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Tax intake ahead of target News
03.12.2010 Despite a shortfall in income tax receipts, tax receipts of €29.5bn for the first 11 months of the year were 1.6pc ahead of expectations. -
“Best deal for Ireland” – Cowen News
29.11.2010 The Irish Government yesterday said the €85bn bailout from the EU and the IMF was the best available deal for Ireland. -
Government Four Year Plan – the reaction so far News
24.11.2010 The National Recovery Plan which sets out the Government’s strategy to reduce the budget deficit to 3pc of GDP by 2014 will bring certainty for the people and ensure hope for...Tags: Labour, Joan Burton, Danny McCoy , Jack O'Connor, Richard Bruton, Sinn Féin, IBEC, SIPTU, Income Tax, Fine Gael, GDP, Brian Lenihan, Brian Cowen, National Recovery Plan, SFA, -
State could run out of money, warns Cowen News
10.11.2010 An Taoiseach Brian Cowen told the Dáil yesterday that if the proposed budget is not passed next month and adjustments of €6bn not made in 2011 then the country risks running out...Tags: Brian Cowen, An Taoiseach, Dáil , Eamon Gilmore, Joan Burton, Labour, Sinn Féin, Fine Gael, Michael Noonan -
Rehn to visit Ireland in November News
27.10.2010 EU Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs Olli Rehn is due to visit Ireland the week after next and will meet with Government, opposition parties and social partners to... -
Budget could see up to €5bn in cuts News
19.10.2010 Following briefings from the Department of Finance, opposition spokespeople have been told the public finances are worse than expected and the budget will include tax hikes and... -
Opposition question Drumm’s exit News
18.10.2010 Joan Burton has today claimed that the scandal surrounding former chief of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm should result in the resignation of the Minister of Finance. -
Opposition to see nation’s books News
18.10.2010 Opposition parties are to receive a full briefing on the true state of the country’s finances today, as Taoiseach Brian Cowen asks for “unity of purpose” to be shown to the... -
People are right to be angry – Cowen News
30.09.2010 Taoiseach Brian Cowen has admitted that the Irish public are right to be angry, following the Government’s reveal this morning that the bailout of Anglo Irish Bank is to cost... -
Announcement makes today ‘Black Thursday’ - Burton News
30.09.2010 Labour deputy leader has said that today could be labelled as Ireland’s “Black Thursday” following Government announcements regarding the cost of bank recapitalisations. -
Govt using Honohan to drip-feed bad bank news - Burton News
18.08.2010 Labour Party spokesperson Joan Burton TD has accused the Government of using the Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan to “drip-feed” bad news about the Irish banks from... -
Cost of bank crisis will scar Irish economy - Goodbody News
12.07.2010 The costs of the Irish banking crisis will be one of the most prominent scars left on the Irish economy in the years ahead, according to an analyst with Goodbody Stockbrokers.Categories: Leadership -
Lenihan crafts bank inquiry to shield Govt - Labour News
06.07.2010 The Finance Minister Brian Lenihan TD said yesterday that there is no need for the commission of inquiry into the Irish banking crisis to examine how the crisis was handled...Categories: Leadership -
Bank guarantee drives up state borrowing costs - Labour News
30.06.2010 The six-month extension of the State bank guarantee scheme, which was approved by the European Commission yesterday, will result in Irish taxpayers paying more to finance state...Categories: Leadership -
Call for NAMA, Govt to clarify position on Battersea project News
25.06.2010 The Labour Party has called on the Government and the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to clarify as soon as possible their position regarding a possible role by NAMA in... -
Banks must foot their own regulation bill - Labour News
22.06.2010 The Labour Party has called on the country’s banks to pay for their own regulation costs.Categories: Leadership -
Ireland needs economic council, budget commissioner - Burton News
17.06.2010 Ireland needs an independent budget commissioner and a council of economic advisers to help the country manage its economy in the future, the Labour Party spokesperson on...Categories: Leadership -
Kenny to move motion of no confidence in Taoiseach News
10.06.2010 The Government is facing increasing pressure in the face of the publication of two reports into the banking crisis, and it is expected that the Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny TD...Categories: Leadership -
Reports offer thorough indictment of Cowen - Opposition News
10.06.2010 The two reports on the banking crisis are a thorough indictment of government fiscal policy during the boom years and confirm that the people of Ireland were failed by “an...Categories: Leadership -
Publish banking reports immediately, says Labour News
08.06.2010 The Labour Party has called on the Government to sanction the immediate publication of the two reports recently submitted to it on the Irish banking crisis.Categories: Leadership