A reduction in the adjustment made in last month’s Budget has increased the risk of Ireland missing a crucial target to cut its deficit, according to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.
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A reduction in the adjustment made in last month’s Budget has increased the risk of Ireland missing a crucial target to cut its deficit, according to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.
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The European Union’s new multi-billion euro research and innovation plan has been voted through by MEPs in Strasbourg. EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said Ireland’s aim of securing €1 billion from Horizon 2020 is an “ambitious but achievable target”. Since 2007, Ireland has secured more than €500m from the EU’s existing
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The fragile recovery in the euro zone private sector weakened unexpectedly this month despite resurgent growth in Germany, as French business activity took a tumble, surveys showed today.
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The European Union’s parliament approved a lower seven-year EU spending cap demanded by government leaders, ending a 29-month political battle dictated by Britain and other opponents of a bigger budget.
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Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has indicated that there will be a number of amendments to the Finance Bill, which is due to be debated in the Dáil this week.
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The special liquidators of IBRC believe that if the bank is beaten in a court case the legal costs awarded to its opponent will go to the top of the queue to be paid from proceeds of its winding up, even moving ahead of the Central Bank that the liquidation was set up to repay.In
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