I am starting to sense that maybe I and people like me are to blame because it is we, the Irish people, who are paying with our jobs, livelihoods, health care and education.

We surmised you had gone to Ireland.

It has the money to fortify its banks against the default of Greece - and Portugal and Ireland, if need be.

If Greece, Ireland, and Portugal do not restructure their debt in an orderly fashion they will ultimately have to default unilaterally.

It all reminds me of how Jack Charlton put his stamp on the Republic of Ireland.