Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)

As this drama plays out like a Shakespearian tragedy, albeit one poorly scripted, the Government banshee keens on: "There will be no foreign direct investment." It is a case of Angela's Ashes part two: the treaty sequel. The scenarios of Armageddon being peddled are truly staggering. If the European Financial Stability Facility funding will not be made available to the country, why did the European Heads of State declare on 30 March that any member state in a programme will be funded up to the point where they can return to the markets?

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