Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has told the closing session of his party's Ard Fheis in Killarney that Government policies were entrenching austerity and forcing a generation to emigrate.
European Union officials have confirmed that there will be no change to the text of the fiscal treaty.
The Society of St Vincent de Paul received almost 90,000 calls from people looking for help last year.
One hundred jobs are to be created in the hospitality sector with the opening of a new hotel in Dublin early next year.
The five-month sit-in by former workers at the Vita Cortex manufacturing plant in Cork has ended.
Mandate has said that around a third of its members are finding it difficult to feed and clothe their families.
The Central Bank has issued figures that suggest that one in ten mortgages is in arrears of more than 90 days.
European Union leaders have re-iterated that they want Greece to hold onto the euro, as long as it honours its commitments to fiscal consolidation and structural reforms.
Intel's plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare, is one of three worldwide that the company has chosen to produce its future generation of chips.
Gift voucher company Smartbox is to create 70 new jobs in Dublin.
The Taoiseach has described eurobonds as an idea "worth exploring", but has ruled out a eurozone financial transaction tax if it disadvantaged the Irish economy.
The National Asset Management Agency has announced proposals to invest €2bn in Ireland over the next four years.
Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton says nobody can predict whether Ireland will need access to the European Stability Mechanism.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has told the Dáil that the Government has failed to deal with the mortgage crisis.
Farm incomes rose last year by 32%, according to the State farm body Teagasc.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said he does not expect agreement on euro bonds at tomorrow's EU summit.
The IBOA met AIB management today to discuss plans for voluntary redundancies and early retirement schemes that will see 2,500 people leave the bank's workforce.
The owner of the Vita Cortex plant in Cork has begun to transfer redundancy payments into the bank accounts of former staff.