Bloodless coup....... British Province to German Province in less than 100 years

[fearglasmor]

With a bi-lateral agreement struck at a personal level between Kenny/Noonan and Merkel/Schaeuble to support Irelands exit from the bailout and now Deutsche Bank announcing 700 jobs in Dublin, are we moving closer to being a de-facto province of the Federal Republic.

The old Blueshirts haven't gone away you know.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Yawn.

[Rossfan]

With a bi-lateral agreement struck at a personal level between Kenny/Noonan and Merkel/Schaeuble to support Irelands exit from the bailout and now Deutsche Bank announcing 700 jobs in Dublin, are we moving closer to being a de-facto province of the Federal Republic.

No.

[fearglasmor]

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has told the Dáil officials from his department have exchanged working papers with German officials after Chancellor Angela Merkel asked German bank KFW to work on assisting Ireland with development funds.

He said discussions with Irish officials and officials from Germany were held yesterday.

[Billys Boots]

Does it not just mean that German banks don't like paying tax either?