The deal on the promissory notes announced by Taoiseach Enda Kenny to a packed Dáil chamber yesterday afternoon represents a hugely important political achievement which should steady some rattled nerves on the Government backbenches.

BUSINESS OPINION:The negotiations with the ECB on refinancing the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note are – to put it mildly – at a delicate stage

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said today he was ‘not satisfied’ the Government had got to the bottom of how horse meat ended up in beef…