# Financial Times

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2022

Voices

Opinion: The cost of living crisis is eating into disposable income - can Budget 2023 help?

Financial advisor Ralph Benson has some tips in relation to pensions and savings to be made ahead of Budget 23.

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Sep 18th 2022, 8:00 PM

All time

# Coronavirus

Covid-19 deaths in the UK may have reached 41,000, more than double the reported number

Over 17,000 people have died, according to the government’s figure.

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Apr 22nd 2020, 12:55 PM

# Brexit

EU suggests extending transition period to secure Irish backstop - reports

The UK has to enter the transition period to leave the EU by the 29 March – that’s if there’s a Brexit deal at all.

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Oct 16th 2018, 10:49 PM

# you can't make it up

WADA chief has framed photo of him shaking hands with Vladimir Putin in his house

The Financial Times paid a visit to his Glasgow home and certainly got more than they asked for.

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Jul 26th 2016, 6:24 PM

# Financial Times

Is Tim Howard set to earn more money than every other MLS goalkeeper combined?

It may say more about the league’s rigid structure than anything else.

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Mar 21st 2016, 9:00 PM

# Financial Times

Neymar could lose a staggering amount of money after allegations of tax evasion

The Brazilian star has had £33.1m worth of assets frozen.

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Sep 26th 2015, 12:05 AM

# Read all about it

After much speculation, the Financial Times will be sold to Nikkei Inc.

The distinctive pinksheet has been sold to the Japanese media giant.

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Jul 23rd 2015, 11:34 PM

# Hold the front page

Ireland has made the front page of the Financial Times again...

… and yes, it’s because of the Double Irish loophole.

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Oct 10th 2014, 7:31 AM

# Tax avoidance

Ireland denies giving illegal State aid to Apple as FT front page makes world headlines

The Department of Finance says that Apple has been “taxed fully” in Ireland.

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Sep 29th 2014, 2:20 PM

# Brexit

The IFSC is poised to swoop if US banks go cool on London

Dublin could profit – but don’t expect skyscrapers lining the quays.

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Aug 18th 2014, 5:37 PM

# Debt Hangover

Ireland got 'stuffed' on banking debt - Martin Wolf

The Financial Times columnist says that the eurozone is being run for “the benefit of creditors”.

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May 22nd 2014, 7:30 AM

# Expansion

Digicel plans €500m investment as Denis O'Brien targets 'massive push' in 2014

In an interview with the Financial Times, O’Brien said that an expected $650m dividend from the company to him “hasn’t been paid yet”.

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Jan 21st 2014, 4:55 PM

# top dog

Noonan named as Europe's Finance Minister of the Year by 'The Banker'

The Financial Times’ magazine said that Noonan was awarded the accolade because of his “extraordinary progress” since taking the job in 2011.

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Jan 8th 2014, 3:16 PM

# Rankings

UCD Smurfit School MBA ranked among best in world

The MBA programme has moved up five spots in the Financial Times Global Executive MBA Rankings.

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Oct 21st 2013, 6:30 AM

Voices

Column: We have a president with an opinion, what's the big deal?

Michael D Higgins won the Irish presidential elections based on his vision of a ‘radically inclusive Republic’. So how could anyone be surprised about him elaborating on that vision, asks Maura Adshead.

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May 15th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Has President Michael D Higgins crossed the line by criticising Europe?

Some believe the president has overstepped the remit of his office by criticising EU austerity policies in an interview with the Financial Times.

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May 5th 2013, 10:55 AM

# eurocrisis

Michael D: 'The EU will become illegitimate without economic reform'

President Higgins says the EU is facing a “moral crisis” as much as an economic one: “You are either a union or you’re not.”

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May 2nd 2013, 8:52 AM

# sitdown sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

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Feb 24th 2013, 10:40 AM

# Winning

Michael Noonan is officially better than he was one year ago*

*At least, according to the Financial Times which has produced its annual ranking of the EU’s finance ministers.

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Nov 22nd 2012, 1:01 PM

# banker pay

Bankers' pay worldwide up 12 per cent

Chief executives at 15 leading banks were awarded an extra €12.8 million over the past year.

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Jun 25th 2012, 12:52 PM

# Bank Bailouts

FT warns Spain against Irish path of saving the banks

Spain looking at issuing promissory notes to prop up its largest bank to the tune of €19bn. Don’t do it, says the Financial Times – just look at Ireland…

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May 30th 2012, 8:44 AM

# Anglo

Investigation into banking crash needs to hurry up - Howlin

Brendan Howlin also said there is a chance the referendum on public inquiries could be rerun to allow an inquiry into the banking crisis to take place.

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Mar 17th 2012, 12:44 PM

# Referendum

Gilmore denies referendum campaign will be linked to Anglo deal

Eamon Gilmore appears to undermine comments of Joan Burton by insisting that progress on the Anglo notes is totally separate.

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Mar 1st 2012, 11:49 AM

# Referendum

Joan Burton: 'Cutting price of promissory notes will help us pass referendum'

In an interview in the Financial Times, the social protection minister openly calls on the EU to restructure the promissory notes.

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Mar 1st 2012, 9:17 AM

# Eurozone

Germany welcomes S&P moves to downgrade eurozone

Wolfgang Schauble says threats that the entire eurozone could be downgraded are an “incentive” for EU leaders to strike a deal.

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Dec 6th 2011, 3:23 PM

# Debt Crisis

S&P may downgrade 16 eurozone countries – and increase interest on our bailout

Standard & Poor’s says 16 eurozone nations could have their credit ratings cut – which would make Ireland’s bailout more expensive.

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Dec 5th 2011, 9:35 PM

# Eurozone

Eurozone 'has ten days to save itself, or collapse' - analyst

Wolfgang Münchau, associate editor of the Financial Times, believes catastrophe is coming if a deal is not struck by December 9.

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Nov 28th 2011, 10:09 AM

# Your Say

Poll: How do you rate Michael Noonan as Finance Minister?

The Financial Times has given Noonan a mid-table ranking in its annual poll of 19 european finance ministers – what grade would you give him?

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Nov 24th 2011, 12:19 PM

# Michael Noonan

It's official*: Michael Noonan is better than Brian Lenihan

*That’s according to the Financial Times’s annual ranking of EU finance ministers. But it’s not all good news for Noonan…

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Nov 24th 2011, 10:54 AM

# Allegation

German prosecutors accuse Ecclestone of bribery

F1 supremo is alleged to have received $41.4m in illegal payments from Gerhard Gribkowsky.

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Jul 21st 2011, 4:49 PM

LIVE

Ireland's taxpayers should not complain - ECB board member

A board member of the European Central Bank explains why the Irish people should stop whingeing about having to foot the bill for the banking collapse.

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Apr 13th 2011, 9:00 AM

# Bailout

Former EU commissioner Sutherland says EU must rethink Ireland's bailout deal

Ireland’s former attorney general and the current chairman of Goldman Sachs says the current deal is likely to be unsustainable.

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Mar 10th 2011, 7:40 AM

# GE11

No money, no leaders, no Irish: what the world's papers say

Guess what the world’s press makes of Ireland’s latest political woes? No prizes for guessing: they don’t think it’s good.

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Jan 24th 2011, 8:19 AM

# Unholy Thursday

The chaos in cabinet: What the rest of the world thinks

What did the rest of the world make of Unholy Thursday?

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Jan 21st 2011, 10:00 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you really need to know by 9am: Lenihan voted Europe’s worst finance minister; semi state bosses to escape pay cuts, and a live stunt on German TV goes horribly wrong.

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Dec 6th 2010, 8:54 AM

# Bailout

Ireland's 'non bailout' a crutch for banks 'too big to save'

The world’s press seems broadly baffled by the €85bn deal, with the 5.8% interest rate coming under attack.

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Nov 29th 2010, 12:36 PM

# Bank Guarantee

FT columnist calls bank guarantee a "catastrophic political decision"

Wolfgang Münchau decries the decision of the Irish government to back deposits without thinking of the aftermath.

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Oct 8th 2010, 8:33 AM

# Black Thursday

The world reacts to Ireland's Black Thursday

International commentators invoke a raft of dire imagery – from bodies flung off skyscrapers to a children’s story book – to describe the economy’s downward trajectory.

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Oct 1st 2010, 10:55 AM