Ireland

After the European elections in Ireland: Green country went even greener

While turnout improved across the EU last month, in Ireland it declined, not least because of the absence of a far-right threat. The Greens gained two seats, having had no representation in the last parliament at all, and the radical left enjoyed a better showing than they tend to in domestic elections. There was also something of a skewed result among the country’s two largest parties.

20 August 2019 – Eurozine (Vienna)

27 Voices for Europe | Ireland: The spectre of Brexit hangs over the elections

The Brexit context colours this European Parliament campaign north and south of the border. The results in Northern Ireland will be stillborn if Brexit goes ahead, but the campaign gives those impatient with the old divides between Protestant unionists and Catholic nationalists an opportunity to voice new concerns.

19 May 2019 – The Irish Times (Dublin)

Family planning: Even where abortion is legal, access is not granted

In several European countries though abortion laws are not necessary when the lack of available gynecologists makes it almost impossible for women to access abortion.

24 May 2018 – VoxEurop

Cinema and advocacy: “A Turning Tide In The Life Of Man” — the citizen lobbying of John O’Brien

This documentary about how a group of struggling Irish fishermen influenced the reform of the European Common Fisheries Policy shows us how another Europe is possible, if citizens mobilise to defend the public interest.

17 November 2017 – VoxEurop

An Irish point of view on Brexit: Why we should move towards Irexit

For a number of reasons it’s in Ireland’s best interest to leave the EU altogether with Britain, says the author of a report on the Republic’s position on Brexit.

13 October 2016 – VoxEurop Village

You recommend: Catholic Ireland says ‘yes’ to same sex marriage

In an historic referendum yesterday, Ireland became the first country in the world to support same sex marriage by direct popular vote. In a very […]

24 May 2015 – VoxEurop Notebook The Irish Times

United Kingdom: US banks bracing for Brexit

According to sources quoted by the Financial Times, three American banks — Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley — are “drawing up plans to […]

19 August 2014 – VoxEurop Financial Times, La Tribune

Google vs. the EU: Un-writing history: The ‘right’ to be forgotten

Google has announced it has taken steps to comply with the EU’s freshly minted 'right to be forgotten’. Is this a cause for celebration or […]

10 June 2014 – VoxEurop Notebook

Elections: Vote for politics

As the dust settles on the EU parliament elections it’s worth taking a moment to ask if the stakes should be higher, not lower, in […]

5 June 2014 – VoxEurop Notebook

Ireland: Different day, same old austerity story

Ireland awoke on December 16 finally free of three years of crippling troika economic planning. However, despite financial sovereignty returning to Dublin, the country will find that just as events drove much of the crisis, so too will they drive policy in the post-troika era.

16 December 2013 – Irish Independent (Dublin)

Ireland: ‘Noonan signals early move to cut income tax as State exits bailout’

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan revealed the government is considering cutting income tax for some groups in 2015 or 2016 in an effort to grow […]

13 December 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Debate: Forging an EU identity

Despite the diverse history of the EU’s member states and the waning support for the European project, the bloc has all the elements needed to form a community with its own distinctive shared cultural identity, argues an Irish political scientist.

4 December 2013 – The Irish Times (Dublin)

Aid to Ireland and Spain: ‘Music to the ears of Angela Merkel’

The Eurogroup confirmed on November 14 that Ireland will exit the bailout programme on December 15 and that the assistance programme for Spanish banks will end in January. Good news that needs long-term confirmation, writes the European press.

15 November 2013 – Presseurop

Ireland: ‘Ireland now expected to exit bailout unaided’

“Sources in Brussels now expect Ireland to exit the bailout without a backstop in place”, reports The Irish Times. Three years after the country’s formal request […]

6 November 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Eurozone crisis: ‘Ireland may not need credit line to exit bailout’

Following a meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on October 28, Ireland’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the country may decide not to request […]

29 October 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Debt crisis: Irish exit into the unknown

After three years of public sector spending cuts, Ireland looks set to exit the EU-ECB-IMF bailout programme on December 15, but at what cost? The country remains mired in depression and the economy is now hollowed out.

17 October 2013 – The Guardian (London)

Ireland: ‘Tough budget tempered by €500m jobs stimulus package’

On October 15, the Irish government unveiled an austerity budget for 2014 with €2.5bn in spending cuts, as the country prepares to leave the troika […]

16 October 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Debt crisis: Rural Ireland feels the pinch as Dublin bounces back to life

As Ireland prepares to return to the markets at the end of the year, there are signs of fragile recovery. However, this is not evenly spread throughout the nation. As the country’s cities get back on their feet, rural districts sink further into recession, writes an FT journalist.

10 October 2013 – Financial Times (London)

Ireland: Voters back their second chamber

The Irish government lost a referendum proposing the abolition of Seanad Éireann, the country’s upper parliamentary chamber, on October 5 by a narrow margin of […]

7 October 2013 – Presseurop Irish Independent, The Irish Times

Portugal: ‘Debt interest rates above 7% prompt new bailout fears’

Talks between the Portuguese government and the EU-ECB-IMF troika on how to close the current bailout began on September 16, while markets continued to show […]

17 September 2013 – Presseurop Público

Tax Avoidance: EU quizzes multinational tax deals with states

The European Commission is probing tax deals offered by several European countries, including Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to multinational companies such as Apple and […]

12 September 2013 – Presseurop Financial Times

Debt crisis: ‘New Portugal plan will be tougher than Ireland’s deal’

To ensure its future, Portugal will have to sign a new financial aid deal with the European Commission and European Central Bank in June 2014 […]

6 September 2013 – Presseurop Diário de Notícias

The EU’s future (2/4): Europe’s reforms need more than a new rule book

The proposed changes to Italy’s constitution may galvanise an anti-reform bloc, says Tony Barber.

3 September 2013 – Financial Times (London)

Unemployment in Europe: Reducing wages is not a panacea

In order to kickstart growth, Madrid has only to do what Ireland and Latvia have done: cut wages. The suggestion has caused an uproar in Spain. And, where the idea has been put into practise, it has left negative results to go with the positive ones.

12 August 2013 – El País (Madrid)

Detroit aftermath: Europe ought to let its hopeless causes go bankrupt

The cure for the crisis is a dose of American-style tough love, writes Martin Sandbu.

1 August 2013 – Financial Times (London)

Ireland: ‘ESM chief warns Ireland over austerity’

Klaus Regling, the head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the Eurozone’s rescue fund, warned that Ireland must fulfill its pledge to cut €3.1bn from […]

26 July 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Ireland: ‘Coalition prepares short referendum campaign on Seanad’

Ireland’s ruling coalition government will organise a referendum on the abolition of the Seanad, the country’s upper house of parliament, on October 4, writes The […]

24 July 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Eurozone: ‘Europe powerless to halt soaring debt’

"European states are letting their debt slide," due to insufficient growth, notes French financial daily Les Echos. Public debt in the Eurozone increased by €450bn in […]

23 July 2013 – Presseurop Les Echos

Ireland: ‘IMF urges Government to adhere to adjustment of €3.1bn’

The International Monetary Fund has urged the Irish government to stick to its austerity plan and continue to cut €3.1bn from its forthcoming budget, despite […]

19 July 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Data protection: Ireland sees itself as European hub for US companies

As European Union interior and justice ministers prepare to discuss EU-wide data protection regulation in Vilnius on July 18-19, Ireland is looking to position itself […]

16 July 2013 – Presseurop Financial Times, România libera, Jurnalul Naţional

Ireland: ‘Government inquiry into bank crisis planned for autumn’

The Irish government is planning to hold an parliamentary inquiry into the Anglo-Irish banking scandal, in which the institution was nationalised in 2009 and needed […]

8 July 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Eurozone crisis: The religion of bribes

Corruption is a key factor in failure of the Eurozone countries facing economic difficulties. They are for the most part, Catholic countries, a religion that has always shown a higher tolerance for corruption than for other sins.

3 July 2013 – Linkiesta (Milan)

Ireland: ‘Pressure mounts to secure EU budget deal’

Ireland, which enters the last day of its EU presidency, is under “mounting pressure” to secure an EU budget agreement, writes The Irish Times. Talks to […]

27 June 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Debt crisis: ‘Irish bailout costs British taxpayers an extra £10bn’

Britain has provided £10bn (€11.8bn) in “back-door bailout” funding since 2008 to prop up the struggling Ulster Bank, a subsidiary of the nationalised Royal Bank […]

10 June 2013 – Presseurop The Times

Ireland: ‘Ireland labelled a “tax haven” as US Senate investigates Apple’s offshore strategies’

Ireland’s reputation “took a battering” at a US Senate hearing on May 21, reports The Irish Times, receiving the label of “tax haven” in an […]

22 May 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Debt crisis: Irish president condemns ‘hegemonic’ EU

Irish President Michael Higgins is under fire following an interview with the Financial Times in which said that the EU was “hegemonic” and faces a […]

3 May 2013 – Presseurop Financial Times, The Irish Times

Northern Ireland: ‘Same-sex vote puts us out on our own again’

On April 29, the Northern Ireland Assembly opted to reject same-sex marriage legislation, which was voted down by the Protestant conservative Ulster Unionist Party with […]

30 April 2013 – Presseurop The Belfast Telegraph

Ireland: ‘Troika raises failures on health spending’

The Irish government must begin providing monthly reports on health spending to the troika of international lenders (EU-ECB-IMF) as part of efforts to reduce costs. According […]

3 April 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Ireland: ‘ECB calls on Coalition to step up its reforms of bank sector’

The government must increase the pace of its banking reforms, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi said on March 7, as […]

8 March 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Ireland: Debt breathing space but no salvation

The EU has agreed an extension for Ireland and Portugal to give them more time to repay their bailout loans. Meeting on March 5, the […]

7 March 2013 – Presseurop Irish Independent

Ireland: ‘Boost for Ireland as eurogroup backs loan extension’

Eurozone finance ministers endorsed on March 4 a plan to extend the repayment deadline for the country’s bailout loans, “smoothing the path back to regular […]

5 March 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Food: Perils of supermarket cost-cutting machines

The switching of horsemeat for beef is a spectacular signal that a limit has been reached, says columnist John Gapper.

14 February 2013 – Financial Times (London)

Food Safety: ‘Horsemeat scandal continues to spread’

“The food sector elsewhere in Europe is increasingly concerned,” writes the newspaper, following the discovery of horsemeat in lasagne, which was supposed to contain beef […]

13 February 2013 – Presseurop De Standaard

Ireland: ‘Debt deal would see IBRC liquidated if agreement secured from Frankfurt’

Lawmakers in Ireland's parliament voted overnight to liquidate the Irish Bank Resolution Corp, or IBRC, one of its "bad banks", as part of a plan […]

7 February 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Ireland: ‘Kenny under fire for failure to issue full apology to Magdalene women’

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny fell short of offering a formal government apology over state involvement in sending women to work in the notorious Magdalene […]

6 February 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

Northern Ireland: ‘Facebook ordered to shut loyalist pages over threats’

Two web pages used by loyalist flag protesters on Facebook will be shut down. A judge ordered their closure after threatening comments were posted alongside […]

21 January 2013 – Presseurop The Irish News