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Budget 2013

Wednesday 5th December

reaction to announcement today of Budget 2013 With minutes to go to the Speech by Finance minister Micheal Noonan in Dail Eireann, the Liveline programme focussed on Budget 2013 . Former Labour Party TD Eamonn Walsh called in to express his worries about the effects of the Budget cuts on ordinary people and his dismay at the levels of pay and pensions still enjoyed by members of the Oireachtas. Martin Kenny runs Denture Express in Dorset St in Dublin , he is very concerned at the level of Business rates charged by Dublin City Council . He says many shops ...

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Banking Bonus

Thursday 28th February

Well, it appears that the days of eye watering bankers bonuses are over as EU chiefs, led by the Irish Government, have agreed to cap them. The cap is part of a package of measures designed to avoid a repeat of the European banking meltdown which heralded the crash and joining Pat to discuss this package was Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan.

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Debt Deal

Friday 8th February

What an extraordinary couple of days it has been in Dublin, Brussels and Frankfurt. Months of intense and complex negotiations on our promissory notes ended in a deal that will cut the country’s borrowing needs by €20 billion in the coming decade. There was confirmation that the deal had been done around lunchtime yesterday following an overnight session of the Dail to agree the liquidation of the failed Anglo Irish Bank known as the IBRC. The Seanad approved the legislation just before 6am in the morning and President Michael D Higgins signed it into law an hour later. A few ...

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