Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)

Tomorrow I will address a conference of investment managers from the United Kingdom. When I asked them what issues they would particularly like to discuss, their first response was to ask me what economic reforms Ireland and its people are prepared to accept. This is a question the bankers, European Central Bank, bondholders and European leaders have been asking since September 2008. They believe the answer is that Ireland and its people will accept anything. Why do they believe that is the case?

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