Rediscovering poverty: moneylending in the Republic of Ireland in the 1960s

In 1969 R.T.É.'s 7 Days dealt with the issue of illegal moneylending, claiming that Dublin was ‘a city of fear’ where 500 unlicensed moneylenders used violence as a tool to collect debts. The Fianna Fáil government rejected the suggestion that loan sharking was widespread and that Gardaí respon...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Irish historical studies 2021-11, Vol.45 (168), p.282-302
Hauptverfasser:	Holohan, Carole, O'Connell, Sean, Savage, Robert J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Context Economic growth Emigration Politics Poverty Violence
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