# troika - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Bailed-out Ireland is to contribute an additional €90 million to the European Union to help plug a shortfall in its 2013 budget. Ludicrous? Yes – but it’s hardly a blip on the radar of incongruity that is the EU’s funny money parade, writes Aaron McKenna.
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# troika - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
The ‘two-pack’ also means the Budget will have to be submitted to Brussels for its approval every October from now on.
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# troika - Thursday 9 May, 2013
The conclusion of the Troika’s tenth review mission to Ireland will result in an estimated €2.4 billion being released.
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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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# troika - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Peter Mathews takes himself hostage and the Womb Repossession Bill takes centre stage.
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# troika - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
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# troika - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Officials from the EU, IMF and ECB arrive in Dublin today to conduct their tenth review of Ireland’s bailout programme.
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# troika - Monday 22 April, 2013
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The European Commission approves the latest €1.6 billion loan – but wants Dublin to say WHERE it will continue to cut back.
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The Department of Finance has revised its deficit target for 2013 in light of better than expected figures in the latest Maastricht returns.
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# troika - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: making it easier for everyone to be insolvent; Alan Shatter’s beliebers; Quinnsolvency and waking up the Troika in the middle of the night…
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# troika - Friday 12 April, 2013
All 27 EU finance ministers have now given a green light to extending the maturity of Ireland’s bailout loans by seven years.
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Ministers will discuss extending the repayment dates of Ireland’s loans, and the aftermath of the Cyprus bailout catastrophe.
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# troika - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
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Proposals seen by Reuters, to be put to ministers in Dublin this weekend, would see extra time given for Ireland and Portugal to repay.
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# troika - Monday 8 April, 2013
The Tánaiste says charges won’t be introduced before meters are installed, and that won’t be done in the next nine months.
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# troika - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Kim Jong-Un clings on to his place in the Dáil Technical Group, pointing Phil Hogan at North Korea and Ireland nominated by troika for fantasy government awards.
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# troika - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Armed security guards have been posted, but there was no sign of customers queuing early for access to their cash.
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# troika - Friday 8 March, 2013
Christine Lagarde says the IMF has an “open mind” about allowing Ireland to defer its repayments if it helps end the bailout.
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# troika - Monday 25 February, 2013
The European Commissioner says the €1 billion savings should be used to eliminate Ireland’s deficit as soon as possible.
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# troika - Monday 18 February, 2013
The government is seeking additional savings from the public sector, setting it on a collision course with unions. Here’s what it’s all about…
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# troika - Thursday 7 February, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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While the troika was happy with the continued implementation of the bailout programme, it warned that “unemployment remains stubbornly high” and turning into a long-term condition.
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# troika - Friday 1 February, 2013
The independent Wicklow TD met the Troika today, with YOUR questions in hand. Here’s what he was told.
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Deputy Stephen Donnelly is meeting the troika today – and wants our commenters’ input.
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# troika - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
The Water Services Bill will begin its path through the Oireachtas in the Seanad chamber this afternoon.
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# troika - Sunday 13 January, 2013
The full draft document reveals the Irish government’s fears about a mass boycott of water charges, criticism over the costs of legal services in Ireland, and Troika suggestions to cut public sector pay.
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# troika - Saturday 12 January, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Tinfoil hats to protect against interweb; abortion floodgates ‘like Guinness at The Gathering’; James Reilly a mystery to the Troika.
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Ireland’s bailout partners also want a more efficient judicial system.
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The Troika also warned that Irish banks still aren’t lending enough to small businesses either.
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A leaked European Commission report raises questions over Brendan Howlin’s plans to further downsize the public sector.
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A leaked Troika document also reveals that the installation of water meters could be years behind the official schedule.
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# troika - Friday 11 January, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Right now councils only have an informal requirement to balance their books – something the Troika wants addressed.
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The government is keen to use all of the money from the sale of State assets in “one shape or another” to fund job creation initiatives but the Troika appears more focussed on reducing the debt.
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The Troika and the Government had significantly different predictions for how much Ireland is going to grow over the next two years.
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The Troika has raised concerns about the effectiveness of the new personal insolvency law that is aimed at helping the country’s many distressed mortgage holders.
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