Ireland may have to hold a referendum on building a fiscal union in the euro zone, the minister for European Affairs said on Friday, according to Reuters.
"I would say it's 50-50 and we will be looking at the detail over the next couple of weeks," (...)
The Irish government Monday announced 3.8 billion euros (5.1 billion dollars) worth of spending cuts and tax hikes in the 2012 budget, according to dpa.
Announcing savings in health care, education and other public services, Minister for Public (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA -- Irish retailers warn that an increase in the sales tax will encourage shoppers to head to Northern Ireland for household goods, UPI reported.
The proposed 2 percent increase in the value added tax known as (...)
AlHijjah 20, 1432, Nov 16, 2011, SPA - Saudi Embassy in Ireland took part in International Charitable Market, which concluded in Dublin this week with the participation of more than 50 embassies and charities.
The Market is organized every year by (...)
AlHijjah 4, 1432, Oct 31, 2011, SPA - Saudi Ambassador to Ireland Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Darees has expressed, in his own name and on behalf of members of the Saudi Embassy in Dublin, congratulations to Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the (...)
AlHijjah 2, 1432, Oct 29, 2011, SPA -- Labour candidate Michael D Higgins was declared theelected president of Ireland Saturday, as officials completed thecount at Dublin Castle, dpa reported.
Higgins got 39.6 per cent of first-preference votes and (...)
AlQa'dah 24, 1432, Oct 22, 2011, SPA -- Saudi Ambassador to Ireland Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Drees has held a dinner banquet in honor of Irish pilgrims who will perform Hajj rituals of this year.
The dinner banquet was attended by a number of (...)
The Irish government was allowed to push ahead with plans to impose losses on a subordinated bondholder in Allied Irish Banks on Friday after the debtholder agreed to withdraw its appeal against the state's actions, according to Reuters.
Using a (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Ireland Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Dirais met here today with Irish Minister of Education Ruairi Quinn.
During the meeting, they reviewed cultural cooperation and scientific exchange between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and (...)
U.S. President Barack Obama opens a four-country, six-day European tour Monday in Ireland, where his largely ceremonial visit will highlight America's deep ties with the Irish.
Air Force One is due to land in Dublin on Monday morning. The (...)
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived here today as part of a four-nation tour of Europe.
Obama and his wife Michelle landed in Dublin, first stop on a week-long trip that will include visits to Britain, France and Poland and is aimed at bolstering (...)
Queen Elizabeth II has landed near Dublin to begin the first visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland.
The four-day trip is designed to highlight strong Anglo-Irish relations and the blooming of peace in neighboring Northern (...)
Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday began the first visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland, a four-day trip to highlight strong Anglo-Irish relations and the success of Northern Ireland peacemaking, AP reported.
Resplendent in a cloak of (...)
Awwal 04, 1432 H / April 08, 2011, SPA -- A Protestant militant has been sent to prison after Northern Ireland's «cold case» detectives pinned him to the 1973 murder of a Belfast shopkeeper, according to AP.
The Historical Enquiries Team, a (...)
Akhir 27, 1432 / April 1, 2011, SPA -- Ireland's "big bang" banking plan failed to convince investors on Friday it can shoulder its soaring debt burden given grim prospects for growth and a lack of expected extra support from the European Central (...)
Akhir 26, 1432, March 31, 2011, SPA-- Ireland has suspended trading in the shares of Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks in advance of Thursday's publication of stress tests expected to show their need for billions more in aid, as AP (...)
Akhir 26, 1432 H/March 31, 2011, SPA -- Ireland will seek "significant contributions" from junior debtholders in its banks to pay for the cost of recapitalising the industry, Reuters quoted Finance Minister Michael Noonan as saying on (...)
Akhir 05 , 1432 H. / March 10, 2011 -- Ireland's newly elected prime minister, Enda Kenny, devoted his first full day on the job Thursday to lobbying European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso for a better bailout deal, according to (...)
Awwal 24, 1432 H/Feb 27, 2011, SPA -- Ireland's main opposition parties were on course on Sunday to form a coalition with a record majority after voters, angry at the country's financial plight, deserted the ruling Fianna Fail party and its rescue (...)
Awwal 23, 1432 H/Feb 26, 2011, SPA -- As counting of votes on Saturday continued in
Ireland's general election, opposition Fine Gael looked set to win
with the Labour Party also making huge gains.
But Fine Gael's Leo Varadker, who was elected (...)
Awwal 23, 1432 H/Feb 26, 2011, SPA -- Gerry Adams, the president of the nationalist Sinn
Fein party, was declared Saturday to have been elected to Ireland's
parliament on the first count, according to dpa.
Adams, known internationally for his (...)
Awwal 22, 1432 H/Feb 25, 2011, SPA -- Polls have opened in Ireland in a national election expected to bring big changes in the nation's political complexion, as AP reported.
The campaign was dominated by debate on how to rebuild an economy brought (...)
Awwal 21, 1432 H/Feb 24, 2011, SPA -- Old-style politics is expected to come to an end in
Ireland on Friday, as the Irish go to the polls for an election set
to transform the country's political landscape, according to dpa.
The political (...)
Awwal 16, 1432 H/Feb 19, 2011, SPA -- Ireland's centre-right Fine Gael party has extended its lead ahead of a general election next Friday, but remains short of an overall majority, a new opinion poll showed.
The Sunday Business Post/Red C poll (...)
Awwal 15, 1432 H/Feb 18, 2011, SPA -- A working class estate on the outskirts of Dublin is not a place you would normally expect to hear detailed discussion of unsecured bank bonds and interbank interest rates, according to Reuters.
But such is the (...)
