Shocking tape recordings released this week display the heads of Anglo Irish Bank, the private bank favored by the wealthiest speculators and property developers behind the Irish boom, literally laughing about the subterfuges they played straight through to the European Central Bank and its eventual bailout billions. The Irish, and the Germans who so heavily contributed to staunch the country’s drift into complete bankruptcy, are aghast at this snickering and utterly cavalier cynicism, which has dominated the Republic of Ireland’s media all week.
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