Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan has expressed optimism about talks on promissory notes.
The National Treasury Management Agency has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of China's sovereign wealth fund.
The euro zone has come under new pressure to boost the firepower of its debt emergency fund.
Spain's economy has skidded back into recession, a Bank of Spain report has signalled.
US home prices kept falling in January, new S&P/Case-Shiller housing market data showed today.
World oil prices were lower this evening as traders reacted to falling US consumer confidence.
UK soap and shampoo maker PZ Cussons has issued a second profit warning in less than four months.
A legal challenge has been launched against the €31 billion promissory note issued by the Government to bail out two collapsed banks.
A nephew of the former billionaire Seán Quinn has said debts of $130 million due to a Quinn family company were signed over to a Ukrainian man last year to stop Anglo Irish Bank getting the money.
Residential property prices nationwide fell by 17.8% in the year to February, the biggest fall since December 2009.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is continuing a four-day trade and investment mission to China.
Representatives of the British Columbia Construction Association travelled here a few weeks ago to take part in the Working Abroad Expos and advertise jobs on large Canadian infrastructure projects.