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Thursday 26 November 2020
Lee Dickson had to act fast.
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Moody’s had said it expects that Ireland’s debt ratios will start to decline this year.
Moody’s has been the most negative ratings agency when it comes to the State’s financial outlook.
A consultation process has resulted in lobbying from the industry to ensure that cheese advertising is not banned.
The move follows a crucial bond swap with private creditors by Greece at the weekend, which knocked over €100 billion off the country’s national debt.
A woman posing as a doctor injected another woman’s rear end with a mixture of cement, mineral oil and flat-tyre sealant to create greater ‘curves’.
Jose Manuel Barroso’s spokesman says the Commission can’t understand why Moody’s is taking such a dim view.
If Ireland borrowed for two years, it would have to pay 18.6 per cent interest – 14 times what Germany would.
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Moody’s decision to downgrade appears to indicate we’ll need a second bailout.
Unguaranteed bonds in Anglo and Irish Nationwide now lie eight notches below the junk threshold.
The decision follows last week’s announcement that Ireland’s own credit rating was being downgraded to one notch above junk status.
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THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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