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SPIRALLING PRICE OF IRELAND’S DEBT LEAVES SOMERS ‘AGHAST’

SPIRALLING PRICE OF IRELAND’S DEBT LEAVES SOMERS ‘AGHAST’

The former chief executive of the body that manages government debt has said he is “aghast” at the surge in the cost of our borrowing on international markets. Addressing the Association of European Journalist (AEJ) today (September 17), Mr Michael Somers,...
LIQUIDATION OF ANGLO-IRISH BANK WOULD HAVE ENORMOUS CONSEQUENCES

LIQUIDATION OF ANGLO-IRISH BANK WOULD HAVE ENORMOUS CONSEQUENCES

Allowing Anglo-Irish Bank to collapse would have had enormous consequences, newly appointed chairman Alan Dukes told the June AEJ lunch (June 24). In a largely off-the-record address to members, he said the aim of management was now to spread the huge losses over as...
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MICHEAL MARTIN ADDRESSES AEJ

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MICHEAL MARTIN ADDRESSES AEJ

Ireland must become more pro-active in the post-Lisbon Treaty Europe and encourage a better response from the organs of Government, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin told the AEJ today (5 May). Addressing the May lunch which also marked World Press...
GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC ADVISOR ADRESSES AEJ

GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC ADVISOR ADRESSES AEJ

An outline of the causes of the economic crisis in Ireland and how the Government was dealing with them was given in an off-the-record address to the AEJ on March 3 by Dr Alan Ahearne, Advisor to the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan TD. There was a large attendance...

FRENCH POWER AND INFLUENCE IN EU CRITICISED BY MCCREEVY

Ireland’s outgoing EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy today (December 18) launched a caustic attack on President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and on the extent of French power and influence in the EU. In a speech to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin, Mr...