Hope amid uncertainty

Hope amid uncertainty in a volatile world. That is one way of viewing the Economic and Social Research Institute’s (ESRI) qualified optimism ab(...)

Gardai at Eyre during the first anniversary gathering of Occupy Galway since their removal from Eyre Square last year. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy

One year after the Occupy Galway movement was removed by gardaí from Galway city centre, a group of supporters re(...)

People in Cyprus continue to face restrictions on the amount of money they are permitted to withdraw from bank accounts. Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Two months after the Cyprus bailout, capital controls are still in place on the Mediterranean island. The phrase is one of the many muted, unde(...)

France fell back into recession in the first quarter of the year, experiencing a 0.2 per cent contraction in GDP
 in the first three months of the year
, in line with the previous quarter.

The euro zone economy contracted in the first quarter of the year signalling a deepening economic crisis as the bloc entered its sixth quarter (...)

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan rings the bell prior to an economic and financial affairs meeting yesterday, at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan yesterday defended Ireland’s corporate tax regime, following a meeting of EU finance minis(...)

More than 10,000 private messages sent between users of Bloomberg’s financial terminals have leaked. Photograph: Reuters/Brendan McDermid

More than 10,000 private messages sent between users of Bloomberg’s financial terminals have leaked online, undermining the company’s attempts (...)

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan with Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem (left) and EU commissioner Olli Rehn in Brussels yesterday. Photograph: AP

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has given the strongest signal yet that Ireland may avail of the European Central B(...)

A 10-million mark note from 1923 at the height of the hyper-inflation days of the Weimar Republic. Photograph: iStockphoto

Every euro area government has framed the ongoing crisis to suit its own political and economic concerns. Many have chosen austerity, war(...)

Lobby correspondence: one modest building can house hundreds of financial-vehicle corporations. Photograph: UpperCut Images/Getty

So many companies are listed in the marble-tiled, plant-filled foyer that there are no brass plates or printed guides. Instead, it takes a comp(...)

Average mortgage interest rates in Ireland are diverging from the base lending rate set by the European Central Bank, according to new figures (...)

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