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It has been proposed that the hospital be downgraded.
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It has been proposed that the hospital be downgraded.
A man suffered a heart attack after being turned away from St Columcille’s Hospital in Loughllinstown.
The downgrading of the hospital and the closure of the emergency department polarised the community back in 2011.
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European markets have all recorded modest gains, apparently in expectation of a deal to lend Greece the cash it needs.
Banks downgraded last night include one of the eurozone’s biggest – Banco Santander.
The downgrade comes on foot of an agreement reached at the weekend to bailout Spain’s troubled banking system.
The cost of bailing out Spain’s banks could be as high as €100 billion, the ratings agency warned as it forecast a recession for the rest of this year and next.
What downgrade? Italy flogs billions in 12-year bonds with interest rates falling dramatically on a similar bond last month.
Fitch cut the ratings on four of Spain’s financial institutions – while S&P downgraded 15.
The agency also said there was a more than 50 per cent chance of another downgrade within two years.
The agency’s latest credit ratings downgrades include Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.
On top of its lack-of-a-government woes, Belgium’s credit rating has just been downgraded with a negative outlook…
It cut its long-term rating to “AA-” from “AA.” The outlook on the rating is “negative.”
Deven Sharma, the president of Standard & Poor’s, will step down within a month after facing criticism for lowering the US’s rating.
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Standard & Poor’s decision makes it the first time the US’ credit rating has fallen below the highest level, AAA, which it has held since 1917.
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We are now just two levels above Greece as Fitch downgrade us for the cost of supporting banking system.
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The rating agency says the EU/IMF loan averted an even deeper downgrade.