The Central Bank of Ireland Commission

Minister Lenihan has announced  the new financial regulatory framework for Ireland: details here.

Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009

Thanks to Joan Burton for drawing attention to this bill, which was published on Friday.  It hasn’t received any media attention as far as I can tell.  However, despite its dreary name, it has some important stuff in it.  Among other things, it proposes an extension of the bank liability guarantee.

The Euro and Banking Stability: Lessons from Ireland

Patrick Honohan has a new paper on this topic, to be presented at the Dubrovnik conference next week: you can download it here.

The Returns to Financial Engineering

Willem Buiter writes here about a highly-profitable strategy undertaken by Amherst Holdings.

Anglo-Irish Bank: “Spending cash we do not have to save a bank we do not need”

Brian Lucey explains in this Irish Times article: you can read it here.