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The Anglo tapes - Irish need to hear similar conversations from AIB and Bank of Ireland too (IrishCentral)

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Angry protesters gather at Anglo Buildings in Galway (Photo: Galway Indo)The Anglo Irish tapes has been the biggest story here for ages, an Irish Independent exclusive that has enraged the country and led to calls for a public inquiry and prosecutions But when you strip away the bad language and the macho talk, what the tapes reveal was not really that surprising  Anglo was going down the plughole at the time in 2008, with a billion euro a day being withdrawn from the bank by big depositors and institutions that were nervous about the bank's exposure to the Irish property market which was then in the early stage of its steep decline Anglo had about a week or two left before it would be completely bust READ MORE

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