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August 8, 2023

The Age of Brainless

The Age of Brainless, an essay on the impact of unregulated social media pivoting into new generation AI in an age dominated by Bots and fake accounts; the impacts on…
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May 13, 2022

Currency warfronts: Russia is spearheading a gold and commodity-backed Ruble, while Central Banks accelerate digital currencies which, without protections, will give them unlimited power to monitor and control how we spend our money.

https://villagemagazine.ie/currency-warfronts-russia-is-spearheading-a-gold-and-commodity-backed-ruble-while-central-banks-accelerate-digital-currencies-which-without-protections-will-give-them-unlimited-power-to-monitor/
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April 27, 2022

Putin puts in the boot. The West and its weakest link here, Germany, face a formidable foe and test.

27 April, 2022 Russian Strategy unwrapped 27th April 2022, followed by analysis two weeks later on its launch of a global platform for gold & commodity backed currencies to take…
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April 12, 2021

Eddie Hobbs on the Post Pandemic Economy – The Healthy Debate 9th March 2021

https://youtu.be/9ppARBRJu0w
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April 10, 2021

“Commodity Supercycle, Energy and Inflation” Daniel Lacelle conversation with Tracy Shuchart on 10th April 2021

https://youtu.be/KjW7Lx2y18M
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January 12, 2021

The Great Reset – Podcast Interview on Thursday, 7th January, 2021

The Great Reset - Podcast Interview with Mick Clifford of The Irish Examiner on 7th January, 2021   Financial consultant Eddie Hobbs takes out his crystal ball and looks into…
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November 26, 2020

Two Cheers for Messy Democracy, Three for Adam Smith

Get used to Trillions. The ECB thinks that the “severe but plausible” number we are heading towards for delinquent debt in the Eurozone is €1.4 trillion. Meanwhile Bloomberg report another…
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October 30, 2020

Hidden Jobs Shock Brewing

A hidden jobs shock is brewing. The sudden death of the centralised office is shifting Irish service jobs to the EU periphery, to countries like Romania and Greece as multi-nationals…
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October 14, 2020

Eddie Hobbs: Your savings are collateral damage in the new rules of the game – The Irish Examiner

The Irish Examiner, Eddie Hobbs: Your savings are collateral damage in the new rules of the game  
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September 29, 2020

Eddie Hobbs Writes For The Sunday Business Post – SOCIETY CANNOT FUNCTION WITH A ZOMBIE FINANCIAL SYSTEM

https://www.businesspost.ie/financial-services/analysis-society-cannot-function-with-a-zombie-financial-system-701b7e54  
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July 27, 2020

Eddie Hobbs writes “Here’s how Helen McEntee can tackle bogus insurance claims” The Irish Examiner

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40018928.html
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May 10, 2020

Government making a bollocks of Economic Recovery

Comment On Saturday May 2nd the Government adjusted its support programme for Irish business. Monday May 4th, on trend, the Irish Times released it without journalistic analysis.  It was left…
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April 16, 2020

Eddie Hobbs writes “Fasten your seatbelt, the worst is yet to come” The Irish Examiner

https://amp.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/eddie-hobbs-fasten-your-seatbelt-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-993618.html
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April 8, 2020

This is The Captain

Greetings Passengers, this is the Captain - Please return to your seat If you had the nagging feeling that you are not getting the full story from the cockpit of…
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March 3, 2020

Ireland Playing Jenga with National Finances

The economic analysis of the potential impact of Covid 19 remains up in the air, combining the maths of infectious disease with speculation about the efficacy of health system responses.…
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February 21, 2020

PRESS RELEASE; Social Progress Indicator Launched

CMuckley_SPI_discussion_paper CMuckley SPI presentation RDS Feb 21 2020 Professor Cal Muckley of UCD today launched a discussion paper showing why and how Ireland ought to lead the world in the…
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February 12, 2020

Caveat emptor: Financial dark pools, junk bonds and the curious art of financial advice

Eddie Hobbs writes for The Currency 4th February 2020 https://www.thecurrency.news/articles/8498/eddie-hobbs-financial-dark-pools-junk-bonds-and-the-curious-art-of-financial-advice  
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January 31, 2020

CORONAVIRUS & WHO STATEMENT OVERNIGHT

Paula (not her real name) received a delivery from a UK supplier with a letter apologising for the three week delay in the arrival of her new high waisted yoga…
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December 2, 2019

BLOG NO.2 ON TREATMENT OF CANCER (ADVERTISEMENT) BILL

This is written as a supplement to my analysis published here and in the Irish Examiner November 29 th and, given the social media discussion it has created, to deal…
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November 28, 2019

Government to Issue ‘Bull’ on Cancer Science

A bill sponsored by practicing pharmacist Kate O Connell TD (FG), now part of the Government legislative pipeline, proposes to ban promotion and discussion of cancer treatments that fail the…
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October 9, 2019

Budget 2020 & Carbon Taxes

It is a given that Ireland is now on track to deliver on our commitment to impose a Carbon Tax of €80 per tonne by 2030. Budget 2020 increases the…
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September 25, 2019

Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner: Central Bank Crackdown on Life Industry Inducements

Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, Central Bank Crackdown on Life Industry Inducements READ The Full Article HERE   Eddie Hobbs, 25th September 2019
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September 11, 2019

25 consequences for Ireland as we enter ‘The Upside Down’ world of finance: Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner

Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, 11th of September, 2019
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August 30, 2019

So what exactly is Boris Johnson’s end game? Eddie writes for The Irish Examiner

Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, 30th August, 2019
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August 22, 2019

Eddie writes in the Irish Examiner: Cool heads required as Brexit crash out threatened at worst time since Great Depression

Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, 21st August, 2019
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June 19, 2019

Is a Recession Looming – That’s the Multi Billion Dollar Question? Eddie writes for The Examiner

No one knows if we are facing into another recession but but if you haven’t looked at the positioning of your own financial products, now is probably a good time…
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June 5, 2019

The Irish are Convinced that The Australian Economy will Systematically Collapse! Eddie speaks with John Adams & Martin North

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfbDsZ4R4w
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May 23, 2019

Eddie Writes in The Irish Examiner: Parallels with Ireland Recent History Uncanny as Australia Faces Possibility of Systemic Crisis

Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner 20th May 2019   https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/parallels-with-irelands-recent-history-uncanny-as-australia-faces-possibility-of-systemic-crisis-925563.html  
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May 23, 2019

Are We Seeing Early Signs of an Australian Debt Asteroid Strike and Why it Matters?

Eddie's analysis in the Irish Examiner, 9th April 2019 https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/eddie-hobbs-are-we-seeing-early-signs-of-an-australian-debt-asteroid-strike-and-why-it-matters-916553.html
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April 29, 2019

Another VLOG with Eddie Hobbs and Martin North: Under The Debt Volcano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7xGo2zosZk  
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March 13, 2019

Eddie Down Under; Interview Vlogs about Irish & Australian Housing Bubbles

There are two podcasts here circulating in Australia; the first an interview by Australian Banking Expert Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics with Eddie and the second a discussion between…
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February 28, 2019

Do a Deal or Remain? Eddie writes in the Irish Examiner

Irish and British General Elections could yet run in parallel before the end game, most likely a Customs Union deal, writes Eddie Hobbs in the Irish Examiner 27th February 2019…
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February 21, 2019

Eddie Hobbs Speaks to iRadio – Euromillions Winners Top Tips

https://soundcloud.com/iradiocatchup/eddie-hobbs-advice-for-the-euromillions-winners-extended/s-8XP8T  
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February 6, 2018

Against the Tide – Calling the Recovery Feb 2009 TV3AM Transcript

Click below link for PDF: Feb-2009-TV3AM-Imminent-US-Recovery        
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January 22, 2018

Eamon Dunphy interviews Eddie Hobbs on Big Themes; what’s to come and how to prepare nationally and personally

https://soundcloud.com/thestandwitheamondunphy/ep-120-eddie-hobbs   Hobbs Financial Practice is just a click away. If you’d like to talk to Eddie about future-proofing your balance sheet, how to re position financial assets like investments…
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January 9, 2018

2006 RTÉ TV Three Part Series, 30 Things to do with Your SSIA

In the 2006 book Loot I’d identified the Irish market as in a bubble but also identified the US as vulnerable, advising readers to reduce debt to under 50% of property values,…
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December 11, 2017

BIPEP in Liquidation

As an ex-Non-Executive Director of the holding company BIPEP, I am not a party to the Liquidation proceedings and cannot publicly comment on any aspect of the due process of…
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October 18, 2017

Ireland is not a Tax Haven, Irish Mail on Sunday October 2017

An eye-popping new study has just proved ... Ireland is not a TAX Haven. Tax is a deeply politicised issue, both at home and internationally. And in heated claims, Ireland…
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May 25, 2017

Eddie Hobbs interview on Pat Kenny regarding sustainability of Public Sector remuneration

Show: Pat Kenny Date: 25/5/17 Station: Newstalk
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May 22, 2017

Eddie Hobbs – Yates on Sunday interview

Show: Yates on Sunday Date: 21/5/17 Station: Newstalk Slot: Big Interview
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May 12, 2017

Irish Examiner – 12 key points missing from Public Service Pay Commission

Financial adviser and author Eddie Hobbs details 12 key points that were missing from the Public Service Pay Commission HE Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) report published on Tuesday, despite…
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May 10, 2017

Claire Byrne Live: Public pay talks for nurses

Eddie Hobbs and Liam Doran of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation go head-to-head
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November 15, 2016

Pat Kenny interviews Eddie Hobbs on Public Sector strikes

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September 5, 2016

Benchmarking – Interview with a Retired Civil Servant Mandarin

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September 5, 2016

Canabalise Your Mortgage

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September 5, 2016

Selling ‘Bergomaskos’ island

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September 5, 2016

30 Things to do with your SSIA Highlights

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September 5, 2016

Rip Off Republic

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September 5, 2016

Show me the Money Highlights

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September 5, 2016

Eddie Hobbs Where was your family during the famine

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September 5, 2016

Eddie Hobbs 30 Things To Do With Your SSIA

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August 4, 2016

Personal Finance

SUB HEADING GOES HERECheck out here for Central Bank new regulation at
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June 20, 2016

TV3-Ireland AM-Eddie Hobbs

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June 20, 2016

TheJournal ie: Eddie Hobbs on public sector reform

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June 20, 2016

Eddie Hobbs in Neverland

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June 20, 2016

Radio Interview- Cork’s 96FM – Eddie Hobbs – Own Our Oil

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June 20, 2016

Retired Mandarin Spills the Beans to Eddie Hobbs!

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June 20, 2016

Eddie Hobbs – Euro Collapse Risk

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June 20, 2016

Own Our Oil on Prime Time

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June 20, 2016

Own Our Oil – Justin Keating on Ireland’s Oil & Gas Terms

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June 20, 2016

Own Our Oil: Eddie Hobbs on the Saturday Night Show

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