# austerity - Today’s News
# austerity - Saturday 8 December, 2012
This will be the the politician’s sixth bid to become prime minister, a post he has held three times already.
The opposition’s reaction to Budget 2013 has been standard stuff. Will any party be credible the next time Ireland votes?
# austerity - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Hundreds of people marched on the Dáil this evening after Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin’s announcements.
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‘Kite-flying’ and reframing debates – the Government has well-practiced methods of shaping the public discussion, writes Kieran Allen.
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# austerity - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Whatever tomorrow brings, it’s going to make a big difference to my little girl and I, writes single mother Nessa Toale.
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Austerity is failing, writes Labour TD Patrick Nulty – and the party’s representatives should not support it indefinitely in the Dáil.
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# austerity - Sunday 2 December, 2012
Sharing government can be like a bad marriage, writes Rory Costello – and it certainly looks that way for Labour.
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# austerity - Monday 26 November, 2012
We want to hear from a wide range of people across the country to find out their thoughts both ahead of Budget Day and on the day itself.
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# austerity - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Here’s all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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SIPTU president Jack O’Connor alleges that protesters carrying Sinn Féin and ULA banners attempted to disrupt proceedings.
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As many as 8,000 people are marching through Dublin city centre to protest against austerity measures.
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# austerity - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
Ahead of an anti-austerity march, Michael O’Reilly argues that Budget decisions are being driven by false premises.
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# austerity - Monday 19 November, 2012
Pre-Budget protests will take place across the country this week.
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# austerity - Thursday 15 November, 2012
We’re regularly told that “everything is on the table” for the Budget, writes Michael Taft. So what about corporation tax?
# austerity - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Good morning. Here’s nine things to know this morning…
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Flights, trains and transport links across Europe are expected to be impacted by anti-austerity protests taking place across the continent today.
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# austerity - Monday 12 November, 2012
The Greek parliament agreed a tough cost cutting budget yesterday amid noisy protests in the capital.
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# austerity - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
More than 80,000 people took part in the anti-austerity protest in Athens ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote on new spending cuts.
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# austerity - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
Mariano Rajoy ruled out seeking a bailout in 2012 – but vowed to do it if faced with persistent, high borrowing costs.
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The strike comes a day before parliament is to vote on a new raft of cuts needed to get international aid to avoid default.
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# austerity - Thursday 18 October, 2012
Tens of thousands of people took to the street during the country’s second general strike in a month with shops closed and public services slowing down for 24 hours.
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# austerity - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
Cuts
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The HSE is planning to cut around 450,000 home help hours between now and December – but demonstrators say the cuts need to be reversed.
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Hundreds of home help care workers and supporters to march to Dáil Eireann today.
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# austerity - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Demonstrators gathered outside Parliament after the Finance Minister announced his plans to introduce steep tax increases.
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# austerity - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Here’s what we loved, learned and shared today.
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Eamon Gilmore says the public wants an end to austerity – and not to have it dragged out for longer.
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# austerity - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Breaking via The Mire wire: Suing for the right to piddle in peace; bank begs people not to pay cash; Enda upstages Rosanna.
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# austerity - Friday 5 October, 2012
We hear a consensus that more big cuts are necessary – but there is an alternative, writes Tom Healy. Here it is.
# austerity - Thursday 4 October, 2012
We need more straight talking on the status of Irish banking, writes expert Ronan Coburn.
# austerity - Saturday 29 September, 2012
Oh...
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It’s a slightly surreal take on what’s happening across Spain.
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# austerity - Friday 28 September, 2012
The results will follow yesterday’s budget announcement of over €30 billion in cuts.
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# austerity - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Greece
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There were scenes of violence on the streets of Athens today.
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Protests are also planned against the latest round of austerity measures.
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# austerity - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
Thousands of protesters gathered near the parliament building in Madrid over the cuts.
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# austerity - Saturday 15 September, 2012
Organisers say 65,000 people participated in today’s rally.
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Meanwhile, mass anti-austerity protests have filled central Madrid.
# austerity - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
The Greek Prime Minister will suggest spending cuts be spread over four years instead of two in his talks with German and French leaders next week.
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# austerity - Thursday 2 August, 2012
Antonis Samaras has convinced his junior coalition partners to drop their objections to further austerity measures.
# austerity - Wednesday 1 August, 2012
Separate fatal protests amid renewed opposition to escalating costs and Israeli government’s budget cuts.
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# austerity - Sunday 29 July, 2012
More than 50 per cent of those surveyed said the economy would be better on its own.
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