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Austerity in Ireland not working, time for a new plan Stop austerity - EU leaders realized higher taxes and cut wages are going nowhere

The backlash against austerity measures forced on European governments including Ireland has finally manifested itself, with European leaders now falling over themselves to proclaim it is time for austerity to end. ...

by Irish Voice Editorial 3
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has said his party will no longer support the type of austerity measures that have marked budgetary policy over the past five years. Opposition party Fianna Fail says no to further austerity measure for Irish economy

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has signaled that his party will no longer support the type of austerity measures that have marked budgetary policy over the past five years. ...

by PADDY CLANCY 4
North American vacationers up 17 percent - The Gathering brings over $1 billion boost to Ireland

With an estimated 70 million around the world who claim Irish ancestry, tourism was an obvious market for the government to enrich the struggling economy. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 2
Workers line up for a recent 'Working Abroad' expo in Dublin Will Ireland ever be good again asks a returned emigrant

It's now a little over a year back in Dublin for me, since the end of a year living in New York. Initial feelings of emptiness and despair at having to say goodbye to a life, and place, I came to love have subsided, if not disappe ...

by EOIN BRENNAN 44
Microsoft founder Bill Gates was a major bondholder in Irish banks which were bailed out by taxpayers after the financial collapse. Billionaire Bill Gates was major bondholder in bailed-out Irish banks

Microsoft founder Bill Gates was a major bondholder, with €27m ($34.6) in bonds at the end of 2006, in Irish banks which were bailed out by taxpayers after the financial collapse. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 9
Irish Bed and Breakfasts - a home away from home Bed and Breakfasts in Ireland report increase in business helped by the Gathering

B&B Ireland has reported major rise in booking following a more digitalized system. ...

by MATT KEOUGH 0
Ireland's unseasonably cold March had an impact on retail figures The cold weather in March sees retail figures in Ireland drop

Retail sales in Ireland were hit by the unusually cold weather in March, the introduction of the local property tax and industrial relations uncertainty. ...

by Irish Voice Reporters 0
On a recent visit to New York, John Perry, Irish minister for small business, met with a number of Irish companies based in New York who are developing export business in the U.S. Pictured are Consul General Noel Kilkenny, Gerard Bermingham, Information M Ireland’s exports break $20.7 million for the first time - growth of 20 percent

Enterprise Ireland client companies achieved record exports in 2012, breaking €16 billion for the first time, up from €15.2 billion in 2011. The outstanding geographical performance came from the U.S., where exports grew by 20 per ...

by Irish Voice Reporters 3
Central Bank of Ireland in Dublin Ireland’s oldest stock broking firm says country remains economically vulnerable

Ireland should apply for a precautionary aid program as part of its bailout exit strategy, Goodbody Stockbrokers said this week. ...

by PADDY CLANCY 2
Ireland is back in the money as the number of billionaires has doubled, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013 2013 Rich List show number of Irish billionaires has doubled since economic crash

The number of billionaires in Ireland has almost doubled in recent years, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 1
One of the many projects that are getting swept under the rug include restoration of The Wonderful Barn in Co Kildare, built in 1774. Irish government austerity cuts put a stop to preservation and repair of historic sites

On the International Day for Monuments and Sites, the Heritage Council has called out the Irish Government for an unfair division of the declining funds to protect tangible history in Ireland. ...

by MATT KEOUGH 1
Irish President Michael D Higgins Michael D Higgins gets standing ovation at EU Parliament - 'we cannot ignore the suffering of Europeans'

President Michael D Higgins received a standing ovation from his audience at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg. ...

by AMANDA DRISCOLL 17
Tourism Ireland's 'The Gathering' initiative on full display at Dublin Airport Tourism numbers to Ireland on the up - one million from US and Canada opt for Irish vacation

More than one million people from the U.S. and Canada visited the island of Ireland in 2012, a three percent increase on the previous year according to figures recently released from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office. ...

by Irish Voice Reporters 3
Irish President Michael D. Higgins greets a former office holder, Mary Robinson, in Dublin on Monday at the opening day of a climate conference hosted by the Irish government and the Mary Robinson Fou Ireland's Eye - A round up of top Irish news stories

A look at news from around Ireland ...

by Irish Voice Reporters 1
Ireland's reputation for the country of Cead Mile Failte (Hundred Thousand Welcomes) remains intact Research shows Ireland’s hundred thousand welcomes is alive and well - United States ranks as pretty unfriendly

The World Economic Forum, Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, reveals to traveling foreigners the countries to expect to find friends and the countries to expect to find foes. ...

by MATT KEOUGH 3
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