<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Mire &#187; NAMA</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.themire.net/tag/nama/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.themire.net</link>
	<description>Irish news and current affairs skewed. On a clear day you can see the confusion for miles.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:29:17 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Thousands forced to emigrate to avoid suffering from Brain Drain</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/thousands-forced-to-emigrate-to-avoid-suffering-from-brain-drain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/thousands-forced-to-emigrate-to-avoid-suffering-from-brain-drain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anglo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain drain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themire.net/?p=1508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mire has been inundated with calls from readers who fear they may be suffering from Brain Drain.
&#8220;Every time I pick up a newspaper I feel stupid, stupid, stupid,&#8221; one caller said.
&#8220;Brain Drain is a pernicious condition whereby the sufferer feels increasingly stupid at being taken advantage of by politicians, mortgage companies and &#8230; everyone [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/thousands-forced-to-emigrate-to-avoid-suffering-from-brain-drain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Developer and banker admit their love that dared not speak its name</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/developer-and-banker-admit-their-love-that-dared-not-speak-its-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/developer-and-banker-admit-their-love-that-dared-not-speak-its-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[builders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themire.net/?p=1459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the country&#8217;s leading bankers and his partner, a developer, have opened their hearts to The Mire about their love that, until today, dared not speak its name.
Their candid interview reveals that bankers were so passionately in love with developers that they thought of the billions of euro they threw at them as confetti [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/developer-and-banker-admit-their-love-that-dared-not-speak-its-name/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pall of despondency as appalling vista of winning Eurovision looms</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/pall-of-despondency-as-appalling-vista-of-winning-eurovision-looms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/pall-of-despondency-as-appalling-vista-of-winning-eurovision-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 07:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appalling vista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurovision song contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niamh Kavanagh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=1266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A pall of despondency descended on the country after Niamh Kavanagh qualified for the final of the Eurovision song contest last night.
At ports and airports people gathered with their meagre belongings and faint hopes of a new life in a far away place.
&#8220;What if we win? We&#8217;re already broke,&#8221; the father of a young family [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/pall-of-despondency-as-appalling-vista-of-winning-eurovision-looms/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Boost for unemployed as Ahern decriminalises begging</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/boost-for-unemployed-as-ahern-decriminalises-begging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/boost-for-unemployed-as-ahern-decriminalises-begging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 08:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[begging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church gate collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fianna Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Minister Dermot Ahern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=1260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first sign that the Government is prepared to act on behalf of people who have lost their jobs and are struggling with their mortgages, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has announced that begging will no longer be a criminal offence.
&#8220;This is not some airy fairy Nama for the little people. This creates real, tangible, untaxable income [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/boost-for-unemployed-as-ahern-decriminalises-begging/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dire warning on economy dismissed as rational and lucid</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/dire-warning-on-economy-dismissed-as-rational-and-lucid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/dire-warning-on-economy-dismissed-as-rational-and-lucid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 07:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=1250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Finance has dismissed as rational and lucid a warning from a leading economist that bailing out the banks will  leave the State insolvent. 
The economist warned that the open-ended guarantee of banks’ liabilities and the Nama bailout will  leave the country in a worse situation than Greece by 2012.
However, a Finance [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/dire-warning-on-economy-dismissed-as-rational-and-lucid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Greeks learn the hard way to beware of Cowen bearing gifts</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/greeks-learn-the-hard-way-to-beware-of-cowen-bearing-gifts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/greeks-learn-the-hard-way-to-beware-of-cowen-bearing-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 07:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[€1.3 billion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prime minister George Papandreou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=1188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The back-slapping and hilarity in Government circles here this morning is in sharp contrast to the anger and humiliation felt in Greece  over the nature of our bailout for the Greek economy. 
Greek prime minister George Papandreou was understood to be seething when he discovered that the €1.3 billion bailout came in the form of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/greeks-learn-the-hard-way-to-beware-of-cowen-bearing-gifts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bankers homes not fit for social housing purposes</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/bankers-homes-not-fit-for-social-housing-purposes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/bankers-homes-not-fit-for-social-housing-purposes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghost estates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minister of State for Planning Ciarán Cuffe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=1121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A plan to seize the luxury homes of bankers and developers and give them to people on the housing waiting list has been shelved as the homes don&#8217;t meet minimum standards requirements.
&#8220;We can&#8217;t just place people anywhere,&#8221; a civil service source said. &#8220;Many of these luxury homes do not meet Social Housing Design Standards.&#8221;
Some of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/bankers-homes-not-fit-for-social-housing-purposes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Taoiseach chose Nama because he &#8216;loved the sound&#8217; of the word</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/taoiseach-chose-nama-because-he-loved-the-sound-of-the-word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/taoiseach-chose-nama-because-he-loved-the-sound-of-the-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nationalisation of the banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to sources in Government buildings Taoiseach Brian Cowen opted for Nama over nationalisation of the banks because he loved the sound of the word.
&#8220;The sound of Nama was the deciding factor. An Taoiseach would say it over and over again,&#8221; a source said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s true,&#8221; another source confirmed. &#8220;Nationalisation did nothing for him but he [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/taoiseach-chose-nama-because-he-loved-the-sound-of-the-word/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Mire reflects on a pig&#8217;s mickey of a year &#8211; twisted and crooked</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/the-mire-reflects-on-a-pigs-mickey-of-a-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/the-mire-reflects-on-a-pigs-mickey-of-a-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bertie Ahern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bishops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail Eireann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dublin bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enda Kenny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party TD Paul Gogarty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guinness brewery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HSE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Delaney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murphy report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Kenny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public servants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural drinker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryanair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sepp Blatter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tree stump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Sargent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a year that began with a visit from several British MPs to Dail Eireann to study the mystifying way in which our TDs resisted resigning.
Then there was the shocking news that the Celtic Tiger was caused by inappropriate alcoholism.
There was good news when the HSE announced that Ryanair would take over the running [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/the-mire-reflects-on-a-pigs-mickey-of-a-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Taoiseach not drinking enough say sources in his head</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/taoiseach-not-drinking-enough-say-sources-in-his-head/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/taoiseach-not-drinking-enough-say-sources-in-his-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Cowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taoiseach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themire.net/?p=319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an unprecedented exclusive sources inside the Taoiseach&#8217;s head have revealed that, contrary to media speculation, Brian Cowen is not drinking nearly enough.
&#8220;We have to admit we are bitterly disappointed,&#8221; the sources, who refer to themselves as voices, said. &#8220;Between Nama and Lisbon and the economy this is a time of unprecedented crisis and it [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.themire.net/taoiseach-not-drinking-enough-say-sources-in-his-head/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
