Influential Irish commentator Eddie Hobbs has written in the Wall Street Journal that talk of a Celtic comeback is utterly exaggerated and Ireland is in worse shape than ever.

The Irish Central Bank has denied it is in negotiations with printing companies in case it needs additional capacity to print Irish punts.

Could Ireland’s Celtic Tiger could be once purring again, the Wall Street Journal asks. It points out that last Thursday the Irish government announced that the economy experienced growth in the second quarter, showing the first promising signs of emerging from the recession.

Ireland’s recovery is faltering and the country is showing no signs of pulling out of its recession says Wall Street Journal columnist Eamon Quinn.

The Wall Street Journal ran a blistering take down of Ireland's 12.5 corporate tax rate this week.

Read more: Irish banks need another $40 billion in bailouts

A Wall Street Journal editorial has attacked the European Union for trying to force Ireland to change its corporate tax structure, warning that such a shift will hinder any future economic growth in Ireland.

Anglo-Irish bank has become ’Ireland’s very own black hole” a Wall Street Journal columnist has stated.

The Wall Street Journal  has stated that foreign workers departing Ireland prove that emigration within Europe can work and Ireland is the best example despite its harsh economic times.

The Wall Street Journal says that Ireland could be Europe's next basket case

The EU and Irish government conspired to scare, mislead and threaten Irish voters to pass the Lisbon Treaty, according to an extraordinary story in the Wall Street Journal written by one of their editorial writers Anne Jolis. The newspaper is owned by anti-EU publisher Rupert Murdoch.