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The ex-IMF chief says he should never have been paraded before TV cameras in handcuffs on charges of sexual assault that were later dropped.
The trio of the IMF, ECB and the European Commission return as Ireland’s bond yields continue steady fall.
The IMF has given four tasks for the eurozone to complete to ensure recovery.
Out of the total, €5 billion will come from Europe and €1.8 billion will be put up by the IMF.
The finance minister gives his formal tip-of-the-hat to the news that the two European bailout funds are delaying repayments.
Good news for Michael Noonan this morning…
EU finance ministers have officially signed off on a deal which means the average European loan will be repaid in 19.5 years.
That’s on top of the IMF loans announced earlier today – and these ones will be on the books until 2042.
The Taoiseach is among the world’s most powerful leaders in Fermanagh again today.
The Washington-based fund says we’ve completed our tenth quarterly review under the bailout, with a mixed outlook.
Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson says he will ignore the IMF’s criticism of his government’s plans to reduce household debt following the country’s economic collapse.
The IMF said the money is intended to stabilise the country’s ravage financial system.
The ‘two-pack’ also means the Budget will have to be submitted to Brussels for its approval every October from now on.
The conclusion of the Troika’s tenth review mission to Ireland will result in an estimated €2.4 billion being released.
Austerity has not worked in Ireland or across the eurozone, writes Joan Collins, who points out that even the architects of our bailout admit it was the wrong path.
A former IMF head of the mission for Ireland has said an entire reliance on austerity was not the right move – yet we’re still following that road. David Cronin asks why.
The cuts should save an estimated €4.8 billion by 2015.
Officials from the EU, IMF and ECB arrive in Dublin today to conduct their tenth review of Ireland’s bailout programme.
The European Commission approves the latest €1.6 billion loan – but wants Dublin to say WHERE it will continue to cut back.
Ashoka Mody says the Troika chose to go down an austerity-only route instead of conceding on terms and conditions.
The IMF says NAMA may need to be compensated if it pays more than the market price for IBRC assets.
As the EU warned the debt-hit nation to respect the aims of its international bailout.
The Irish Medical Organisation said their members would not be bound by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions by accepting the Croke Park II proposals
The IMF’s latest quarterly review of Ireland’s progress says progress on dealing with mortgage arrears is a make-or-break.
The restrictions on withdrawals, cashing of cheques and taking money abroad will be lifted within a month, the country’s foreign minister said today.
Armed security guards have been posted, but there was no sign of customers queuing early for access to their cash.
Earlier it had been reported that all banks, aside from the country’s two biggest financial institutions, would reopen tomorrow.
A failure to reach a deal could have seen the country exit the Euro.
Bailouts! Deposit levies! Leaving the euro? It’s all been happening in the last ten days.
Ministers will hold a last-ditch meeting to decide whether Cyprus will get a bailout – or be forced to leave the euro.
Elmar Brok, the chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has admitted he can foresee a situation where Cyprus could exit the single currency and said that authorities underestimated the current situation there.
The Troika are in Cyprus for intensive talks, while Nicos Anastasiades could yet lead a delegation to Brussels this afternoon.
The approval of nearly €1 billion in new lending means the IMF has handed over about 89 per cent of the total loan.
MPs voted in favour of a national solidarity fund meaning the nationalisation of public and private sector pensions and of capital controls to prevent a run on banks.
Officials scramble to cement a revised plan to stop a possible collapse of the country’s banking system.
The IMF chief’s lawyer said that the search is part of an inquiry into her role in a $400 million arbitration deal in favour of a tycoon.
Deposits in Cypriot banks will be hit with a one-off levy of 6.75 per cent with those with over €100,000 in banks hit with a 9.9 per cent levy under the €10 billion bailout proposal.