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Ireland agrees to lend Greece €450 million

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  • #2
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    I suppose they are trying to make it look like we are in a better position than we really are.

    Why spend money on badly needed schools when you can give it away to Greece?


  • #3
    Millicent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    Dionysus wrote: »
    Aren't we a great people just the same? :rolleyes:


    You couldn't invent this stuff: we they are lending Greece €450 if it needs it while we they are up to our necks in debt.


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0411/greece.html

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0411/breaking35.html

    Will we be giving it to them in 50's or will we they just give us the change from a €500 note? :P

    In fairness though, it is ridiculous. Isn't Greece about the only country worse off than Ireland in the EU at the moment? IIRC, we were neck and neck there for a while. How the f.u.ck can loaning that sort of money be justified by any means?


  • #4
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    We do €500m exports with them yearly so it's all relative.


  • #5
    Millicent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    Just reading through the articles, they're not actually lending it just yet. They've just told Greece they will if asked to.

    ETA: You already said that but I read it wrong. Sorry. Leaving the post though for emphasis.


  • #6
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Apparently it's more important to impress the powers that be in the EU than look after our own people.:rolleyes:


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  • #7
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Lets all have a whip round for Greece!!


  • #8
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Ruu wrote: »
    Lets all have a whip round for Greece!!

    That could get messy.


  • #9
    Mark200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    The collapse of the Greek economy, a Eurozone member, would cost us far more than €450million


  • #10
    dotsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,636 ✭✭✭dotsman


    This is actually a very good thing for us.

    Firstly, by stabilising Greece, the EU is hoping to prevent the problems in Greece from spreading (the last thing this country could handle at the moment).
    Secondly, in the event that this country does collapse (fortunately looking unlikely as our prospects improve), there would be an existing basis for which we could receive assistance from the EU.


  • #11
    KerranJast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭KerranJast


    The EU is loaning us all those billions for NAMA. A paltry 450mil for Greece in return is nothing.


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  • #12
    digme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭digme


    dotsman wrote: »
    This is actually a very good thing for us.

    Firstly, by stabilising Greece, the EU is hoping to prevent the problems in Greece from spreading (the last thing this country could handle at the moment).
    Secondly, in the event that this country does collapse (fortunately looking unlikely as our prospects improve), there would be an existing basis for which we could receive assistance from the EU.
    you really have no idea wtf your saying do you?


  • #13
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Ireland isn't lending anything to anyone ...we're broke, just as broke as Greece in case you hadn't noticed.

    What Ireland is doing is to re-divert money that it was given by the EU in the first place back into the new EU pot for Greece.

    Also, I don't think that Ireland has any say in this matter whatsoever ..this was decided over our heads


  • #14
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Dionysus wrote: »
    Ireland agrees to lend Greece €450 million

    It's the least we could do in return for them giving us gayness....... Father.


  • #15
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    mikom wrote: »
    It's the least we could do in return for them giving us gayness....... Father.

    I'm sure the cavemen were probably bumming each other too. Cold winters and all that.


  • #16
    DonJose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,470 ✭✭✭DonJose


    Great stuff!!! Irish companies are going out of business everyday because they can't obtain credit from the banks, yet our piece of sh!t government offers €450m at the flip of a hat!!!


  • #17
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Anyhow ...what do you get for 450 million these days ...feck all really.

    Anything we have been investing in bailing out lately has cost billions and will continue doing so.

    450 million for some lovely Greek island sounds like a steal to me.


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It's April 11


  • #19
    dotsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,636 ✭✭✭dotsman


    digme wrote: »
    you really have no idea wtf your saying do you?

    Oh go on, for the laugh, please enlighten us...


  • #20
    changes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭changes


    Crap like this makes me wonder are we really broke, we can find billions for banks and half a billion for greece but we cut social welfare and public sector wages.

    That 450 million is a third of the savings gained from PS paycuts.


  • #21
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    peasant wrote: »
    Anyhow ...what do you get for 450 million these days ...
    The worlds biggest toilet


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  • #22
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    changes wrote: »
    we can find billions for banks and half a billion for greece

    We didn't "find" half a billion under the couch and are going to give it to Greece ...we are going to get half a billion less from the EU ourselves.

    And because the EU are nice people they are going to put a little bowtie with our name on it on that half billion so that we don't look entirely stupid (and broke) when all the ministers gather to hand over cheque in front of the press:D

    Bit like the poor kid on the kiddies birthday party where the mommy of the birthday child gives them a wrapped present to hand over because they poor kid could just about afford the busfare to get there in the first place ...but no present.


  • #23
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    its official ...... Anglo, NAMA ....its all a joke, the country still has money !

    How else could we do this ???

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0411/greece.html

    I know the government didnt have a "budget" during the boom times - but someone needs to tell them they cant keep "using" public funds.


  • #24
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    I am afraid the money we are lending to them is money we will have to first get a lend of from some other sucker :D


  • #25
    spudmonkey17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭spudmonkey17


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055880930


  • #26
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    If everyone is pitchign in on this fund to help Greece, do you think we can just say "sorry lads, we're broke" and they'll be happy with that and make up he difference themselves?


  • #27
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    We're giving the money twice? :eek:


  • #28
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    I think I'm getting deja vu.


  • #29
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Merged with other thread on same topic


  • #30
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    bonerm wrote: »
    I'm sure the cavemen were probably bumming each other too. Cold winters and all that.

    They were just proto-spooning. Bumming didn't arrive till much later.


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  • #31
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    peasant wrote: »
    Ireland isn't lending anything to anyone ...we're broke, just as broke as Greece in case you hadn't noticed.

    What Ireland is doing is to re-divert money that it was given by the EU in the first place back into the new EU pot for Greece.

    Also, I don't think that Ireland has any say in this matter whatsoever ..this was decided over our heads

    This post should be posted intermittenly until people read it and see that we are not giving anyone money:rolleyes:


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