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# EU-IMF Bailout

Ireland makes final repayment on £3.2 billion crash-era loan from the UK, says NTMA

Dating back to 2010, the loan formed part of the EU-IMF bailout

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Mar 26th 2021, 2:04 PM

# Collison Brothers

Stripe to create over 1,000 jobs in Ireland after $600 million investment

The company is now valued at $95 billion.

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Mar 15th 2021, 6:58 AM

# NTMA

NTMA withdraws Davy's authority to act as primary dealer of Irish government bonds

The pressure has ramped up on Davy after last week’s fine levied by the Central Bank.

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Mar 8th 2021, 7:17 PM

# State Assets

Interest rates on State savings schemes and Prize Bond Fund to be reduced

The NTMA said that the new rates “reflect the reductions in interest rates in both Sovereign bond yields and the retail savings market”.

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Jan 25th 2021, 11:16 AM

# Explainer

Explainer: Everything you've always wanted to know about bonds but were afraid to ask

The National Treasury Management Agency auctioned €1.5 billion of Irish government bonds last week.

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May 24th 2020, 11:00 AM

# Money Money Money

'The chances of a recession in Ireland are 100%', says NTMA

Ireland has paid €60 billion interest on its national debt over the last 10 years.

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Jul 4th 2019, 12:04 PM

# cashing in

Prize bond fund reaches record amount - and over 200,000 people won last year

In 2018, gross sales reached €574 million and pushed the total value of the fund up to €3.4 billion.

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Apr 25th 2019, 5:41 PM

# resting in my account

We now know who'll be holding onto the Apple billions that are destined for Ireland

The money will be held in an escrow account subject to an appeal by Ireland.

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Mar 7th 2018, 10:24 AM

# hold me tender

Ireland is looking for someone to hold onto the €15 billion from Apple's tax bill

The State is appealing the bill but will still need to collect the money first.

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Jul 25th 2017, 6:01 AM

# Hacked off

The NTMA website is still down after an attempted hack this morning

The National Treasury Management Agency detected a hack earlier this morning.

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Feb 6th 2017, 1:37 PM

# Breath of fresh air

The State is taking a €35 million punt on a huge new wind energy venture

The energy fund is set to start work on several wind farms in Ireland this year.

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Feb 29th 2016, 4:52 PM

# Mo Money Mo Problems

The bizarre story of how Gaddafi almost bought a big chunk of Bank of Ireland

Irish government officials went to Libya to talk about a potential deal – but Libya didn’t feel ‘comfortable’ with Ireland’s handling of the financial crisis.

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Jul 16th 2015, 4:11 PM

# Sitting around

Why was this man left outside the room on the night of the guarantee?

Brendan McDonagh spent four hours at government buildings on the night of 29 September 2008.

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Jul 9th 2015, 6:14 PM

# Plan B

Ireland is now really thinking about what happens if Greece leaves the eurozone

The government has confirmed talks with the Central Bank and the NTMA about the implications of Greece exiting the eurozone.

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Jun 19th 2015, 2:25 PM

# forgotten pennies

Money from dormant accounts to be used to fund drug prevention services

Funding will also be provided for groups supporting disability services and home carers.

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Jun 8th 2015, 4:52 PM

# of Course it is

Hmmm... the Government is doing a LOT of investing in Irish Water

€300 million’s worth at last count…

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Feb 11th 2015, 5:36 PM

# cash money prizes

Here's €150 million that we WON'T be paying out next year

Take that… IMF interest payments.

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Dec 18th 2014, 5:10 PM

# we're back baby

Thanks, lads: Standard and Poor's has upgraded Ireland to an A

We’re still five notches below the highest ranking though.

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Dec 5th 2014, 7:33 PM

# help us out

The Banking Inquiry has started contacting potential witnesses, but who?

Former ECB President Jean Claude Trichet has previously said that he will not appear before the committee.

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Nov 14th 2014, 1:46 PM

# a good day's work

Here's how much the NTMA made from selling a bond today

There was over €8bn in bids, but how much did the Agency get?

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Nov 4th 2014, 4:31 PM

# NTMA

NTMA meets Irish 'debt repayment milestone'

Agency’s latest figures show that it has repaid 43% of its senior debt liabilities ahead of schedule.

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Jul 28th 2014, 4:29 PM

# In THe money

Cashing in: the NTMA has raised another €500 million from the markets

Ireland has now raised €7 billion of its €8 billion target for the year, locking in low rates while they’re on offer.

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Jul 10th 2014, 1:03 PM

# payback time

The NTMA has cut its payback requirements for 2016 by €2 billion

The move makes Ireland’s debt repayment schedule easier to handle.

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Jul 2nd 2014, 4:18 PM

# Explainer

What do our bond yields actually mean?

Yields. Oversubscription. Treasury Bonds. What does it all mean?

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May 8th 2014, 4:48 PM

# Record Breaker

Record low yield in €750 million bond sale

The NTMA has now raised nearly 80 per cent of this year’s target.

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May 8th 2014, 11:01 AM

# European Commission

Europe predicts growth and less unemployment for Ireland

The European Commission predicted 1.4 per cent growth for 2014 and employment growth of 2.4 per cent.

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May 5th 2014, 3:26 PM

# Inflation stations

We should be worried about low inflation, says NTMA chief

Moody’s ratings agency “delayed on the way down and on the way up” on Irish debt.

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Apr 16th 2014, 7:30 AM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everyone’s talking about a teenager drowning in a reservoir, a Dublin shooting, and tensions in Ukraine…

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Apr 15th 2014, 11:03 PM

# bond treasury bond

Ireland's bond yields are almost as good as Belgium's, so we're moving the right way - NTMA

NTMA CEO John Corrigan also says that over 70 per cent of Ireland’s funding for 2014 has already been raised.

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Apr 15th 2014, 7:03 PM

# Banking Crisis

Here are the Merrill Lynch reports that underestimated the bank bailout by €47bn

These are the full documents prepared for the Department of Finance and the National Treasury Management Agency at the height of the crisis.

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Mar 22nd 2014, 9:20 AM

# T Time

NTMA grabs €500m from markets

Ireland looks likely to continue cash raising drive as low interest rates persist.

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Mar 20th 2014, 12:09 PM

Sold: NTMA sells €1 billion worth of Irish government debt

The yield of 2.967% is less than was previously expected.

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Mar 13th 2014, 10:48 AM

# Exchequer Funding

Bond sale marks 'normalisation' of Ireland

NTMA to seek up €1bn from capital markets this week.

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Mar 10th 2014, 1:49 PM

# NTMA

Markets react positively to Ireland's credit rating upgrade

NTMA Chief Executive John Corrigan says it opens Ireland up to a ‘new universe’ of investors.

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Jan 20th 2014, 9:58 AM

# prizebonds.ie

IT experts say your NTMA Prize Bonds password may not be stored securely

While no sensitive information is accessible on PrizeBonds.ie, customer’s emails and passwords could be easily revealed if the website was maliciously hacked.

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Jan 12th 2014, 8:15 AM

# NTMA

Ireland’s post-bailout return to the bond markets raised €3.75 bn

Demand for the 10-year benchmark bond amounted to €14 billion.

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Jan 7th 2014, 10:38 PM

# Funding

NTMA reaffirms aim to raise as much as €10bn from markets this year

The National Treasury Management Agency published its review of 2013 this afternoon, and details a number of

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Jan 7th 2014, 1:47 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 It’s Saturday and there are only four more sleeps ’til Santa. Here’s everything you need to know as you wrap, or buy, the last of your presents.

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Dec 21st 2013, 8:49 AM