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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU is banning refillable bottles of olive oil]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-bans-olive-oil-refills-914047-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:950679ba-68d5-d418-f1cb-6fb0b95a4bab</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-bans-olive-oil-refills-914047-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The new food safety rules mean restaurants will not be able to buy oil from specialised producers.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Extra virgin olive oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Food Safety" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="No more refills" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="olive oil" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oil companies raided in price-fixing investigation]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oil-fixing-european-commission-bp-shell-910088-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1b158f99-147a-a817-3d43-c6031502073f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oil-fixing-european-commission-bp-shell-910088-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An inquiry has begun into claims oil prices may have been fixed for over a decade which could have resulted in petrol prices being kept artificially high.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cars" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="decade" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Investigation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="OIL PRICE" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil Prices" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Petrol" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Price Fixing" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Raid" />
<author><name>Christina Finn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christina-finn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[It might be time to say goodbye to those tiny cent coins]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:103385e4-814f-0edc-7961-5159e6c628c9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commission is looking at replacing one and two cent coins or getting rid of them entirely due to the costs involved in making them.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="cent coins" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="one cent" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="pennies" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="two cents" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="your two cents" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU will inspect Ireland’s finances for decades after bailout, under new rules]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-inspections-ireland-bailout-two-pack-906463-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ecd5d072-2122-4d18-1890-133b2d0cd64f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-inspections-ireland-bailout-two-pack-906463-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-inspections-ireland-bailout-two-pack-906463-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ‘two-pack’ also means the Budget will have to be submitted to Brussels for its approval every October from now on.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2014" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ecofin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Two-pack" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU budget: Following talks, leaders agree to hold more talks ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eu-budget-talks-3-898416-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3bbf2873-f1de-df2d-f038-93703e472d84</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eu-budget-talks-3-898416-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[EU leaders agreed to hold further discussions on agreeing a budget for the next seven years as well as plugging a shortfall in this year’s finances following negotiations, chaired by Ireland, in Brussels. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Parliament" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jose Manuel Barroso" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Let's talk" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Martin Schulz" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="MFF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Multi-Annual Financial Framework" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Talks" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Evening Fix… now with added Daft Punk on piano]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-catholic-bishops-massereene-prison-officers-european-commission-895255-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3de91ed4-07a5-7d41-a99d-d91e14ce0839</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-catholic-bishops-massereene-prison-officers-european-commission-895255-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-catholic-bishops-massereene-prison-officers-european-commission-895255-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bord Gais Éireann" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bord Gais Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="brian shivers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Catholic Bishops" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="evening fix" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="John Clinton" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mary McCarthy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Massereene Army barracks" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="need to know" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="POA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Prison Officers Association" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="St Patrick’s Institution" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Stability Programme Update" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="State Assets" />
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 5 at 5: Friday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-catholic-bishops-abortion-massereene-not-guilty-895153-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c9554e3d-be76-8d59-5a41-5c535cca76ee</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-catholic-bishops-abortion-massereene-not-guilty-895153-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-catholic-bishops-abortion-massereene-not-guilty-895153-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="5 at 5" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Antrim" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Belfast" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bishops" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="brian shivers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Catholic" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Court" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Legislation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Massereene" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="POA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Prison Officers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Prisons" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="St Patrick's" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Take 5" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="X Case" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Brussels report says Irish economy will grow slightly less than govt forecast]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-expected-economic-growth-2013-894580-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:530abac1-130a-846f-74fa-eb4eb0d4462e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-expected-economic-growth-2013-894580-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-expected-economic-growth-2013-894580-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Dublin said 1.5 per cent growth in the Budget, and 1.3 per cent last week… but the European Commission says 1.1 per cent.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brussels" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic Outlook" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="forecast" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Rain on the parade" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Stability Programme" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opponents say Irish Stability Programme Update is further proof that austerity isn’t working]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-stability-programme-update-april-2013-891381-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d9b51bf8-2f45-2a08-692c-61ad92ac2975</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-stability-programme-update-april-2013-891381-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-stability-programme-update-april-2013-891381-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said that government’s reduced forecast had shown that its current policy of austerity was not working.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Finance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Stability Programme" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SPU" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland abstained from vote to ban bee-harming pesticides ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/bees-pesticides-ban-890181-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a8fdc185-fb59-addb-561a-504a974a5707</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bees-pesticides-ban-890181-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bees-pesticides-ban-890181-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A ban on three pesticides, which some argue are threatening bees, will come into effect from December following a European Commission vote yesterday. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bayer" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bees" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Clothianidin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Food Safety Authority" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Finland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Greece" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Imidacloprid" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="John Atkin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Lithuania" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pesticides" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sygenta" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Thiamextoxam" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Berlusconi wants new government to ‘confront’ EU’s austerity agenda]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/berlusconi-anti-austerity-885520-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4569a776-507c-8e91-ebe1-4173f99bc382</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/berlusconi-anti-austerity-885520-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/berlusconi-anti-austerity-885520-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[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.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enrico Letta" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Italian economy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Italy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="People of Freedom" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Silvio Berlusconi" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[You’ll be charged for your water from October 2014 (if the Troika agree)]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/water-charges-delayed-2015-882998-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bb91016d-fdc9-b7f0-ce73-128b695766fb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/water-charges-delayed-2015-882998-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/water-charges-delayed-2015-882998-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin want Troika approval to start charging from October 2014, with the first bills in 2015.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Commission for Energy Regulation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="International Monetary Fund" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Water" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water Charges" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Barroso: Austerity is ‘fundamentally right’ – but is approaching its limits]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/barroso-austerity-is-fundamentally-right-but-is-approaching-its-limits-881234-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3001f557-bf62-09ce-86de-dd7282113a78</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/barroso-austerity-is-fundamentally-right-but-is-approaching-its-limits-881234-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/barroso-austerity-is-fundamentally-right-but-is-approaching-its-limits-881234-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commission president says, however, it is an ‘unacceptable prejudice’ to blame some countries for others’ problems.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jose Manuel Barroso" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Soul-searching" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="U-turn" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Talks on public sector pay likely to top agenda on latest Troika mission]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/troika-review-bailout-881167-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c7d382fc-5701-4b6f-39d8-a0164ff5f355</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/troika-review-bailout-881167-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/troika-review-bailout-881167-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Officials from the EU, IMF and ECB arrive in Dublin today to conduct their tenth review of Ireland’s bailout programme. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ashoka Mody" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout progress" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park II" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ECB" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="International Monetary Fund" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public sector pay deal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Troika wants Ireland to outline spending cuts for three years]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/troika-report-ireland-cut-spending-879983-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:784642c8-3ab4-0d7b-1ca2-d8dda50b45ce</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/troika-report-ireland-cut-spending-879983-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/troika-report-ireland-cut-spending-879983-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commission approves the latest €1.6 billion loan – but wants Dublin to say WHERE it will continue to cut back.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout Republic?" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU horsemeat tests put Ireland in the clear]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/horsemeat-tests-872644-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c5bd2196-5f84-9bc2-6c66-ca9817f4fa6c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/horsemeat-tests-872644-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/horsemeat-tests-872644-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[All beef samples tested negative for horse DNA though one horse carcase was found to have traces of bute and is now under investigation. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Horsemeat" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Simon Coveney" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="test results" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="tests" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[European Commission expected to publish horsemeat test results today]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-horsemeat-report-871583-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:34311da1-301c-ab03-a02b-6335b8ab3ded</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-horsemeat-report-871583-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-horsemeat-report-871583-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The results were to be submitted to the commission by yesterday, 15 April, and are expected to be published today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Beef" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bute" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="horse" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Horsemeat" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Meat" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="tests" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[ECJ ruling casts doubt on planning permission for Galway bypass]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ecj-ruling-galway-bypass-n6-865786-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f03221d8-c27b-c25b-d106-4c3774723b82</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ecj-ruling-galway-bypass-n6-865786-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ecj-ruling-galway-bypass-n6-865786-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU’s top court hands a major boost to opponents to the N6 bypass around Galway, ahead of a final Supreme Court ruling.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="An Bord Pleanála" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ECJ" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Court of Justice" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Galway" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Habitats directive" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Peter Sweetman" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Planning" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Protest planned to mark International Roma and Traveller Day]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-roma-protest-dublin-european-commission-857946-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ce20d047-fbcc-ac26-7c26-bdb6ee2e9911</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-roma-protest-dublin-european-commission-857946-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-roma-protest-dublin-european-commission-857946-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The protest aims to highlight the “outspoken and negative” comments that have been made about Travellers in recent months.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="International Roma and Traveller Day" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Kathleen Sherlock" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Martin Collins" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mincéirs Whiden" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pavee Point" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Roma" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Travellers" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Thursday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-meath-east-cyprus-agsi-848343-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:927b1008-147f-e953-1e4b-349f7604c1f7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-meath-east-cyprus-agsi-848343-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-meath-east-cyprus-agsi-848343-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Good morning! Here’s what you should know this morning as you kick off your Thursday.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="agsi" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cyber Wars" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cyprus" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Garda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="It's A Small World" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mandela" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Meath East" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Met Éireann" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sneachta" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cyprus president prepares for Brussels as parties debate 25pc deposit tax]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-president-prepares-for-brussels-as-parties-debate-25pc-deposit-tax-842819-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:383e9963-82ff-db4f-4073-c9bcff2d45a9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-president-prepares-for-brussels-as-parties-debate-25pc-deposit-tax-842819-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-president-prepares-for-brussels-as-parties-debate-25pc-deposit-tax-842819-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Troika are in Cyprus for intensive talks, while Nicos Anastasiades could yet lead a delegation to Brussels this afternoon.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/nicos-anastasiades-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Cyprus" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cyprus" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ECB" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michalis Sarris" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nicos Anastasiades" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU criticised over enforcement of Microsoft’s promise of web browser choice ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/microsoft-european-commission-fine-browser-822179-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ad2ffd6c-a412-7213-fc4b-4d5febde2a22</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/microsoft-european-commission-fine-browser-822179-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/microsoft-european-commission-fine-browser-822179-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU has been criticised for failing to enforce a commitment made by Microsoft to offer users a choice of internet browser for which the US tech giant was fined €561 million yesterday. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Competition Commissioner" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Google" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Joaquin Almunia" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Microsoft" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="tech giant" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Windows Explorer" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[“You are a privileged generation” – Barroso to TCD audience ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/you-are-a-privileged-generation-barroso-to-tcd-audience-814343-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:50d96b38-8f07-76c8-c769-57efb6c742dd</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/you-are-a-privileged-generation-barroso-to-tcd-audience-814343-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/you-are-a-privileged-generation-barroso-to-tcd-audience-814343-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[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. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Budget" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jose Manuel Barroso" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="uk referendum" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Barroso: ‘We can see light at the end of the tunnel’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/barroso-we-can-see-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-814099-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3edcd8f8-d87b-1bb6-c54f-cb4f44975cb2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/barroso-we-can-see-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-814099-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/barroso-we-can-see-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-814099-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The President of the European Parliament affirms, however, that MEPs will probably not pass the EU’s draft seven-year Budget.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/28022013-ibec-ceo-conference-president-of-the-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Budget" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Parliament" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jose Manuel Barroso" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Martin Schulz" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Speaking in Dublin, EC President urges Europe to ‘choose growth’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/speaking-in-dublin-ec-president-urges-europe-to-%e2%80%98choose-growth%e2%80%99-813322-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:96467225-71d8-bfc7-535b-f9b05cddb351</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/speaking-in-dublin-ec-president-urges-europe-to-%e2%80%98choose-growth%e2%80%99-813322-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/speaking-in-dublin-ec-president-urges-europe-to-%e2%80%98choose-growth%e2%80%99-813322-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[José Manuel Barroso also said that combating youth unemployment was a priority for the European Commission.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/belgium-eu-conference-of-presidents-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="choose growth" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IBEC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jose Manuel Barroso" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU blocks Aer Lingus takeover, Ryanair says it will appeal]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ryanair-aer-lingus-takeover-blocked-eu-811909-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:130ab251-17d2-7071-e97c-27d4fe4d7037</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ryanair-aer-lingus-takeover-blocked-eu-811909-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ryanair-aer-lingus-takeover-blocked-eu-811909-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commission has now officially confirmed a decision that had been expected. Ryanair said immediately it will appeal the rejection of its third bid for Aer Lingus. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Aer Lingus" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Air Travel" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Airlines" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Blocked" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Competition" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Denied" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Merger" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ryanair" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Takeover" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU to seek refund of €625,000 in Irish CAP funds]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-return-e625k-cap-funds-810535-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b978512a-f5c3-077a-507f-97e270babe55</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-return-e625k-cap-funds-810535-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-return-e625k-cap-funds-810535-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We’re getting off lightly, though – Northern Ireland alone is being asked to return €17.7 million. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CAP" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Land parcels" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rehn: Budget 2014 should not be eased after promissory note savings]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rehn-budget-2014-should-not-be-eased-after-promissory-note-savings-809051-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:277328a7-6f41-e000-4f14-c30c3640a899</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rehn-budget-2014-should-not-be-eased-after-promissory-note-savings-809051-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rehn-budget-2014-should-not-be-eased-after-promissory-note-savings-809051-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commissioner says the €1 billion savings should be used to eliminate Ireland’s deficit as soon as possible.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2014" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Debts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Deficit" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Olli Rehn" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory Note" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory notes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Deal reached on EU rules that could see Budgets in October]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/two-pack-deal-reached-803036-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e4dee791-233b-7cb3-c059-c7a969d884d0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/two-pack-deal-reached-803036-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/two-pack-deal-reached-803036-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commission, Council and Parliament have reached a deal on introducing rules requiring early submissions of Budgets.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/former-anglo-irish-to-be-liquidated-2-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2014" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Stability and Growth Pact" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Two-pack" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Risk Equalisation Scheme made permanent after EU approval]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/risk-equalisation-scheme-european-commission-802672-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8a4dba99-21b6-db32-dc36-fcbea6b8ae99</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/risk-equalisation-scheme-european-commission-802672-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/risk-equalisation-scheme-european-commission-802672-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The scheme came into effect on 1 January 2013.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Health Insurance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="John O Dwyer" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="minister james reilly" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Risk Equalisation Scheme" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="VHI Healthcare" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland could be given extra time to meet deficit deadline]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-extra-time-deficit-deadline-794747-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ebd322b7-9b30-3fc3-a0a1-1318a2070213</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-extra-time-deficit-deadline-794747-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-extra-time-deficit-deadline-794747-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Olli Rehn has written to EU ministers indicating an openness to delaying austerity measures on a case-by-case basis.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2014" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="budget 2015" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="excessive deficit procedure" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Olli Rehn" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Stephen Donnelly: I put your questions to the Troika. Here’s what they said]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/stephen-donnelly-i-put-your-questions-to-the-troika-heres-what-they-said-779714-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ca76d9c0-cf4c-57e0-ef5e-8a9cba635760</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/stephen-donnelly-i-put-your-questions-to-the-troika-heres-what-they-said-779714-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/stephen-donnelly-i-put-your-questions-to-the-troika-heres-what-they-said-779714-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The independent Wicklow TD met the Troika today, with YOUR questions in hand. Here’s what he was told.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ECB" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Have your say" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="open thread" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Stephen Donnelly" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="your questions" />
<author><name>Stephen Donnelly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/stephen-donnelly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland launches ‘radical’ new university rankings system]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-university-rankings-system-775776-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:26bcd825-0baf-eaeb-38e1-05fe6ed59167</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-university-rankings-system-775776-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-university-rankings-system-775776-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The new system called U-Multirank was launched under Ireland’s EU presidency today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="androulla vassiliou" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="College" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eu 2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ruairí Quinn" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Third Level" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="u-multirank" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="University" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[MEP wants Brussels to examine legality of new Facebook search]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/data-protection-facebook-graph-search-771559-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:94e5d62c-5900-099d-dc4a-17031ee76a59</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/data-protection-facebook-graph-search-771559-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/data-protection-facebook-graph-search-771559-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Labour’s Phil Prendergast says the new graph search may be a breach of a citizen’s right to protect their personal data.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/facebook-43-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Data privacy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Data Protection" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Facebook" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="graph search" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Prendergast" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Privacy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland among worst performers in increasing number of female directors]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-among-worst-performers-in-increasing-number-of-female-directors-768797-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2c520734-e7a1-3502-adec-006b77c2d7c9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-among-worst-performers-in-increasing-number-of-female-directors-768797-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-among-worst-performers-in-increasing-number-of-female-directors-768797-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[New European data shows 24 EU countries increased their proportion of female company directors last year – but not us.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/man-and-woman-business-dress-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Board Of Directors" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="company directors" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gender Equality" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gender Gap" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Seanad to begin debating legislation behind water charges]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/seanad-to-debate-water-charges-764854-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cb719bb5-96bf-30e9-c4ca-21b486f90e74</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/seanad-to-debate-water-charges-764854-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/seanad-to-debate-water-charges-764854-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Water Services Bill will begin its path through the Oireachtas in the Seanad chamber this afternoon.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/hot-water-tap-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Water" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Uisce Éireann" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water Charges" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water Meters" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government shrugs off EU fears to proceeds with public job cuts]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/government-plans-public-job-cuts-765213-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8f49c85b-4d97-f04c-d2aa-7ec0b33aeab3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/government-plans-public-job-cuts-765213-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/government-plans-public-job-cuts-765213-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Brendan Howlin today confirmed he was continuing with plans to cut public staff numbers by 9,500 in two years.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/brendan-howlin-job-cuts-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Public Expenditure and Reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Servants" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Eurozone finance ministers agree to examine Ireland’s loan repayments ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-eurozone-loan-repayments-764157-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6abd527a-7e48-b268-e985-37752f2de986</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-eurozone-loan-repayments-764157-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-eurozone-loan-repayments-764157-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The deal has been hailed by finance minister Michael Noonan as having the potential to save Ireland billions of euro. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/ireland-braced-for-austerity-budget-18-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Finance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ecofin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurioean Financial Stability Mechanism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commissioner" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Financial Stability Facility" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Repayment" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Report recommends giving EU power to protect media freedom]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eu-power-to-protect-media-freedom-763370-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2d4909a3-6943-9fa7-ae63-e6a148c3077c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eu-power-to-protect-media-freedom-763370-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eu-power-to-protect-media-freedom-763370-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A report commissioned by the European Commission also suggests each country should borrow Ireland’s model for media regulation.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/flags-outside-eu-headquarters-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Media" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Media ombudsman" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Media reform" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Neelie Kroes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Press regulation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Report" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[UPDATE: Aviation source criticises Ryanair’s baggage policy]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ryanair-hand-luggage-759661-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8fdc2ba1-9471-3533-71c2-98bc57aeaf14</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ryanair-hand-luggage-759661-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ryanair-hand-luggage-759661-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T20:22:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The airline said its one bag rule was necessary for safety reasons but has now confirmed that passengers in some airports are allowed a second bag.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/ryanair-cabin-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Airline" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Baggage" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="carry on luggage" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Parliament" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="hand luggage" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Luggage" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="MEP" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ryanair" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Travel" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
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