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2009 was the year that wasn't

Submitted by Stephen Kinsella on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 | Category: Investments

The collapse of World credit markets, bailouts and nationalisation of banks across the globe and the Irish construction bubble bursting are just some of lowlights Stephen Kinsella touches on as he takes us through ‘The year that wasn’t’, but despite the 2009 hangover he’s still positive as we move into 2010. Find out why.

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Wow what a year!

Submitted by Killian Nolan | RaboDirect Investment Manager on Wednesday, 16 December 2009 | Category: Investments

The pessimists have had an absolute ball. Doom and gloom galore. And is it just me, or have we become a nation of debators - happy to grumble, complain and delay taking the hard decisions required to get us on the road to a sustainable recovery?

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Alternative gifts for kids and grownups

Submitted by Jill Kerby | The Sunday Times on Monday, 7 December 2009 | Category: General

It is said that Christmas is for children and if you mean by that, the tree, the brightly wrapped toys and parcels, the panto and the general level of excitement, then I suppose it is. But what I don’t ‘get’ about Christmas is the volume of worthless junk that our children receive, much of it laid out for the nation on the annual Late Late Toy Show.

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