next up, it's "ireland's west coast" on "smart travels." announcer: major corporate support for "smart travels" is provided by expedia.com, a travel web site that offers travelers a variety of ways to create the trip they're looking for, including flights, hotels, and vacation packages. captioning made possible by u.s. department of education "smart travels" is a grand tour of the old world-- the people, places, sights, and distinctly european flavors. our host is travel writer and columnist rudy maxa, public radio's original savvy traveler. now tips, trips, and secret places on "smart travels." maxa: "a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day," or so the old song goes... [sleigh bells jingling] and western ireland is a celestial place for a vacation. with mist-shrouded hills, a relaxed pace of life... [waves crashing] and the soothing sound of the sea never far away, they say this a place that once visited, is never forgotten. ireland has a spiritual quality that is rare among western countries-- difficult to define but impossib

in the south of ireland. why because the irish are always behind the times. >> host: where was he born? >> guest: new york. posta were you born? >> guest: brooklyn. i'm not sure if i was born in brooklyn or manhattan. she wish i had away from that. because i was conceived beyond the sheet. so i was the cause of sin. frankie was the cause of marriage. it was a shotgun wedding and that was what appeared five months after the wedding. >> host: did that bother when you found out? >> guest: it did because one of my friends told me i was a and there was no way of getting around it. he said i was doomed in the same could not be bashed away. so i'm excommunicated and i'm doomed because i'm a bastard. >> host: we are parents catholic when they died? >> guest: my mother would give lip service and she believed in it, but she didn't go. i think she had confessions before she died. he mumbled something. to think, is less rigid than it used to be. you can go into the church and make a general confession and just say i conf

c-span: how many people live in ireland? guest: now it's at--the population's about--overall, about four and a half million. c-span: for the 32 counties? guest: north and south. yeah. c-span: how many counties have you been in? guest: have i been in? i've been in all of them. every--i've been in all--i've been--no, i've been in all of them, yeah. i was going to exclude derry, but i've been in derry. c-span: what's 'the irish thing'? guest: the irish thing? now? c-span: well, as you refer to it in your book. what's the--what are the--how do you define what the irish thing is? guest: this--it's a kind of trinity of nationalism and--of catholicism and immigration. this is--these are the characteristics of the--each nation, i think, has certain characteristics. another characteristic of the irish, which i thought was disappearing, was the drink. that's how it's referred to: 'the drink.' not drink, not alcohol, the drink. in--when i was there last week, i noticed it. it's still--the swilling that goes on is unbelievable. and i do

i'm here in ireland reading every paper just in case. i will move ahead.he lacies lived in cottage and palace. in 1848 dozens of families left cottage and the adjoining towns of pad ox, dogs town and palace. i find no mentions of evictions in the newspaper. 731 reported people the largest eviction of a town land in one day happened not 20 miles from cottage and palace in april of 1849. the story had one short paragraph about it in the paper. could it be that most evictions did not make it to the newspaper unless someone died? in the news of january 19th 1848, judith was ejected off a small farm by the landlords james and john parker. she wandered in want without shelter and entered her former abode on the 18th of august last. for this forceable possession shes tried and sentenced to 6 months confinement which punishment of and died of natural causes. eventually i find mention of the easterly of conwell evicting tenants in the near by town land. september 13, 1848 the newspaper says on monday last the agent of lord kwanwell attended by sheriff, police and b

i really love ireland. and i don't plan to be away forever. >> reporter: but right now, it's time for etha o'donnell's portrait. her bags packed... >> three, two, one. >> reporter: ...and like so many thousands before, her hopes pinned on a far horizon. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, dublin. >> mitchell: here at home, the kennedy and shriver clans gathered for the funeral of peace corps founder and former vice presidential candidate sergeant shriver. also there, michelle obama and joe biden. maria shriver spoke of her father. >> the programs he fought for, the ones he created, they still have impact as we stand here. but for me as his only daughter, perhaps his greatest achievement was showing us in our family how to show up in other people's lives and how to love unconditionally. the smell of shaving cream. whatever scents fill your household, purina tidy cats scoop helps neutralize odors in multiple cat homes... giving you just what you need to keep your house smelling like it should. purina tidy cats scoop.

, a big credit expansion in ireland. and now they have to pay for all that. this is particularly disappointing because the germans have been told at the beginning that there would be no bailout. this has been told to them millions of times. >> reporter: yet germany keeps being tapped. >> germany doesn't have pockets that are deep enough to bail out half of europe. they can't bailout ireland and greece and italy and spain. it's just too much. if spain were to fall. if there was a bailout of spain, you would see serious discussions. you know, fracturing of europe. i think that would be bad politics indeed after spending so many decades of getting europe... there would be a big price to pay. >> reporter: and a potentially big price for us all. >> ifill: next, to today's court hearing for the man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in tucson just two weeks ago. jared loughner appeared for an arraignment this afternoon in a phoenix courtroom. the federal charges against him include the attempted assassination of congressw

ireland to fill their car which is a major loss to the exchequer. would the prime minister consider introducing a similar scheme of a rural scheme in northern ireland? >> i do understand the problems of cross-border issue that he raises and also the problem of fuel smuggling which has been a real problem between northern ireland and the reluctant. the chief secretary of the treasury would have heard what he asked. and obviously we are looking hard at how we can help families and motorists with their fuel and motoring bills. but what i would say is this, everyone should remember the last four increases in fuel duty were all put through from the last labour budget. >> thank you it, mr. speaker. i know like me the prime minister is a fan of the british history in schools. does he think of the political history in the last 13 years are written it will allow pupils to borrow, borrow through the boom or learn from labour's mistakes? >> i hope -- i hope that we can get into the curriculum. the idea that you should fix the roof while the sun is shining. and

because of the land border, will the prime minister consider introducing in northern ireland a rural rebate scheme similar to that in scotland? >> i understand the cross- border problem that the honorable gentleman raises and that fuel smuggling between northern ireland and the republic has been a real problem. the chief secretary to the treasury would have heard him ask for the expansion of the scheme that was in the budget. obviously, we are looking hard at how we can help families and motorists with their fuel and motoring bills. however, i would say this: everyone should remember that the last four increases in fuel duty were all put through in the last labour budget. >> i know that, like me, the prime minister is a fan of the teaching of british history in schools. does he think that when the political history of the past 13 years is written, it will advise pupils to borrow, borrow and borrow through the boom, or will it advise them to learn from labour's mistakes? >> i hope we can get into the curriculum the idea that we should fix the roof while the sun is shining. what we hea

ireland -- its banks have been facing penury for a generation. the country everyone is worried about now is spain. over the next three months, spain and portugal have to raise 225 billion euros on the bond market. both countries have been downgraded by credit agencies. spain's problem is not its deficit. it is lack of growth. high unemployment. a collapsed housing market. shaky banks. spain is certainly to come under pressure just as greece and ireland did. you could write the script for the spanish debt crisis now. a downgrade, denials of the bailout, smiling press conferences by elected officials who run the euro zone. they know they have to be decisive, to impose common rule and to act fast. the commitment to the idea of the euro has to be backed up with action. germany above all will have to get its act together. it has been pushing this man, axel faber, to run the european central bank. this could be a strong signal that germany wants to be a range of currencies on its own, german, terms. yet europe is facing more than a sovereign debt crisi

greece and ireland aren't the only countries in trouble. spain's deficit is now more than 9% of its gdp and this far exceeds the target figure set by the european union at less than 3%. government bonds for spain and portugal are due to reach maturity this spring. the question is whether these countries can finance their debts on their own. i spoke with an economic professor of kayo. university and asked about the likelihood of these countries asking for help from the eu imf rescue fund. this is her answer. >> to portugal to ask is very high. the probability is about 70% because of the relatively poor fiscal performance. a number of european countries are asking portugal to accept the risk of funds before it becomes too late. >> so 70% from portugal. what about spain? >> spain is making a great effort to restore market confidence by showing greater commitments to meeting the fiscal target. but the market is worried about spanish sheer size of government financing need. the economy in the euro area and if spain uses this rescue fund, the mar

ireland is doing the right the island would be the first one through in the uk at island they're not even known in the they're on their backs now whereas exactly as you say iceland took a long pause and said lets off the people in the people said no thank you no why should we bail out these reckless banks and they didn't and here they are already beginning to pull through no one saying it wasn't painful or that there won't be a lot more pain there's no pain free way out to where we are but they are pulling through in a way which i lived in ireland is sinking the supposedly shining example and how the banks and the government here can make sure that nobody looks at iceland. i don't understand of them the fact that they have the whole hearted collusion of the media yeah it's propaganda and you know in the in the case of these banks that are holding the government hostage and forcing other people to pay debts that they had no part and incurring to begin with it's really a form of larceny and financial rape now it was reported recently about two million people are using credit cards to p

you mentioned the scottish parliament, northern ireland parliament is that what they call it? >> assembly. >> the wales assembly. and what about the different hearings and all and the lords and the commons, there are eight choices at any time, just click on a screen? >> it's only rarely that all eight will be live. when one of those changes is not -- chambers is not in session, we'll have chosen a hearing or a debate or statement that is of importance that's immediately available on demand, but there are times when all eight are up and it's great. >> how do you do that and is that your responsibility? >> yeah, it comes to me but we've got teams in scotland, northern ireland and wales and they're driving that part of the site because they've got all the local knowledge. >> do they work directly for you or the bbc? >> for the bbc in those places but under our umbrella. >> is there a requirement under the law in scotland and wales and places in on ireland where the bbc must televise what's going on there? >> no. >> why do they do it then? >> we do it because these parliaments are

that's what happened to me once when i went to ireland i staid at a b and b. there are a zillion every other house is a b and b. i hit on the one b and beshgs where the owner said, your last name is to bein i know where all the to beins came to ireland. i said, i'm all ears. this poem goes into that and the last part is a translation from an irish song, the ring. >> i followed the winding coast road back from cove airny moore and her brother cast in branz at the center entrance head of a line at elis island looking as though they a choired dreksz in their own country. dim passage through american wait and coffinship the figures of a prior generation real to swells and sound effects each swollen in the ache of crossing. my father's ship united states streaming to the harbor, the way it steamed in the narrows below the rising towers of the bridge. above the keys, saint coalmans resided over the dock where my mother's mother waited and my father's forefather disappeared like vermon in the fields they flooded home. i can tell you where the to beins first landed th

in northern ireland will be safe and secure? >> i have been lobbied sensitively about the rescue including by people from all walks of life, if i can put it that way and i totally understand the need for air, sea, rescue. i think what matters is not necessarily who is carrying it out but are they fully qualified? and is it a good service and is that valued for money. >> in reviewing antiterrorist laws, will my right honorable friend ensure that there's a balance between the police having the powers and detention and arrest and making sure that there is a return to the rule of law as it is understood? >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right. that we should not depart from normal procedures and practices in terms of british law and justice unless it's absolutely necessary. you have to defend every change in that way. and i think -- as i said earlier, we do face a terrorist threat that is materially different to what we face for the ira. we face a threat where people are quite prepared to murder themselves and as many as

year ago postle didn't have a real estate bubble like spain had or didn't have a bank crash like ireland have we have some minor and quite well known bank problems but they are relatively minor in scope as compared to the irish problems well the question is that at a given point it's futile to set up portugal is different from spain and from ireland and from greece all together because even if our debt is not unsustainable it can be created and sustainable it can be you know the interest can be raised up to a point where it becomes a sustainable so this is a cycle a self-fulfilling prophecy and at this point speculators and the markets and the rating agencies know very well how to do it if it's not unsustainable now it will be in a months from now because you can you know lower our ratings and then see the ass's will go in in price it will be more appealing to bets against portugal's bankruptcy and so the problem is still there the problem is a problem of either we see the euro as a common economy and then all this you know peripheral problems disappear all of a sudden because the euro d

prognostication going forward is two three four times tough times more debt now also you mention ireland in the u.k. it's funny because the u.k. banks indebted to the irish banks and vice versa so do other words the u.k. population is actually bailing out irish banks yes but they all waiting out our banks but what what's always annoyed me even more is here is the beginnings is the beginnings of the sort of xenophobia backlash with the germans saying oh we're bailing out those feckless greeks and the boys here saying muffing docu about bailing out the irish where is you and i both know the half of the money that's going to be taken to ireland to the irish banks will then be smartly returned to british banks because it's the british banks who were where ultimately bailing out so we will blame the irish but get them to bail us out it seems to me to be doubly on jost right so you have all of this this bailout money and debt extending and pretending ending up generating fees for the very bankers who create the debt to begin with no g.d.p. growth no one to line growth unemployment is skyrocket

ireland says this is the best resource to aid haiti's recovery. >> they knew their community.he pastors, both their church people and the nonchurch people were very aware of where the needs were. >> reporter: they've been rebuilding churches and schools and training people how to construct something that will withstand any earthquakes in the future. >> we trained haitian civil engineers how to build earthquake-resistant buildings, and from that group, the haitian teams went out all over haiti and did a number of seminars teaching people how to build earthquake-proof buildings. >> reporter: across from a u.n. displacement camp is one of those schools. it isn't quite finished, but enrollment has already doubled from last year. they are also providing clean water for the entire community. >> we really have tried to step alongside the haitians and say, "here are the resources we have. here's the challenge. how do you think we can best do this?" >> reporter: one local pastor who has been leading the free methodist efforts is jean-marc zamor, who also has a larger vision for haiti.

which they then used to buy more shares in the bank they train a daisy chain a fraud same thing in ireland that figure of one hundred ten hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. debt is full as false it's six to seven hundred per cent g.d.p. david mcwilliams who i spoke with in dublin just a few months ago told me that the numbers are shockingly higher than what is officially being reported to ireland is going the way of iceland but unlike iceland stacy herbert they haven't shut the bad bank stone and they're not pursuing with the hope of prosecuting the financial terrorists and of course the irish people are being asked to suffer austerity measures for a something that they had nothing to do with the wholesale end of the i.m.f. or isn't there now then they've using the collateral virally to stage a hostile raid of that country they're using our risk assets as collateral to take over the country the irish people to join their brothers and sister in tunis in tunisia in staging this global revolt against these banking terrorists the people in dublin the people into this common cause is the same or

ireland had become a primary recruiting ground for the british army in the period in which the army must expand a dramatically because it is waging a global war against napoleon's empire so they relaxed previous restrictions on protestants serving in the british army and ireland becomes the primary place for them to recruit troops and it just turns out that the have sent a lot of these troops to canada and would continue to do so as they reinforce those troops during the course of the war. not because the british have been very nervous that these irish soldiers and their regiments might desert and go over to the americans, it's important for them to make a point of punishing american soldiers who happen to be irish who are captured in the american defeat of which there were many in canada. when they would capture these irish-americans soldiers or sailors, they would give them a harsh choice. they must enlist in british forces, become a british soldier or sailor, or they must stand trial as a traitor in which the penalty is death. if any of these people had previously served in the britis

ireland it will not it will not be quite as bad as-ireland, or as greece happened.nd perhaps italy will be after portugal. however, it is an issue. >> and they a c >> in germany is calling the shots? >> yes, with great productivity. >> and with their contingents iceland, and th norwegian. also have strong economic outlook. >> brysoverizon? at&t lose is exclusively. >> and it is free for customers the 1 options. >> it is going to short term combat with the google and rick. and perhaps the do not have the google on android. short-term combat. and compete. >> at&for rise in will have the short term loser. at&t will also be a loser. and i think it is going to be material. >> people of not been happy with them. the been waiting for apple to make the change. >> and if this does not happen? >> and all day. and but rob black, more with your money. and the news after the break. stay with us. . >> with clouds overnight, and a chilly. that cloud coverage will keep us a bit warmer. warm system coming in with rainfall. breen showers in the north bay and in the evening. --rain sh

well how come he's not doing one help ireland well you know it's a tax dodge for ireland is paying taxes to disguise a shmuck bono musical told smoke but i think that makes him a much better banker than he is a rock n roll player as you call it. look bono an edge to all right thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max speaking of gold and silver much more coming your way so don't go away stay right there. welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to maryland atop a money manager michael woody o'brien who also writes at financial sense dot com their web site would be welcome to the kaiser report max it's great to be with you from a beautiful sunny day in maryland we're data lots of free solar electricity on this beautiful day today well get some crab cakes as well now we first saw you on the big dad oh a six wide cast of log cast i should say and is so pressed by that we decided to have you on the kaiser report now what do you know brian that it's an easy and president ben ali fled the country with twenty four percent of the nation's gold supply i thought gold was

britain is no longer linked with countries such as greece, ireland and portugal.everyone was clear about the position before the last election. the institute of directors, the confederation of british industry and the governor of the bank of england all said that there was no credible plan to deal with the deficit. if you do not deal with your debts, you will never have growth. that is the truth, and the right honorable gentleman knows it. >> the prime minister does not get it. if you do not have growth, you will never cut the deficit. that is what we saw in the last quarter of 2010. as millions of families and businesses are worried about their livelihoods and see unemployment rising, inflation rising and growth stalled, what the country wants to know from the prime minister is whether he is going to change his strategy in any way in order to get the economy moving. >> what we need to do in our country is get the deficit down, and at the same time do everything that we can to encourage growth. let me read to the right honorable gentleman what the head of the oecd

her family in northern ireland has been left stunned. >> she was a lovely girl. she was a wonderful daughter. we always treasure. she was a beautiful girl. we are so, so sorry. >> michaella was always at her father's side. he is the manager of thea footbl team. they even appeared together on irish chat shows. >> her profile got higher when she competed in the contest. her wedding 12 days ago was a big event. here in belfast, it made front- page news, reflecting how widely known her family is. less than two weeks later, the same newspapers are reporting her death. -- reporting her death at the age of 27. the police spoke to her husband and quickly ruled him out as a suspect. it is believed she may have been killed by thieves who broke into her bedroom. it happened on one of the last days of her honeymoon. the church where she got married, the wedding flowers are still there as preparations began for her funeral. >> you are watching "bbc news". thousands of families in brisbane have been warned of flooding. michael jackson's daughter, conrad murray will stand charg

so how come he's not doing one help ireland well you know it's a tax dodge for ireland is paying taxes and this guy's a schmuck bono these are called toll shmuck but i think that makes him a much better banker than he is a rock n roll player as you call it is or should look bono an edge to all right there but thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max speaking of gold and silver much more coming your way so don't go away stay right there. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. to survive in speeds see him change a lot more regenerative life support seems just from. special exercise equipment flights to flight and psychological prep keeps the strain off the brain during the one know she update here. we've got the future covered. leave. the more people we killed the happier our officers were it got to be like a game like to see who could kill the most people and. the way you could prove the skilled look you know here's a bag someone's ears you know where they have the most ears they would get the most

now the irish where is you and i both know the half of the money that's going to be taken to ireland to the irish banks will then be smartly returned to british banks because it's the british banks who where ultimately bailing out so we will blame the irish but get them to bail us out seems to me to be doubly on just right so you have all of this this bailout money and debt extending and pretending ending up generating fees for the very bankers who create the debt to begin with no g.d.p. growth no one to line growth unemployment is skyrocketing now let's get back to generation debt for a second how do they get into this debt what we know that for ten or fifteen years they were told in the u.k. that by any means necessary you must buy a house even if it means taking out one hundred twenty five percent mortgage from bradford and bingley or northern rock in boston on the property ladder and now the real estate markets crashed the equity is underwater but the debt remains on the books that's how this generation ended up in debt for the most part is this crash of this market now does this