Ireland

U.S. opposes proposed Ardagh purchase of Saint-Gobain unit

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it had filed a complaint aimed at stopping Ireland's Ardagh Group S.A.'s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of a unit of France's Saint-Gobain that makes glass containers for the U.S. market.

Continue Reading

Ireland risks slip from EU poster boy to problem child

DUBLIN - As Ireland teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in October 2008, its then-finance minister Brian Lenihan hailed the government's rescue of its banks as the "cheapest bailout in the world".

28 Jun 2013

Ireland risks slip from EU poster boy to problem child

* Bankers stoke ire as country plunges back into recession

Bonds News, Bonds, Markets, Financials, 28 Jun 2013

Analysis: Syria peace conference: Don't hold your breath

UNITED NATIONS - How deep is the divide separating Russia and the United States on Syria? A photo from the recent G8 summit in Northern Ireland says it all - two grim-faced leaders slouched in their chairs, Barack Obama biting his lip and Vladimir Putin staring at the floor.

World, Russia, United Nations, Syria 28 Jun 2013

Ireland in recession as bailout exit approaches

DUBLIN - Ireland's economy slid into recession late last year and continued to contract sharply in early 2013, new and revised figures showed on Thursday, just months before it is due to exit its EU/IMF bailout program.

IMF, 27 Jun 2013

UPDATE 3-Ireland in recession as bailout exit approaches

DUBLIN, June 27 - Ireland's economy slid into recession late last year and continued to contract sharply in early 2013, new and revised figures showed on Thursday, just months before it is due to exit its EU/IMF bailout programme.

Bonds News, Bonds, Markets, 27 Jun 2013

Ireland in recession as bailout exit approaches

DUBLIN - Ireland's economy slid into recession late last year and continued to contract sharply in early 2013, new and revised figures showed on Thursday, just months before it is due to exit its EU/IMF bailout program.

IMF 27 Jun 2013

Ireland gives banks more power to chase up late mortgage payments

DUBLIN, June 27 - Ireland's central bank said on Thursday it will give commercial lenders more powers to chase homeowners for delayed mortgage payments as it looks to speed the clean-up of bad loans from a burst property bubble.

Financials, 27 Jun 2013

UPDATE 1-Irish central bank probes whether tapes show rule-breaking

* Public outrage over bank bailout growing after tapes leak

Financials, 26 Jun 2013

Irish central bank probes whether tapes reveal rule-breaking

DUBLIN, June 26 - Ireland's central bank said on Wednesday it has launched an investigation into whether tapes of bankers laughing at regulators contain evidence rules were broken during the country's banking crisis, and that police would be involved.

Financials, 26 Jun 2013

Interactive

Photo

European Union Debt

    World News

    Photo

    Egypt's Mursi rebuffs army ultimatum, sets own course

    CAIRO - President Mohamed Mursi rebuffed an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, saying on Tuesday that he had not been consulted and would pursue his own plans for national reconciliation. | Video

    » More World News

    Global News Journal

    Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

    Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.

    » More from Global News Journal