# troika - Thursday 16 May, 2019
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Irexit Party leader and European election candidate Hermann Kelly claimed that the German Bundestag approved the Irish Budget in 2011 before the Dáil.
# troika - Friday 2 December, 2016
# Report Card
# Report Card
The European Commission and ECB say “recent price and rent increases have drawn attention to persistent housing supply bottlenecks”.
# troika - Thursday 16 July, 2015
# Smackdown
# Smackdown
The Tánaiste has been reacting to the launch of the Social Democrats yesterday.
# Quiet Word
# Quiet Word
The Taoiseach has been defending the government’s stance on Greece.
# troika - Monday 6 July, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Yesterday’s result will have inspired millions across Europe that the forces of the 1% can be taken on.
# Opinion
# Opinion
It is in all our interests to bind up the economic and political wounds of the past seven years.
# troika - Sunday 5 July, 2015
# troika - Saturday 4 July, 2015
# Bailout
# Bailout
“Why did they force us to close the banks? To instill fear in people. And spreading fear is called terrorism.”
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Greek problem will never be solved within the eurozone. It’s time to let them leave the euro, default on their loans, and try to rebuild from there with the drachma.
# troika - Thursday 2 July, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
The main bone of contention in negotiations between Greece and its creditors has been how to resolve the pension system. But why is it such a huge issue?
# troika - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
# Little Help
# Little Help
Germany is still demanding the country go through with its planned referendum.
# troika - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Heavily indebted countries should have a transparent, independent mechanism to turn to when facing the possibility of not being able to repay debts.
# troika - Monday 29 June, 2015
# Greece Frightening
# Greece Frightening
Pensioners are also queuing outside closed banks.
# troika - Thursday 30 April, 2015
# State Of The Nation
# State Of The Nation
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# troika - Tuesday 7 April, 2015
# We All Partied
# We All Partied
Some people still think we could have got a better deal, however.
# troika - Saturday 28 February, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
They’re good at protesting and making noise, but they have no workable policies.
# troika - Thursday 26 February, 2015
# Greece Lightnin'
# Greece Lightnin'
Syriza’s aggressive stance continues to soften in the wake of its loans being extended by the ECB
# troika - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
# Noonanomics
# Noonanomics
The Finance Minister was interviewed on Bloomberg about the future of the eurozone and other things…
# troika - Monday 16 February, 2015
# Just Not The Same
# Just Not The Same
Meanwhile, Michael Noonan says an extension of Greece’s bailout would be the subject of a Dáil vote.
# troika - Wednesday 11 February, 2015
# No Pressure
# No Pressure
The new Greek government is trying to kick free of its bailout terms.
# troika - Wednesday 4 February, 2015
# Crunch Time
# Crunch Time
It’s going to be a big day for the country’s new leaders.
# troika - Tuesday 3 February, 2015
# Let's Do A Deal
# Let's Do A Deal
And it’s on the hunt for friends in Europe to back the plan.
# troika - Monday 2 February, 2015
# Emergency Cash
# Emergency Cash
It’s threatening to end emergency funding if the Greeks don’t play ball.
# troika - Saturday 31 January, 2015
# No Thanks
# No Thanks
But Angela Merkel is against a deal.
# troika - Friday 30 January, 2015
# Someone Has To Pay
# Someone Has To Pay
“Writing off debt means someone else takes the hit, in this case we’re talking about taxpayers,” Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes says.
# troika - Monday 26 January, 2015
# Anti-austerity
# Anti-austerity
This election was vital – not just for Greeks, but for working class people throughout Europe.
# troika - Monday 19 January, 2015
# Hindsight
# Hindsight
We did get stung a bit on the whole deal, Patrick Honohan says.
# troika - Saturday 27 December, 2014
# Dukes Of Hazard
# Dukes Of Hazard
State papers reveal how Alan Dukes warned his cabinet colleagues of the need to cut spending.
# troika - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
# Austerity
# Austerity
The banking inquiry’s first public hearings get under way today and questions remain about what happened six years ago.
# troika - Friday 5 December, 2014
# Vision For The Future
# Vision For The Future
Given the fact that we have been living through turbulent political times for the past six years, why are such profound shifts in political consciousness happening now?
# troika - Saturday 29 November, 2014
# EU
# EU
The French prime minister has insisted that “France must be respected, it is a big country.”
# troika - Saturday 22 November, 2014
# Water Protests
# Water Protests
Good compromises exist when neither side gets all that they wanted, but something of what they needed.
# troika - Friday 21 November, 2014
# Boys Are Back
# Boys Are Back
They’re out of town now until next spring.
# troika - Thursday 20 November, 2014
# Payback Time
# Payback Time
The government could have another €400m in the coffers each year now it has struck a deal.
# troika - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
# Civil Service
# Civil Service
So much irrationality is directed at our civil service, including the dangerous notion of privatisation of functions, that the hard work of many decent people is overlooked.
# troika - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
# Report Card
# Report Card
An IMF internal review finds that some European authorities thought it was “inappropriate” for the IMF to be seated at the negotiating table.
# troika - Tuesday 28 October, 2014
# Third Secret Of Fatima
# Third Secret Of Fatima
The ECB’s governing council will consider releasing the letter at its meeting next week
# troika - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
# This Charming Man
# This Charming Man
The Minister is looking to seal a deal for early repayment of our IMF loans, which would bring down repayments considerably.
# troika - Tuesday 12 August, 2014
# Debt Burden
# Debt Burden
Early repayment could save hundreds of millions every year – but could also be a political minefield.
# troika - Monday 23 June, 2014
# Getting Burnt
# Getting Burnt
Patrick Honohan said he thought that “our fiscal crisis of the 1980s would have cured us of excesses of any type for 100 years”, but it didn’t.
Breezy; a touch of rain this afternoon
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Min: 12 °C
Variable clouds with a couple of showers
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