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EU finance ministers are expected to give final approval to the deal in June

Repayments on €20bn of EU loans to be rescheduled

The plan to extend the deadline for Ireland to repay its bailout loans to the EU will change the repayment dates for €20bn of loans, according to Minister for Finance Michael Noonan.

Business • 30 May 13

The EU, ECB and IMF - 10th review of the Irish Government's implementation of the bailout programme

Ireland's gradual recovery continuing, says Troika

Ireland's bailout programme remains on track, the gradual recovery is continuing and there have been further improvements in market conditions for the sovereign and the banks.

News • 09 May 13

Portugal back selling 10 year bonds today

Portugal sells bonds for first time since bailout

Portugal held a sale of its 10-year bonds today for the first time since it needed a bailout in 2011,

Business • 07 May 13

Pearse Doherty said the Troika made it clear the Government set the €300m payroll target

Sinn Féin urges Troika to move away from austerity

The Troika has said Ireland must stick to its plans to reduce the deficit, according to Sinn Féin.

News • 26 Apr 13

Olli Rehn, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Mario Draghi and Klaus Regling speak to the media at Dublin Castle

Seven-year extension agreed on Irish bailout loans

Eurozone and Ecofin finance ministers have agreed to extend the repayment of bailout loans for Ireland and Portugal by seven years.

News • 12 Apr 13

Professor Mody said mistakes were made in Irish bailout deal

Too much austerity, says former IMF mission chief

Professor Ashoka Mody, one of the architects of Ireland's IMF bailout, said that mistakes were made when so many austerity measures were imposed as part the deal.

Business • 11 Apr 13

Cyprus's total bullion reserves stood at 13.9 tonnes at the end of February

Cyprus to sell around €400m worth of gold

Cyprus has to sell excess gold reserves to raise around €400m to help finance its part of its bailout.

Business • 11 Apr 13

Banks reopened yesterday after an almost two-week shutdown

President says Cyprus will not leave eurozone

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has said Cyprus has no intention of leaving the eurozone and that the situation there was "contained".

News • 29 Mar 13

The weekly protest first began in March 2011

Ballyhea group meets EU Monetary Affairs official

A delegation from the north Cork village of Ballyhea, which is opposed to the EU-IMF bailout for Ireland, will meet members of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in Brussels today.

News • 27 Mar 13

There have been numerous protests in Cyprus since the bailout deal was reached

Banks to open in Cyprus Thursday

Cypriots are expected to descend in their thousands on banks tomorrow, which reopen with tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent fleeing depositors from cleaning out the vaults in a catastrophic bank run.

News • 28 Mar 13

IMF's Christine Lagarde, Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Commissioner Olli Rehn were involved in the negotiations

'Deal in best interest of Cyprus'

The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests and would end anxiety, but he also announced "very temporary" capital controls to stem a run on the island's banks.

News • 25 Mar 13

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades held crucial meetings in Brussels with the EU, ECB and IMF

Cyprus in last-minute talks to save economy

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has held fraught last-minute talks with international lenders as doubts grow about whether a deal could be reached to save Cyprus from financial meltdown.

News • 24 Mar 13

Cyprus has until Monday to reach a deal with the European Union

Intense talks as Cyprus edges closer to bailout

Cyprus has reportedly agreed a deal on a controversial bank deposit levy with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

News • 23 Mar 13

Cypriot banks will remain closed until Tuesday as a result of the crisis

Cyprus may impose capital controls on banks

The Cypriot government has submitted a bill to parliament giving the finance minister or central bank governor the right to impose capital controls on banks.

Business • 21 Mar 13

The immediate focus will be on whether large amounts of funds are withdrawn from Cyprus this week

Small savers in Cyprus 'should be protected'

Eurozone ministers urged Cyprus to let smaller savers escape a levy on bank deposits, before a parliamentary vote that will either secure the island's financial rescue or threaten default.

News • 18 Mar 13

President Nicos Anastasiades told the country he had to accept the tax in return for international aid

Cyprus works on deal to soften bank levy

Cyprus is reportedly working on a last-minute proposal to soften the impact on smaller savers of a bank deposit levy imposed as part of an international bailout.

News • 17 Mar 13

Nicos Anastasiades said agreeing to the levy was a painful decision he had to make

Cypriot president defends €10bn bailout terms

The Cypriot president has said he had to agree to the controversial EU-IMF bailout terms, as the only alternative was the country going bankrupt.

News • 17 Mar 13

Egypt has been in talks with the IMF about a $4.8bn loan

Egypt may take bridging loan from IMF

Egypt is studying an offer of a bridging loan from the International Monetary Fund, a source at the finance ministry has told Reuters, as it struggles through an economic and currency crisis.

Business • 11 Mar 13

Moody's is the only ratings agency of the main three to have Ireland on a non-investment rating

Bailout loan extension 'significant' - Moody's

Ratings agency Moody’s has said that Europe’s agreement in principle to consider extending the maturities on some Irish loans is “very significant".

Business • 07 Mar 13

The Ballyhea protest began in March 2011

Ballyhea protesters hold 100th march over bailout

A protest against the ECB-IMF bailout has taken place in the small north Cork village of Ballyhea.

News • 28 Jan 13

Michael Noonan and Italian Finance Minister Vittorio Grilli chat before this morning's meeting

EU ministers agree to examine Irish bailout loan

EU finance ministers have agreed to examine the possibility of extending the maturities - the time allowed for repayment - for part of Ireland's bailout loan.

News • 22 Jan 13

Michael Noonan will attend next week's talks

Eurozone finance ministers to discuss bailout fund

Eurozone finance ministers will on Monday take the first steps towards addressing if and how the permanent EU bailout fund might be able to directly recapitalise banks, including the issue of legacy bank debt.

News • 16 Jan 13

The report says spending on pharmaceuticals in Ireland is the highest in the EU

Troika report suggests measures to tackle debt

A draft report by the European Commission on Ireland's bailout programme has recommended major changes to deal with overspending.

News • 11 Jan 13

Enda Kenny was speaking at a news conference with José Manuel Barroso

Deal on Anglo needed before bailout exit - Kenny

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that Ireland needs a deal on Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes in order to exit the EU-IMF bailout.

News • 11 Jan 13

Kenny says debt deal needed to ensure bailout exit

The Taoiseach has said that he expects Ireland will return fully to bond markets late next year, but that a deal on easing bank debt is necessary to ensure a successful bailout exit.

News • 20 Dec 12