Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’

Is The Euro Trash?

Continued difficulties for the Euro zone have seen its currency fall against the dollar, and the Euro hit a fresh low against the Swiss Fran on Monday. Perhaps chief among the difficulties for the euro is the continued speculation about the insolvency of European countries like Spain. Moody’s indicated that it may well follow up [...]

Greek Debt Turns Out To Be Even Worse

Greek officials recently announced that their country’s budget woes are even more dire than they had originally believed, stoking growing fears across the EU that the financial crisis might only be beginning, especially as Ireland and Portugal are rumored to be in similar straits. Athens received 93 billion euros in bailout money from other EU [...]

Car bomb goes off near hotel in Northern Ireland

A car bomb detonated near a hotel last night in Londonderry located in Northern Ireland. The explosion caused no casualties. Speculations are now spreading because the attack came hours after provincial police warned that dissident republican groups have intensified their armed campaign. The explosion happened nearby the Da Vinci Hotel, located on Culmore Road, causing [...]