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what's the difference between Iceland and Ireland? Answer: one letter and six months
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tirano
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Be careful if you have a UK Post Office Savings Account
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/jan/24/savings-banks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/jan/24/savings-banks
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Bank of Ireland has said it is dramatically scaling back its UK business
Well withdrawing from the FSCS should help them in that goal after the Icesave mess.0 -
Be careful? Why?
Ireland doesn't have a volatile currency to worry about, unlike Iceland. The Euro is stable enough for Ireland to play around with - one of Iceland's problems was that no-one actually wanted to buy any Krona.From Poland...with love.
They are (they're) sitting on the floor.
Their books are lying on the floor.
The books are sitting just there on the floor.0 -
They didn't, it's EU law; and the law is designed to get maximum compensation for depositors; and the letters were requested by the UK FSA.trenchwars wrote: »Well withdrawing from the FSCS should help them in that goal after the Icesave mess.0
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