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Ireland's Last Gamble

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INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Thursday, 25.11.2010: Yesterday, Paddy Power bookmakers passed out Ireland's big banks to become the country's largest financial institution - a fitting metaphor for the gambling that has brought the country's economy to its knees. The Irish Independent has calculated each household will be nearly €4,600 a year worse off by the end of the Government’s rescue plan.

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By James CREEDON

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by srobino - 25/11/2010 - 16:16

The article on the Paddy Brokers bookmakers becoming the largest financial institution in Ireland says a lot about the whole banking mess in Europe and the US.

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