaK

what you lot fawning over the Brits dont realize is that they are just giving us money so we can pay back THEIR banks.

NinjaK

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

This thread stinks of self-loathing west brit.

Standard boards.ie thread then.

44leto

NinjaK wrote: »

what you lot fawning over the Brits dont realize is that they are just giving us money so we can pay back THEIR banks.

But you say that thinking we don't have to pay back "their banks" we don't we could default, but then watch what happens next.

NinjaK

44leto wrote: »

But you say that thinking we don't have to pay back "their banks" we don't we could default, but then watch what happens next.

yeah the result of a bunch of traitors, private banks being tied to this country. What a country we live in.

Fratton Fred

NinjaK wrote: »

what you lot fawning over the Brits dont realize is that they are just giving us money so we can pay back THEIR banks.

for money that YOU blew.

44leto

NinjaK wrote: »

yeah the result of a bunch of traitors, private banks being tied to this country. What a country we live in.

The banks you speak of apart from BOI are all owned by the taxpayer, so a bank default is now a sovereign default, it is all public debt.

That is were we are now.

Zebra3

44leto wrote: »

The banks you speak of apart from BOI are all owned by the taxpayer, so a bank default is now a sovereign default, it is all public debt.

That is were we are now.

Because of the behaviour of a handful of unhung traitors. :mad:

If FG and Lab had any balls, they'd call a referendum and ask the people to vote on paying back private debts.

If the people vote against repaying those private loans, the governemnt tells the foreign banks to shove it.

You cannot have a fair society when you are expecting the taxpayer to foot the bill for private losses. The banks, after all, weren't complaining when they were making huge profits.

F**k them.