Maybe,just maybe somewhere in the darkness,the spirit of Mick Collins still flickers.

celtic_oz

Somethin to rial the blood!

indo : http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/comment-analysis/spirit-of-rebellion-still-dimly-flickers-2567592.html

"There is no need to be more explicit. The rogue banks you are now supposed to save would be replaced, as they have been before, with new banks set up by hard-headed businessmen with charters to go back to first principles and behave like people-serving banks, not casinos.

Then you could instruct your government to leave the eurozone, let the punt float (and depreciate) and settle the reduced debt in due course. That is what (without any publicity) Iceland is doing, outside the euro and outside the EU. And she is coming back from the abyss.

Is the above a terrifying course of action? Too right. Absolutely frightening. Taking on Berlin and its Frankfurt bank? It's David and Goliath. And there will be pain. But the Irish can take the pain as masters in their own land or as conquered serfs. And there is one ace in the hole.

Behind the facade of German steel, Berlin is frightened by Ireland. It is not the economic power -- Ireland doesn't have any. It's the contagion. Rebellion can be catching; defiance might spread. Letting Ireland go could save Berlin's beloved euro. A long dogfight could trigger imitators. The key would be the result of the referendum. A massive vote against the bailout terms would leave no doubt about the preparedness to fight once again for the emerald isle. And maybe, just maybe, somewhere in the darkness, the spirit of Michael Collins still dimly flickers"

Frederick Forsyth
Sunday Independent

later12

That sounds like a bad line of a low budget republican cult movie.

Aside from this, I think he is losing the run of himself. Surely, if Ireland were to default it should default in the Euro.

Defaulting in Euro and running away in punts is a bit like robbing a bank and running out with a mortgage.

Scofflaw

Michael Collins would have had more sense. On the contrary, this kind of claptrap is motivated by the spirit of every other futile and unsuccessful Irish rebellion.

cordially,
Scofflaw