Bank holiday this coming Monday

beagle001

emergency bank holiday to be called over the weekend to let the dust settle after govt nationalise the banks been told.

The_Honeybadger

beagle001 wrote: »

emergency bank holiday to be called over the weekend to let the dust settle after govt nationalise the banks been told.

Source?

Chuchoter

Does that mean the rest of us get a day off too?

themadchef

Getting to the stage now where anything is possible. Without a link to back this up though it's hearsay.

PcAngel

Please back up your statement.

PCPhoto

pretty please

beagle001

Will prob get all sorts of reaction but came from 2 fellas I know working inside both banks and fairly high up in 1 of them.
Revealing anymore I cannot do but lets just say they said now its all out of their hands and dept of finance are calling the shots as of right now today on all aspects within the bank.
They (dept of finance) told them that this was the best option to settle the markets a bit

sandra06

i heard from a shopkeeper today that if your with aib you not be able to use there bank card for a few days not sure how true this is

hiscan

It's a bit short notice isn't it? :mad:

Chuchoter

My ma's friends uncles postmans ex wife said they will be replacing all the ATMs with mountains of pasta and if you want your money you have to eat all the pasta to get to it. :P

themadchef

beagle001 wrote: »

Will prob get all sorts of reaction but came from 2 fellas I know working inside both banks and fairly high up in 1 of them.
Revealing anymore I cannot do but lets just say they said now its all out of their hands and dept of finance are calling the shots as of right now today on all aspects within the bank.
They (dept of finance) told them that this was the best option to settle the markets a bit

Forgive me for my ignorance but, how on earth will closing the banks cause anything other than widespread panic?

Absurdum

you think that's bad well the IMF took my cat away!!!!!!!!!!!

Outkast_IRE

Absurdum wrote: »

you think that's bad well the IMF took my cat away!!!!!!!!!!!

actually that was the ISPCA and thats what happens when you keep asking the cat for money:D

themadchef

Absurdum wrote: »

you think that's bad well the IMF took my cat away!!!!!!!!!!!

Dey tuk my pus.......

Sure you'l have Monday off if ya believe what ya read to go get her back. Bit a sight seeing along the way maybe.

JONJO THE MISER

I over heard a good few people today talking about getting there money out of banks.

Inquitus

I heard it was to give Pool fans time to recover form the sunday mauling at the lane.

themadchef

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I over heard a good few people today talking about getting there money out of banks.

I only wish i had money to take out.

Is the day of the biscuit tin under the bed coming back? I seriuosly wonder.

Ray Burkes Pension

What difference will closing the branches for a day make?
I can still move all my money online and take out as much as I can at the atm.

Dotsie~tmp

I just went to the ATM. Instead of 50 quid it spit out a picture or Angela Merkel saying "ver is zeee monehh!"

t0mm13b

Is this for real? c'mon don't fall for the bluff like what Brian Clown and Brian Len said to us for the past 2.5 years....

Captain Commie

t0mm13b wrote: »

Is this for real?

course its not, if they were calling an emergency bank hol (alarm bells ringing at that already) there would be more notice than this, and he would have some factual, checkable information to back it up with

Justin Collery

Bank holiday or day of mourning. Very causious about random rumour, but also talk of IMF deal signed on sunday. We should be asking the Argies for advice on saturday rather than trying to clobber them.

Nate--IRL--

innovated wrote: »

course its not, if they were calling an emergency bank hol (alarm bells ringing at that already) there would be more notice than this, and he would have some factual, checkable information to back it up with

There would be absolutely no notice of this, any notice would be the start of a run.

Note I'm not saying the OP is correct though.

Nate

Nonoperational

And you think closing the banks with zero notice would actually prevent a run? Jesus it would almost certainly cause a run on tuesday.

shannonpowerlab

It was strange though on was it the last night or night before on primie time/frontline one of the ministers said at the end of the program that the customer deposits in the baks will be safe...????

themadchef

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

There would be absolutely no notice of this, any notice would be the start of a run.

Note I'm not saying the OP is correct though.

Nate

Right, that much i get, but, what stops the run the following day?

How will this cause the "dust to settle"?

BeeDI

The real story, is that EVERY Monday for the next century is cancelled. Friday are also cancelled, as its pension day. One way of cutting the cost of the OAP. Every morning is cancelled, as the off licences are closed. Enda Kenny will renegotiate this issue however.

Stheno

jcollery wrote: »

Bank holiday or day of mourning. Very causious about random rumour, but also talk of IMF deal signed on sunday. We should be asking the Argies for advice on saturday rather than trying to clobber them.

Is the match not on Sunday?

/hurriedly runs to check lest weekend shopping plans be ruined prior to the atms shutting down

Ghost Train

Would be a whole lot of disruption for no good reason

Goldstein

Scary thought.

We Irish are after all very panicky...about everything.

The perception alone of a run in progress among a small number of people, even if it was 100% fictional, could cause a nationwide cascade effect that otherwise (sans headless-chickenism) would not have occured.

oscarBravo

Scaremongering threads without a factual basis make baby jebus cry.