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# Budget11

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Gogarty tells Dáil Ireland must "slash its wrists"
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Oct 28th 2010, 3:30 PM
Labour lays out proposals for cutting deficit
Gilmore suggests raising tax rate for those on €100,000, while Cowen says government’s adjustment plan will rely more on spending cuts than tax increases.
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Oct 28th 2010, 9:13 AM
Government borrowing costs take yet another spike
As the government announces massive budget adjustments, the cost of Irish borrowing lies just off its all-time peak.
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Oct 27th 2010, 5:10 PM
Here are the awful details behind Ireland's export recovery
Unemployment is going to sit at around 13%, says Davy Research, and currency ‘headwinds’ will hit our growth.
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Oct 27th 2010, 3:37 PM
Dáil begins debate on €15bn budget adjustments
Brian Cowen tells the Dáil that the Croke Park agreement will remain, while the opposition slam government policy.
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Oct 27th 2010, 12:25 PM
Dáil prepares to debate €15 billion Budget cuts
Minister Lenihan says the government’s plan is to cut €15bn over four years, with the coming Budget bearing the brunt of the cuts.
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Oct 27th 2010, 8:21 AM
Government's four-year target raised to €15bn
The government says it is “neither credible nor realistic” to delay the budget cuts and tax increases.
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Oct 26th 2010, 6:00 PM
Builders' federation says Budget must prioritise jobs
Contain your shock.
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Oct 26th 2010, 5:03 PM
Cabinet meetings to decide bloodbath Budget cuts
An evening meeting today – and an all-day knocking of heads tomorrow – should decide how much spending will go.
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Oct 25th 2010, 9:17 AM
HSE could lose 6,000 staff after bloodbath Budget
The Budget in December could bring €1bn in healthcare cuts – and mean enormous redundancies at the HSE.
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Oct 24th 2010, 9:36 AM
Fianna Fáil support plummets as Labour gains ground
Tomorrow’s Red C opinion poll in the Sunday Business Post shows FF support returning to shocking lows.
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Oct 24th 2010, 8:01 AM
Abiding by EU targets kills economy for a decade – ESRI
The economic think-tank says aiming for the EU’s 3% deficit target by 2014 will force Ireland into a downward spiral.
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Oct 21st 2010, 1:34 PM
Ireland won't ask EU for budget target extension
The Department of Finance says it won’t ask Brussels to extend its 2014 deadline for reining in the budget deficit.
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Oct 21st 2010, 1:31 PM
Budget 2011: unexpected shortfall means double the pain
This Budget just got a whole lot bloodier: Cutbacks and tax hikes over the next four years could be double the previous “worst case scenario”.
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Oct 19th 2010, 9:47 AM
Opposition react to public finance shortfall
Politicians were briefed by the Department of Finance today about the state of the nation’s coffers.
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Oct 18th 2010, 7:20 PM
Fine Gael supports government’s four year economic plan
Cowen says he’s approaching the party talks with an open mind, and Bruton says Fine Gael wants a full Dáil debate before agreeing to any economic measures.
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Oct 17th 2010, 2:12 PM
Sinn Féin critical of exclusion from consensus talks
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Oct 16th 2010, 4:34 PM
€4bn budget cuts mean €2bn drop in economic growth - IMF
Damned if we do, and damned if we don’t. We can’t afford to borrow, but cutting spending means double-dip…
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Oct 14th 2010, 2:57 PM
Housing agency calls for 'NAMA for the people'
Threshold urges government to take stake in bad mortgages while allowing tenants to retain a stake and stay in their home.
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Oct 13th 2010, 11:32 AM
Central Bank head doesn't foresee corporate tax hike
Patrick Honohan says he does not think Ireland’s economic pressures are big enough to require an increase.
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Oct 13th 2010, 10:34 AM
Ireland has turned a corner. No, really - S&P
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says the Irish economy will be quicker to recover than other European systems.
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Oct 13th 2010, 8:16 AM
Defiant Lenihan insists Ireland can avoid bailout
Ireland can “absolutely” dodge the need to go cap-in-hand to Europe – but pensions and welfare could be hit.
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Oct 12th 2010, 8:25 AM
All-party financial talks remain up in the air
The Greens are confident, the Taoiseach is on board, but the opposition say nobody’s asked them.
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Oct 11th 2010, 8:10 AM
Taoiseach writes off chances of ‘national’ government
‘Political consensus’ would be welcome on financial issues – but national government would create ‘uncertainty’.
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Oct 8th 2010, 3:56 PM
Central Bank lowers expectations of economic growth
The economy will still grow in 2010, according to the revised forecasts, but only just.
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Oct 4th 2010, 6:54 PM
Public trade union says no to further pay cuts
The IMPACT union says public servants have been hit harder than most, and shouldn’t be considered an easy target.
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Oct 4th 2010, 1:58 PM
Ireland's era of low tax is over, says commissioner
Olli Rehn, the man behind the four-year budget strategy, says it is inevitable that the ‘low tax’ policy must end.
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Oct 1st 2010, 2:46 PM
FG refuses to abide by four-year plan - but seeks 'truce'
The finance spokesperson says the government can’t hold the opposition to its plans – while senators seek co-operation.
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Oct 1st 2010, 1:58 PM
Taoiseach says tax hikes likely in 2011 Budget
In a lunchtime interview, Brian Cowen says “revenue raising” will have to be part of a new, harsher-than-planned Budget.
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Sep 30th 2010, 2:09 PM
EU ramps up pressure for management of budget deficit
Board members of the European Central Bank say it’s vital that Dublin gets its budget deficit in order, or else…
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Sep 29th 2010, 3:44 PM
Ireland's economic meltdown: what the world says
“The folly of cuts,” says the Guardian; the drop is “unexpected” says WSJ; “the first to face a double dip,” says Telegraph.
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Sep 24th 2010, 9:49 AM
Deficit must be tackled quickly, Honohan warns
“Explicit reprogramming of the budgetary profile for the coming years is clearly necessary soon if debt dynamics are to be convincingly convergent.” No, we don’t know what that means either.
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Sep 20th 2010, 11:48 AM
Green junior minister told to pull Property Tax blog entry
Ciarán Cuffe is forced to remove an entry where he proposes a property tax, because it’s against government policy.
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Sep 5th 2010, 1:02 PM
Member states ask EU to change its accounting rules
Countries say changes to accounting protocols could help cut their budget deficits.
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Aug 17th 2010, 5:18 PM
Unions call for fairness in PRSI changes
Unions welcome proposals of increased PRSI contributions, with certain provisions.
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Aug 13th 2010, 8:46 PM
Economic growth but a harsh budget, Ronan says 'shorry', and a prize bond jackpot
Paperround: Our guide to the pick of the Saturday press.
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Jul 31st 2010, 9:51 AM
The €39bn capital programme: what's in and what's out
Some rail projects are dropped but other motorways will be finished.
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Jul 26th 2010, 3:56 PM
The FG fallout continues, Cabinet divided over €1.1bn budget cuts, and pay or lose your passport
Paperround: Your digested guide to the Sunday broadsheets. Warning: may cause financial sadness.
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Jul 25th 2010, 9:39 AM
ESRI analysis comes ‘out of thin air’
Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman really doesn’t agree with our economic policy.
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Jul 21st 2010, 3:34 PM
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