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Saturday, November 07 2009
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Only change after day of protest is we owe €70m more

UP to 75,000 yesterday took to the streets to protest at €4bn in proposed Budget cuts -- but the only thing that had changed by last night was that the country was €70m deeper in debt.

Loss: Ulster Bank. Photo: Getty Images

Ulster Bank racks up £85m operating loss in third quarter

Ulster Bank chief executive Cormac McCarthy said yesterday that half the 1,000 people targeted by a redundancy programme this year have already left the bank, as it unveiled an £85m (€97m) operating loss for the third quarter.

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Tony Musulin. Photo: Getty Images

Guard 'simply drives off with cash' in €11m heist

THE biggest French cash robbery in recent years was a non-violent affair: Tony Musulin, a security guard, apparently simply drove off with the money while his two colleagues were inside the central Lyons branch of the Banque de France.

Selfish action by workers in secure jobs

THE public sector has begun its disruption of a country in meltdown. The single most selfish, childish and downright arrogant action I've ever seen taken by the protected public sector.

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