"Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin (left) and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan deliver the 2014 Budget at Government Buildings, Dublin." width
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Ireland announces more budget cuts despite recovery
Michael Noonan, Ireland's finance minister. In his budget, one in 10 of the over-70s will lose access to free healthcare. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters
Ireland's recovery is well under way, according to the country's finance minister, but its government asked pensioners and the young unemployed on Tuesday to shoulder the burden of yet another austerity budget.
Michael Noonan announced cuts totalling
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Ireland closes loopholes that led to tax haven allegations
"Noonan: 'Let me be crystal clear. Ireland wants to be part of the solution to this global tax challenge, not part of the problem.' Photograph: Art Widak/Demotix/Corbis"/
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The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is wrong to claim that austerity is coming to an end | Michael Burke
Anti-austerity protesters in politician masks gather on O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre as the Irish government announces its budget for 2014. Photograph: Brendan Donnelly/Brendan Donnelly/Demotix/Corbis
Ireland is being held up once more as the star pupil of the austerity school of economics in Europe, with the Taoiseach Enda Kenny arguing that his government is exiting the bailout programme set by the troika of European Union, the European Central Bank and the IMF. He says the era of austerity is coming to an end.
Both of these claims are clearly questionable, but they do illuminate some important features of the situation in Europe
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