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Seven austerity budgets down, but this year brings some cause for optimism
- Economy
- October 16, 2013, 01:00
This was our seventh austerity budget and according to Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, “Ireland is open for business”, it wants to “play fair and(...)

Full text of Minister for Finance’s budget speech to the Dáil
- Politics
- October 15, 2013, 15:48
A Cheann Comhairle,The story of insolvent Ireland is familiar to all our people and the sacrifices people have had to make in recent years are well kn(...)

England expects, with a little help from Nelson’s Irish
- Heritage
- October 15, 2013, 01:00
England expects every Irishman to do this duty. Lord Nelson’s famous clarion call to his men at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 did not quite put it t(...)

Something old, new, expensive or blue: how to offload surplus domestic goods
- Personal Finance
- October 15, 2013, 01:00
Over the past five years, austerity has reduced the income of a typical Irish family by about €300 a month. Not only that but today households around (...)

Toy retailer Smyths records £2.7m UK pretax profit
- Retail & Services
- October 14, 2013, 01:01
Sales of Furbies, Monopoly Millionaire and learning tablets last year helped the British and Northern Irish arms of family-owned Irish toy-seller Smyt(...)

Delegates in upbeat mood at FG conference
- Irish News
- October 14, 2013, 01:00
Delegates to the Fine Gael conference were in an upbeat mood and largely happy with the performance of Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the party’s Ministers.(...)

Presentation is low-key but mood at Fine Gael conference is buoyant
- Politics
- October 14, 2013, 01:00
Commentators have lavished a lot of attention in recent years on the impact of US electoral strategy and techniques on Irish politics. But when it com(...)

Victory disease decimates Munster fleet
- Rugby
- October 14, 2013, 01:00
The Japanese call it senshoubyou. Victory disease. At some stage, days before Saturday’s shockingly inept performance, Munster’s collective mindset fa(...)

Kenny plans to extend Seanad voting rights to all graduates
- Politics
- October 12, 2013, 20:32
The Government intends to extend the entitlement to vote in Seanad elections to all third-level graduates “as a small first step” towards the reform o(...)

Only ‘bits and bobs’ of budget to decide - Noonan
- Politics
- October 12, 2013, 11:23
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said there is little work left to do on the budget and that the State had a strong “backstop” in place for whe(...)