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Interest rates remain at record lows as euro bankers plan a two-year spending binge.
It’s probably just the new €10 note. They enter into circulation today.
Big jump in local production as European industry finally starts getting into gear.
A raft of measures announced today are “the last throw of the dice”, experts said.
Under the new system, for one month every year Ireland will not be able to vote.
Analysis: Dr Joachim Pfeiffer’s visit to Dublin this week was not a pleasant one for Enda Kenny.
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The rate at which the European Central Bank pays commercial banks for depositing their unused cash has been reduced from zero per cent to minus 0.10 per cent.
Disappointing inflation figures mean we’re likely to see some action this month, but will it make a difference?
“We are literally floating in a sea of radiation nowadays. It’s completely reckless.”
Frankfurt looks set to deliver a long-awaited interest rate cut next month.
Greece is still the country faring the worst with an unemployment rate of 26.7 per cent.
Having spent the morning at the EPP Congress, Merkel met with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste at Government Buildings this afternoon.
ECB president Mario Draghi holds interest rates firm.
The deal struck between the government and opposition in Ukraine is a win for the EU … but Russia is not out of the fight, David Moloney.
If Enda Kenny seeks the position of either President of the European Council or head of the European Commission, he could achieve great things for Ireland and Europe, writes David Moloney.
Eurostat says the decline in government debt is the first since 2007.
Ireland’s push for a bank debt deal may also come up, but is not on the formal agenda for the meeting today.
There was some surprise about the timing of Latvia’s request to join the Euro, but its government thinks it will help to attract investors.
Enda Kenny’s comments came prior to those of the European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso last week where he appeared to rule out any retrospective bank deal.
The European Commission President didn’t mince his words last night.
The NTMA say that they will not “run out the door” to make a long-term bond sale.
EU figures show that employment grew by 1.1 per cent in Ireland between July and September, second only to Portugal.
The Eurogroup President made the comments to a Greek newspaper ahead of the country’s draft budget announcement today.
After a meeting in Brussels this evening the Eurogroup also announced that Spain would would not be requesting any further assistance when it exit its banking bailout.
The Finance Minster says that Ireland’s decision not to take a post-bailout credit line was because this was a “benign” time. The Troika say Ireland is in a “strong position”.
Michael Noonan is joining his eurozone counterparts in Brussels later today.
Our shared currency system is not just preventing our ability to recover but is at the root of inevitable further looming crises, writes Mike Hall.
Pearse Doherty said that officials from the Troika told Sinn Féin that the chances of retrospective bank recapitalisation are “very slim”.
Taoiseach Kenny wrote a letter to 26 EU heads about their 2012 “commitment” to give Ireland special treatment – but they don’t care for wimpish reminders.
Restoring fiscal health to the eurozone remains a serious challenge, but the EU must nevertheless find a solution to its illegal immigration crisis to prevent further tragedies, writes David Moloney.
The new set of banking rules “will restore fair lending conditions across the EU,” said Barroso.
The biggest increases in unemployment were in Greece and Cyprus. Ireland is seventh worst out of the 28 EU members.
The five ministers stepped down yesterday after what’s been called a ‘crazy act’ of encouragement from the former leader.
The Government had been hoping to unload the debt from the two bailed-out banks.