# austerity - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
A new survey has shown a massive decline in favourable views of the EU. So, do you trust them to make decisions that are right for you?
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# austerity - Monday 13 May, 2013
Various political scandals and our current economic woes have increased levels of mistrust in politicians among young people. This does not mean we are apathetic, we just need to be engaged, writes Órla Ryan.
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# austerity - Thursday 9 May, 2013
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.
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# austerity - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
In a recent broad-ranging interview, Frances Fitzgerald talks about schools being ‘too ashamed’ to stand up to bullying, ‘unacceptable’ waiting lists and ‘bad news’ in service inspections.
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IBEC says Ireland could drop the ‘new taxes’ planned for Budget 2014 and still meet the EU’s targets.
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# austerity - Sunday 5 May, 2013
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.
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Some believe the president has overstepped the remit of his office by criticising EU austerity policies in an interview with the Financial Times.
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# austerity - Thursday 2 May, 2013
The Tánaiste says Ireland’s model has always been to cut costs, while also increasing investment to encourage growth.
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# austerity - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Iceland’s voters flocked back to the two parties ousted in 2009 after presiding over the worst financial crisis ever to hit the country.
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# austerity - Friday 26 April, 2013
The 76-year-old former premier is set to join a new grand coalition – and says he’s hoping to be made the Minister for Finance.
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# austerity - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Enrico Letta looks set to form a new government next week amid opposition in his own party and from the Five Star Movement led by ex-comedian Beppe Grillo.
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# austerity - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
We are living way beyond our means…
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The European Commission president says, however, it is an ‘unacceptable prejudice’ to blame some countries for others’ problems.
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# austerity - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
A 2010 paper by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff found that growth falls dramatically as debt increases. Or does it?
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In an address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Higgins said citizens placed their trust in elected members and they must act in their best interests.
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The supermarket behemoth said the further round of austerity measures has impacted customer spending in Ireland.
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# austerity - Saturday 13 April, 2013
The Sinn Fein leader said that “a real Labour Party” would not be in government with Fine Gael.
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# austerity - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Ashoka Mody says the Troika chose to go down an austerity-only route instead of conceding on terms and conditions.
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# austerity - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
At 38 per cent, Ireland has the highest rate of children at risk of poverty in Western Europe. But, far from protecting the vulnerable, the government has introduced austerity measures that mean the rich get richer, writes Richard Manton.
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# austerity - Friday 29 March, 2013
German MEP, Elmar Brok, said that Fine Gael’s support for some of the previous government’s policies had made it able to “sell” austerity and financial hardship to the Irish people.
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# austerity - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
The UK budget being announced today has implications for Ireland too, writes James Kilcourse, who says as well as being a crucial trading partner, the UK is Ireland’s biggest rival for attracting foreign direct investment.
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# austerity - Friday 15 March, 2013
The meeting of finance ministers will follow day two of a summit by EU leaders which will focus on the Syrian crisis.
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# austerity - Saturday 2 March, 2013
The citizen-run Platform for Mortgage Victims helps people who can’t pay their mortgages and says it has blocked almost 600 evictions so far.
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# austerity - Thursday 28 February, 2013
José Manuel Barroso also said he was “confident” that the United Kingdom would choose to remain a part of the European Union after its upcoming referendum.
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The President of the European Parliament affirms, however, that MEPs will probably not pass the EU’s draft seven-year Budget.
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The employers’ group says ordinary people have been hit with enough new charges and taxes, and can’t handle any more.
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# austerity - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Protests against soaring electricity prices escalated into nationwide demonstrations against the right-wing government in recent weeks.
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# austerity - Thursday 14 February, 2013
*May not actually be feasible.
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The report – the first in-depth examination of the impact of current austerity policies within Europe – has called for a ‘fair solution’.
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# austerity - Sunday 10 February, 2013
A significant impact of Labour being in government is the failure of left-wing ideas and alternatives to austerity to gain further popular support, writes Dr Rory Hearne.
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# austerity - Friday 8 February, 2013
The Taoiseach has welcomed a deal limiting EU spending between 2014 and 2020 to €960 billion.
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The leaders of the four main groups say ‘non’ to the deal – making it virtually impossible for Ireland to steer it past MEPs.
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The deal comes in spite of what were seen as key differences between France and the UK over the EU’s fiscal future.
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# austerity - Sunday 3 February, 2013
The amount has increased significantly over the past three years as people sought safe places to put their money.
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# austerity - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
His comments came in light of a report today that showed a rise in suicide in Ireland clashed with both the economic downturn and an increase in unemployment.
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# austerity - Thursday 3 January, 2013
“There are a couple of ways in which Mrs Merkel could help Ireland.”
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# austerity - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Our towns and cities are hamstrung by budget cuts – but a new initiative could help find solutions and save money, writes Barry Flinn.
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# austerity - Thursday 27 December, 2012
HURRAH! Break out the champagne and foie gras…
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# austerity - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.
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# austerity - Monday 17 December, 2012
The NTMA, which issues prize bonds, has lowered the rate it uses to calculate the overall number of prizes on offer.
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