http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Irish+busines+news IrishCentral Irish busines news en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/the-state-of-play-in-irish-economy----the-imf-tells-it-like-it-is-162851646.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/the-state-of-play-in-irish-economy----the-imf-tells-it-like-it-is-162851646.html Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:01:01 PDT
People line up for unemployment benefits in Dublin last summer As you probably know, last week Ireland passed its most recent review by the IMF-EU-ECB troika of officials -- they visit us every tree months to check the nation's finances It's the humiliating part of getting the bailout  They have the right to come in, examine how we're doing and tell us off to smarten up if we're not sticking to the program READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/germans-need-to-pay-for-much-of--irish-bailout-after-euro-crisis----finally-some-hard-facts-hit-home-as-reality-dawns-for-merkel-161417695.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/germans-need-to-pay-for-much-of--irish-bailout-after-euro-crisis----finally-some-hard-facts-hit-home-as-reality-dawns-for-merkel-161417695.html Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:45:45 PDT
German Chancellor Angela MerkelThe agreement reached by European leaders in the small hours of last Friday morning can be seen in two ways from an Irish perspectiveThe shift in European policy allowing the trillion euro European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to be used to directly recapitalize bust banks rather than routing it through the governments of the countries in question is something that Ireland has been seeking for the past year without successNow it's going to happen, which is great news for us  From that perspective, it is a hugely significant development READ MORE ]]>