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Wake Up Time for Ireland! Public Enquiry Needed
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Wednesday December 15, 2010 04:48 by Anthony Coughlan, Emmett O'Connell - National Platform EU Research & Information Centre info at nationalplatform dot org (01) 830 5792
A public enquiry is needed into how the Irish people have been turned into indentured debtors of the EU, the European Central Bank and the IMF. We need to know this if we are ever to recover. We need to know who was ultimately responsible for the situation we now find ourselves in, trapped inside the Eurozone when we did not need to join it. EU Member States outside the Eurozone like Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Poland and the Czech Republic are not caught up in the current torments of the Euro. They can weather the economic recession better because they have kept their national currencies and with it control of their rate of interest or exchange rate.
http://www.nationalplatform.org/100521_NewsTalk_Dunphy_Coughlan.m4a
http://www.nationalplatform.org/The_Consequences_of_Monetary_Union_1972_Emmett-O-Connell.pdf |
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Jump To Comment: 6 5 4 3 2 1like the labour voter above I am also not sure if Ireland should leave the Euro ASAP? or should the Euro be devalued as this would lessen the excuse the government uses to cut wages?
All the politicians in the Dail sing, we're on the one road, the road to God knows where.
Merkel sings 'a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down'
Not sure why the audio doesn't load on my computer, but the links for above interviews/discussions are:
Eamon Dunphy (”The Eamon Dunphy Show”: NewsTalk106fm) has Anthony Coughlan on with his panel of guests --
Online - http://www.nationalplatform.org/100521_NewsTalk_Dunphy_...n.m4a
Via iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-national-platform-e...43305
George Hook (”The Right Hook”: NewsTalk106fm) interviews Emmett O’Connell about the Consequences of Monetary Union --
Online - http://www.nationalplatform.org/100510_newstalk106_cons...n.m4a
Via iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-national-platform-e...43305
In addition you may be interested in:
The Consequences of Monetary Union and its Affect on Peripheral Regions (1972) (PDF) - Emmett O’Connell --
http://www.nationalplatform.org/The_Consequences_of_Mon...l.pdf
Well done Anthony this is a great article after reading what ICTU the Labour Party, Sinn Fein and others have written about the Euro I was confused and disillusioned. This article is much clearer and makes much more sense. I would like to get Anthony's expert opinion on whether Ireland should leave the Euro now or would it be better for the Irish economy to devalue the Euro and stay in the Euro for a couple of years until this crisis is over?
You are absolutely correct. Within the EU Ireland cannot be competitive and grow its economy. A coop, not union, with the right countries (all maintaining their own currency) would be good for Ireland. I have in mind cross training and hiring of civil servants and bank regulators: Ireland would get some professionals outside the cozy connection system, and Irish civil servants would get some training and some jobs abroad before returning (if they want) to Ireland. This kind of coop might help to integrate certain industries across borders, especially banking. At this point I would fear Ireland's having its own overly political banks.
Do you have some sort of political reason for calling Ireland (Republic of Ireland) the Irish Free State? Makes your whole article less credible.