Ireland

  • Aug 18, 2010
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Hong Kong offers EU adjustment clues

Overvalued euro-area economies must push down domestic prices if they are to undo the real...

Hong Kong
  • Aug 17, 2010
  • 1 min read

EURO-AREA: Annual inflation is highest in 20 months

Annual inflation in the euro-area rose from 1.4% in June to 1.7% in July, Eurostat reported...

  • Aug 16, 2010
  • 2 min read

IRELAND: Anglo Irish bailout threatens recovery

Patrick Honohan, governor of Ireland's Central Bank and member of the ECB's council, announced...

Ireland
  • Jul 22, 2010
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Fiscal tightening offers bitter choices

Although many OECD countries face deteriorated public finances and are pushing for fiscal...

International
  • Jul 13, 2010
  • 7 min read

UK/IRELAND: Welfare reforms hinge on economic growth

Both the United Kingdom and Ireland have high numbers of people claiming and receiving either...

United Kingdom
  • Jun 25, 2010
  • 7 min read

EUROPE: Rules and low support prevent general strikes

Public sector workers in France staged a strike yesterday in protest against the planned pension...

  • Jun 16, 2010
  • 2 min read

IRELAND: Opposition disarray aids beleaguered premier

Prime Minister Brian Cowen yesterday won a vote of confidence by 82 votes to 77.

Ireland
  • May 6, 2010
  • 6 min read

EUROPE: Poland is exception to decline of Church

Recent cases of child abuse in dioceses all over Europe have shattered confidence in the...

Poland