June 10, 2010 - Thurles Information

Banking Crisis Reports

The report by the Central Bank Governor, Patrick Honohan, clearly indicates that the Irish banking crisis was caused by excessive land and property lending by the Irish banks themselves and he confirms that the failure of Wall Street’s Lehman Brothers was “not decisive”.

So in brief, although International pressure somewhat contributed to the intensity of […]

Major General Sean McCann – New Chief Of Staff

Major General Sean McCann Chief of Staff, Defence Forces

The Cabinet has accepted the nomination, by Irish Defence Minister Tony Killeen, of Major General Sean McCann, as the new Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces.

In accepting this post, Major General McCann paid great tribute to his predecessor, Lieut General Dermot Earley, […]