# Economic crisis

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2022

# presidential crisis

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns after fleeing country

The parliament will convene on Saturday to start the process of electing a new president.

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Jul 15th 2022, 7:03 AM

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# Cuba

Thousands take to the streets in Havana to protest food shortages and rising prices

Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades.

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Jul 12th 2021, 7:23 AM

# Unemployment

Ibec warns of the 'sharpest compression of economic activity in living memory'

The business lobbying group forecasts Irish unemployment to level off at 16% and GDP to contract by 11% for the year.

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Jun 4th 2020, 12:05 AM

# downturn

ESRI warns against austerity measures in short-term as economy heals from the pandemic

The think-tank has sketched the likely impact of the virus across a range of Irish economic indicators.

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May 28th 2020, 12:05 AM

# Economic crisis

Venezuela heading towards 1,000,000% inflation, according to IMF

The South American nation is in the midst of a five-year economic crisis.

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Jul 24th 2018, 12:06 PM

# Venezuela

US slams 'sham' Venezuelan elections and threatens action

The turnout in Venezuela’s presidential election was under 50%.

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May 21st 2018, 5:33 PM

# Economic crisis

National food shortage sends thousands of starving Venezuelans to root through bins

Inflation and food shortages have been getting worse and worse in the country.

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Mar 11th 2017, 7:30 AM

# Economic crisis

Blood, flies, rotting corpses: Inside Venezuela's crumbling hospitals

The economic situation in the country is so dire that even hospitals are being badly affected.

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Dec 3rd 2016, 3:00 PM

# under the counter

Russia's heavy drinkers turn to cleaning products over money woes

One doctor says he has noticed a “wave” of complications.

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Mar 29th 2015, 10:15 AM

# i'm not sick

There was a huge drop in 'duvet days' during the economic crisis

Workers across all industry sectors take an average of 5.5 days off per year.

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Nov 20th 2014, 6:30 AM

Voices

Extract: The role of the media in the Irish economic crisis

Some commentators have noted that Irish news organisations failed to give proper warnings of the impending crash. But why?

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Oct 19th 2014, 8:30 AM

# Unemployment

What can be done to help Ireland's "unacceptable" rate of jobless households?

A new report has come up with a number of proposed solutions.

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Jun 19th 2014, 7:45 AM

# Secondary School

Teachers say teenagers experiencing increased levels of emotional difficulties due to the recession

The ASTI are calling for more resources to help students with emotional difficulties or who are victims of bullying.

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Mar 12th 2014, 11:53 AM

Voices

Column: Betting your business on the domestic Irish market is foolish, lazy and unnecessary

Being ‘the best in Ireland’ is too limited a goal for Irish businesses today; businesses should emulate Germany’s ‘Mittelstand’ approach to drive export growth, writes Patrick Burke.

Dec 2nd 2013, 10:00 AM

# Economic crisis

How Switzerland became the quiet rebel of Europe

No, seriously.

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Nov 24th 2013, 8:45 AM

Voices

Column: The challenges and changes we've seen since the bank guarantee

On the anniversary of the bank guarantee, the leaders of four Irish organisations reflect on the 2008 decision – and the subsequent changes they have observed in their sectors over the past five years.

Sep 30th 2013, 1:24 PM

# Suicide

Research links 5,000 additional suicides in 2009 to global economic crisis

There were 97 additional suicides in Ireland in 2009 with the research pointing out that rates are higher in countries with higher job losses.

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Sep 18th 2013, 11:20 AM

Voices

Column: The fall of the Celtic Tiger – what next?

The scale of the economic and financial catastrophe that befell Ireland was virtually unprecedented in post-war industrial country history; we need to examine the inadequacies of the Irish policymaking process, write Donal Donovan and Antoin E Murphy.

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Sep 8th 2013, 8:30 AM

# Eurozone

France enters recession in first quarter

French economic growth has been sluggish lately as a result of record unemployment and falling household demand – the key driver of the economy.

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May 15th 2013, 8:17 AM

# Party Like It's 2008

FLASHBACK: Brian Cowen became Taoiseach five years ago this week

Cowen succeeded Bertie Ahern at the helm of government on May 7, 2008. Here he is, leading a hometown singsong.

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May 12th 2013, 1:18 PM

# On the brink

How the Cyprus bank closure is crippling business on the island

“We cannot buy, we cannot sell.”

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Mar 23rd 2013, 8:15 AM

# Cyprus

Cyprus holds presidential election following heated campaign

The campaign was focused on rescuing the recession-hit EU member state from bankruptcy.

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Feb 17th 2013, 2:12 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you think the global economic crisis is over?

Most of those attending the World Economic Forum in Davos last week reckoned the four-year crisis is over, but what do you think?

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Jan 28th 2013, 9:45 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you think the jobs crisis has reached its peak?

A Eurobarometer survey says just over half of us think the worst is yet to come. Really?

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Dec 22nd 2012, 10:59 AM

# the euro

Two-thirds of Irish people want to keep the euro

That, however, is a drop in confidence in the single currency on the last Eurobarometer survey.

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Dec 22nd 2012, 10:38 AM

# Research

US suicide rates have risen sharply since economic crisis

Researchers found that the number of suicides more than quadrupled in the United States between 2008 and 2010, echoing the findings of similar research in Ireland.

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Nov 5th 2012, 6:45 AM

# Italy

Italy protesters stage anti-austerity 'No Monti Day'

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to protest against the prime minister and austerity measures.

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Oct 27th 2012, 8:03 PM

# Markets

72 per cent of Irish CEOs see overseas markets as more significant

A survey also showed that only 21 per cent of CEOs believe that Ireland will return to strong GDP growth in 2013.

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Oct 26th 2012, 2:04 PM

# Israel

Israeli Prime Minister calls for early elections

The date for the election is likely to be set next week when the parliament reconvenes for its winter session.

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Oct 10th 2012, 11:29 AM

# friendly advice

"Stay out of the eurozone", top Austrian banker tells Czechs

“The Czech Republic now finds itself in a good situation. It has its own currency and its own monetary policy,” said Andreas Treichl.

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Aug 1st 2012, 7:30 PM

# Not the News

Here is the week's news... skewed

BREAKING via The Mire wire: New study highlights the upside to childhood obesity – and how commuters are killing the buzz for junkies taking drugs in public.

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Jul 28th 2012, 6:00 PM

# Labour Party

Gilmore acknowledges Labour’s poll difficulties but says crisis must be resolved

Gilmore said that his party was focussed on solving the country’s economic crisis but acknowledged difficulties with its identity in the coalition with Fine Gael.

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Jun 4th 2012, 8:15 AM

# Summit

Taoiseach says fiscal compact WON'T be changed after meeting of EU leaders

Enda Kenny said that any kind of growth deal will be separate to the fiscal compact.

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May 24th 2012, 7:44 AM

# New Words

New words: the official* glossary of 2011

*Not really. But these are the words that we never used (or understood the meaning of) before 2011.

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Dec 26th 2011, 10:00 AM

Voices

Column: If we want to get out of this crisis, we must remember who put us here

The financial markets plunged us into economic meltdown, writes Hugh Torpey – so why are we still listening to them?

Nov 27th 2011, 6:00 PM

Voices

Column: Herd mentality led the UK riots – and it’s also what got us into economic trouble

Former trader Nick Leeson argues that, while it might not seem obvious at first, the psychology behind street rioters is not dissimilar to that which drove the markets, the bankers and property developers into a speculation frenzy.

Aug 15th 2011, 7:00 PM

# Optimism

Europeans feeling more optimistic than they were last year

Latest Eurobarometer survey shows that people are feeling more upbeat about taking control of the economic crisis – but the Irish are one of 13 nations who worry about the impact on jobs.

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Aug 5th 2011, 9:52 AM