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Michael Noonan announces Ireland’s bank guarantee deal to end in March (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:36:57 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The bank guarantee deal that collapsed the Celtic Tiger economy will expire at the end of March.
Ireland’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan has announced that the infamous scheme will cease to exist at midnight on March 28.

Signs of recovery boosted as Ireland beats EU/IMF deficit targets (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:31:19 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan is laughing all the way to the European Central Bank after a surprise upturn in his treasury’s tax take.

A budget of a thousand cuts is the latest austerity measure for the Irish (IrishCentral)

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:31:53 PST

A young boy joined carers to protest last week’s budget cuts outside Leinster House in Dublin on Tuesday morningThere were no big surprises in the budget in Ireland last week, the sixth so-called austerity budget in a row as the government battles to raise taxes and cut spending to match revenue The reason was that all the bad news had been slowly leaked out over the previous few weeks to lessen the impact on the daySo we knew all about property tax and increases in payroll "social" tax and cuts in child benefit payments and other adjustments like extra tax on alcohol, tobacco and cars READ MORE

Property tax unveiled for Irish homeowners as Michael Noonan reveals Budget 2013 (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:12:43 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Wednesday marked the unveiling for the Budget 2013 in Ireland by Finance Minister Michael Noonan. A number of new measures were outlined in the new financial plan for the coming years.

Ordinary Irish suffer yet again as savage budget cuts will hit poorest (IrishCentral)

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:46:31 PST

A Santa Claus protester held up a sign at a protest in Dublin last monthThis is budget week in Ireland but the bad news -- and it's going to be very bad news -- won't be revealed until Wednesday afternoon when the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan reads his Budget 2013 speech to the Dail (Parliament) So it will be after this column has gone to bed when the gory details of the Budget 2013 nightmare will emerge Of course we do know roughly what's going to happen, since we are no longer masters of our own economic sovereignty READ MORE

Irish people at the tipping point - anger and cynicism among Irish over austerity cuts and economy is palpable (IrishCentral)

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:16:17 PST

Ireland's Minister for Finance Michael NoonanFor Ireland -- or any democratic country -- to function, the vast majority of people have to support the state by paying their taxes, obeying the law and generally being compliant citizens No one likes paying tax, and no one will agree with all the laws or all the policies of the government in power at any particular time But in normal times enough of us do, and the rest of us accept the will of the majority, and from that the moral authority of the stateThere's an element of consent involved which is the bedrock on which all democracies are founded READ MORE

Michael Noonan signs $4.1 billion deal on bust bank Anglo Irish repayment deal (IrishCentral)

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:49:51 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The Irish Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has struck a deal with the European Central Bank to avoid the repayment of $4.1 billion in Anglo Irish Bank debt which was due at the end of the month.

Ireland’s Finance Minister in mourning as wife loses battle with Alzheimers disease (IrishCentral)

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:51:56 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan is in mourning after the death of his wife of 43 years.
Florence Noonan died on Thursday night after a long battle with Alzheimers disease.

Michael Noonan doesn't get that emigration is a disaster for Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:15:25 PST

Michael Noonan - Ireland's Minister for FinanceIreland's Minister for Finance garnered a healthy heaping of headlines for himself last week when he decided to give his two cents on what is a very sensitive subject in Ireland: emigration In answering a question from a reporter Noonan provided a handy soundbite for the press to hang him with when he said that there were a lot of families for whom emigration was a "free choice of lifestyle"Frankly, I think Noonan's language was a bit clunky, but the gist of his full answer was not as insensitive as was portrayed by the media He cited his own family as an example of what he meant READ MORE

Michael Noonan slammed after branding emigration a lifestyle choice (IrishCentral)

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:32:57 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland’s Minister for Finance has sparked outrage after he branded emigration a lifestyle choice.

Bloomberg reports Michael Noonan’s economic predictions are over optimistic (IrishCentral)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:13:40 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Bloomberg has reported that Ireland’s Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan’s, forecast of a faster growing Irish economy maybe over-optimistic.

Budget cuts aim to reshape Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:47:45 PST

By: PADDY CLANCY

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said in his first budget delivery on Tuesday that the government is trying to repair a decade of disastrous policy.

Irish budget irrelevant because Germans own us anyway (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:00:15 PST

Finance Minister Michael Noonan with a copy of the budget on TuesdayThere is a mixture of resignation, fear and anger in the air here this week after our two-day budget So much had been leaked in advance there were no real surprises But even so, the difference between talking about cutbacks in state spending and actually implementing them is a major shock to people READ MORE

Finance Minister admits to assumption that spending levels won’t be hit by VAT increase (IrishCentral)

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:54:03 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Ireland’s Finance Minister has admitted that his decision to increase the VAT rate was taken without any recognition of the fact that people may spend less when it is implemented.

Michael Noonan’s plan - Irish may be able to rent their repossessed houses (IrishCentral)

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:51:46 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Irish families whose homes have been repossessed may be allowed to stay in them in return for giving up ownership and renting it from the state, under new measures currently being considered to address the mortgage debt crisis.

Greek financial mess not comparable to Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:50:07 PDT

ESB chief executive Padraig McManusIn the past few weeks the Irish Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has been stressing to his colleagues in Europe and his high level contacts in the US that there is no comparison between the Greek financial mess and the crisis in the Irish state finances READ MORE

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan gets touch with EU over Greek rescue plans (IrishCentral)

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:47:09 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan has warned the EU that he will not allow another Greek bail-out to threaten Ireland’s financial recovery.

European Union /IMF intervention underway says Irish opposition finance spokesman Michael Noonan (IrishCentral)

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:10:04 PST

European Union intervention is underway in the Irish bank crisis the main opposition finance spokesman Michael Noonan has told the BBCHe told BBC News today that he believed “things will come to head in the next 24 hours”He said that he was “extremely concerned” that Ireland would literally run out of money"The reports over the weekend are true READ MORE