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Originally posted by JennaDarling
Ireland holds 33 BILLION dollars of US debt.
Can they not just get rid of that and fix some if not all of their cash problems?
Originally posted by wcitizen
Originally posted by JennaDarling
Ireland holds 33 BILLION dollars of US debt.
Can they not just get rid of that and fix some if not all of their cash problems?
As Robin Louth says, there were other ways of resolving the alleged debt, but of course they didn't end up with Ireland losing control of its natural resources. Who knows what kind of arm twisting/bribery/coercion/collusion went on behind the scenes.