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Jump To Comment: 2 1Enda Kenny’s “fury” on being told that his plans for the upcoming budget have somehow found their way to Germany for prior consideration .
A google news check this morning didn’t turn up anything more on the above startling admission that implies Ireland is in a state of insolvency , and which comes from a government minister . Without seeing the quote from the minister in full, it is impossible to determine to what extent he was speaking metaphorically when he said that the country was “in receivership”. But the choice of words from a member of the cabinet belies official government claims that its austerity measures are “ turning the economy around”. Receivership is defined as an “insolvency procedure where a receiver, or receiver and manager, is appointed over some or all of the company’s assets.”
http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/pdflib.nsf/lookupbyfilename....pdf/$file/insolvency_glossary.pdf
Former finance minister Brian Lenihan said late last year that it is "simply not the case" that the bank bail-outs could bankrupt the state . He said shortly before the election that debt incurred by transferring private debt to the public were "infuriating but manageable." The present government has also been at pains to point out that Ireland is not bancrupt . Mr Vardaker’s statement would appear to be the first admission from a government source that Ireland is trading while insolvent.