Bank Recapitalisation: The Running Total So Far

In response to a question from Pearse Doherty, Michael Noonan provided a useful summary of the sequence of bank recapitalisations so far: available here.

The Danish experience with burning bondholders

Arthur Beesley has a nice article on the Danish experience here.

The End of the European Project?

  • Joschka Fischer, former German Vice-Chancellor
  • Paul Gillespie, columnist at The Irish Times
  • David O’Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service

Date:                            Monday 23 January 2012 from 7.15 to 8.45pm

Venue:                         Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, TCD

European integration has been described as riding a bicycle – if you stop, you fall off. Many claim that the only solution to the eurozone crisis is greater European integration, but it is clear that there is little popular appetite for this.

The event will be chaired by Elaine Byrne, Lecturer in the Political Science Department, TCD.

More details here.

Academic Positions at TCD Economics

The details are here, deadline February 1st.   Online applications should be made at this site.

NCC: Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge

Its annual competitiveness report is available here.