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Monday 30 November 2020
The latest quarterly review of Ireland’s bailout paints a mixed picture…
The justice minister rejected suggestions that comments from Berlin were a rebuff to Irish hopes of a debt reduction.
Who’s become more pro-European in the last two years? And what proportion of Irish people actually said Yes?
The Nobel-winning economist isn’t impressed with Ireland’s vote – but reckons it could all be fairly meaningless anyway.
Taoiseach and Tánaiste say Ireland should get a better deal and that the banking debt should be part of a wider approach to tackling European debt.
The results are coming in thick and fast… the ‘Yes’ vote appears to have it.
We liveblogged all the results, reactions and fallout from the Fiscal Compact referendum here…. Catch up on what you missed.
Junior minister says government has to reach out to people who are frustrated with their prospects and living standards.
The ‘Yes’ vote is ahead in the tallies although official results not in yet.
There’s a couple of bell-weather areas which, if the past is anything to go by, could give a hint as to the total outcome.
Counting of votes is set to begin at 9 o’clock this morning in 26 count centres around the country.
Your essential evening round-up of the day’s biggest news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Voting turnout for referendums is traditionally lower than for general elections. Do you plan to cast a vote today?
Ireland’s 3.13 million registered voters have the opportunity to cast their votes in hundreds of polling stations across Ireland’s 43 constituencies today.
Campaigning on the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ side shut down at 2pm today. As you get your voting card ready for tomorrow’s poll, TheJournal.ie pushes aside the political point-scoring…
They can’t talk about it, but they can tweet about it. Political parties take to social media to continue campaigning.
Occupy Dame Street accused Commission of a “misleading representation of the Fiscal Treaty”.
The Nobel prize-winning economist said that austerity is a deeply destructive policy which is failing dismally.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here’s how we got on.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny writes that a Yes vote won’t magically transform Ireland into a better country overnight – but the stakes are still high.
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams writes that we have a choice on Thursday: do we want austerity or growth?
The gap between those who can access the markets and those who can’t continues to wide, writes Nick Leeson…
All the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
It’s been a busier pre-referendum week for Pearse Doherty and Peadar Tóibín than for most…
Some of the 750 voters on the islands off the Donegal coast cast their ballots in the referendum today, three days before the rest of the country.
Small Firms Association survey states that 83 per cent believe a yes vote likely but members would welcome a growth package.
Writing for TheJournal.ie, Independent Senator Katherine Zappone explains why she has decided to vote Yes in Thursday’s referendum.
The Independent TD has hung the eye-catching banner on a property in his Italian Quarter on Dublin’s north quays.
Scaremongering? Frontline debates? Growsterity? Comedian Colm O’Regan explains everything you need to know, but were too afraid to ask.
Labour has launched a poster campaign calling Sinn Féin’s referendum campaign information ‘misleading’ and ‘irrelevant’.
Austerity treaty, stability treaty or somewhere in between? TheJournal.ie keeps you up to date with our evening Fiscal Compact referendum bulletin.
German politicians say the premier has changed her steadfast position on introducing stimulus measures alongside the Fiscal Treaty.
Tired of the political squabbles between the campaigners? TheJournal.ie is going to help you find out the answers to the questions you have about what voting ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ will ACTUALLY mean. Read on to participate…
A Yes to the Stability Treaty will give Ireland access to the ESM, writes Naoise Nunn – and keep us out of a potentially lethal game of chicken.
With nine days to go before referendum day, Dr Jane Suiter of UCC analyses the parties and the latest polls to see how the campaign is playing out.
Austerity treaty, stability treaty, or somewhere in between? TheJournal.ie keeps you up to date with our evening Fiscal Compact referendum bulletin.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
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