In Ireland, a Picture of the High Cost of Austerity The planned headquarters of the now nationalized Anglo Irish Bank along the North Quays of Dublin’s docklands. The shell lies abandoned after the bank cratered from excessive lending to property developers, and the government infused it with 22 billion in taxpayer money. Credit...Eoin O'Conaill for the International Herald Tribune DUBLIN � As Eur
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