 | This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ireland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Ireland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. | |  C | This article has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale. | | Mid | This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. | | Comments: | | edit · history · watch · purge This article is hugely incomplete. The first issue is the mention of the "pork crisis". The pork issue, while costly for many people involved, was a once-off issue, comparable to the 2001 Foot and Mouth Crisis, which made little long-term impact. A more complete version of developments in Ireland from the mid-1990s to 2009 would include: - Massive regulatory failure, especially regarding banks and the construction industry - Large scale borrowing, often exceeding people's means and often with only a person's name and reputation as guarantee - A benign or apathetic public attitude. Fianna Fail were comfortably returned to power in 2002 and 2007, despite relentless corruption scandals, allegations of nepotism and favouritism, and a growing public awareness of the increased role of borrowing and debt in Irish life. - A tax regime heavily weighted in favour of businesspeople and the self-employed - A reluctance or failure to achieve better productivity and/ or accountability in the public service - Profiteering, or perceptions of profiteering, in the retail and leisure industries - The strong Euro, continuing to encourage European tourists to leave the continent for holidays, and weak Sterling, forcing British tourists to stay at home. - The weak British pound, making Irish exports to the UK uncompetitive - A perceived weakness in the Irish government, in its reluctance to challenge vested interests ETC the royal (talk) 14:52, 24 June 2009 (UTC) Mark Sinnott | | | |  | This article is within the scope of WikiProject Finance, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Finance on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. | | | C | This article has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale. | | Low | This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. | | Comments: | | edit · history · watch · purge This article is hugely incomplete. The first issue is the mention of the "pork crisis". The pork issue, while costly for many people involved, was a once-off issue, comparable to the 2001 Foot and Mouth Crisis, which made little long-term impact. A more complete version of developments in Ireland from the mid-1990s to 2009 would include: - Massive regulatory failure, especially regarding banks and the construction industry - Large scale borrowing, often exceeding people's means and often with only a person's name and reputation as guarantee - A benign or apathetic public attitude. Fianna Fail were comfortably returned to power in 2002 and 2007, despite relentless corruption scandals, allegations of nepotism and favouritism, and a growing public awareness of the increased role of borrowing and debt in Irish life. - A tax regime heavily weighted in favour of businesspeople and the self-employed - A reluctance or failure to achieve better productivity and/ or accountability in the public service - Profiteering, or perceptions of profiteering, in the retail and leisure industries - The strong Euro, continuing to encourage European tourists to leave the continent for holidays, and weak Sterling, forcing British tourists to stay at home. - The weak British pound, making Irish exports to the UK uncompetitive - A perceived weakness in the Irish government, in its reluctance to challenge vested interests ETC the royal (talk) 14:52, 24 June 2009 (UTC) Mark Sinnott | | | |  | A fact from 2008–2009 Irish financial crisis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 2 March 2009. | | |
