%0 Journal Article %T The Irish economy: Three strikes and you¡¯re out? %A Gurdgiev Constantin %A Lucey Brian M. %A Mac an Ciar¨¢n Bhaird %A Roche-Kelly Lorcan %J Panoeconomicus %D 2011 %I Economists' Association of Vojvodina %R 10.2298/pan1101019g %X We examine the three interlinked Irish crises : the competitiveness, fiscal and banking crises, showing how all three combined to lay a lethal trap for Ireland. Starting from a point of economic balance, a series of poor government decisions led to the country once dubbed the ¡°Celtic tiger¡± become the second eurozone state after Greece to seek a bailout, with the EFSF/IMF intervening in late 2010. %K debt %K banking %K bond yields %U http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1452-595X/2011/1452-595X1101019G.pdf