Quotes from the Irish Property Bubble

A record of some of the more choice quotes from the era of the Irish Property Bubble.

"Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation. Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one!"

Friday, May 14, 2010

ClĂ­odhna O'Donoghue, Property Editor, Irish Independent

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Irish Independent, 20 April 2007 : "John FitzGerald (ESRI economist) stated that if he believed there was a crash coming that he would ...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Rachel Doyle, Professional Insurance Brokers' Association

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Evening Herald, 7 May 2010 : "Even if property prices may not have reached the bottom, delaying in buying could mean that interest rate...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Marian Finnegan, Chief Economist for Sherry Fitzgerald

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Irish Independent, 13 January 2006 : "The Irish market is showing a phenomenal performance in terms of output and prices so I will rate...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Simon Kelly, Former Property Developer & Columnist

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Sunday Tribune, 4 April 2010 : "I will miss Anglo for this and it will be missed in the future by the whole economy. [...] So I say to ...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Brian Lenihan, Minister for Finance

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Seanad Eireann speech, 14 May 2008 : "However, what we do know is that the underlying demand for housing remains strong, driven by a re...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Willie McAteer, former executive director of Anglo Irish Bank

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Oireachtas Finance Committee, 2 Jul 2008 : "We are often wrong but we have a strong belief that we have significant and sufficient capi...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Patrick Neary, former chief executive of the Financial Regulator

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Irish Times, 14 Oct 2008 : "Ireland's banks are solvent and will be able to offset potential losses on property loans with their be...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Seanie Fitzpatrick, former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank

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Finfacts, 21 June 2007 "Having developed this marvellous entrepreneurial culture which is delivering so many benefits in terms of emplo...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

Michael Grehan, Sherry Fitzgerald

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Press Release, 21 Oct 2009 : "Whenever I give a positive view of the market the perception is that I have a vested interest, talking up...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute

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Finfacts, 16 January 2008 : Robert calls the bottom! IAVI president Robert Ganly commented: "Overall, I would say to people that the ma...
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