# Namageddon

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# Rude

Lenihan subjected to chimp noises by Citigroup investors

Citi investors heckle, jeer and make chimp noises during conference call with Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.

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Oct 2nd 2010, 9:27 AM

# Roman Abramovich

Billionaire Chelsea owner threatens to sue Irish government

Roman Abramovich’s investment vehicle holds subordinated bonds in Irish Nationwide – and wants its money back.

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Oct 1st 2010, 10:13 PM

# Olli Rehn

Ireland's era of low tax is over, says commissioner

Olli Rehn, the man behind the four-year budget strategy, says it is inevitable that the ‘low tax’ policy must end.

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Oct 1st 2010, 2:46 PM

# Business Insider

Don't forget the real reason that Ireland is so terrifying for Europe

Ireland was first the undertake aggressive action to bolster its banks and get public spending under control.

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Oct 1st 2010, 11:33 AM

# Black Thursday

The world reacts to Ireland's Black Thursday

International commentators invoke a raft of dire imagery – from bodies flung off skyscrapers to a children’s story book – to describe the economy’s downward trajectory.

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Oct 1st 2010, 10:55 AM

# Black Thursday

Black Thursday: home reaction

The national newspapers react to the cost of the banking bailout.

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Oct 1st 2010, 8:17 AM

# Bond Markets

Insuring against Irish debt gets expensive post-Anglo

Despite the “final announcement”, markets still think there’s more than half a chance that Anglo will default…

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Sep 30th 2010, 3:30 PM

Taoiseach says tax hikes likely in 2011 Budget

In a lunchtime interview, Brian Cowen says “revenue raising” will have to be part of a new, harsher-than-planned Budget.

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Sep 30th 2010, 2:09 PM

# Black Thursday

How the rest of the world is reacting to Namageddon

International reaction to news of the €40 billion bank bailout – and the news that Ireland will now boast the largest deficit ever recorded in an EU state.

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Sep 30th 2010, 10:55 AM