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Greece says troika wants more detail on austerity

Greece's international lenders have demanded additional details on Athens' proposals in an austerity package worth nearly €12 billion, the finance minister has said.

Business • 01 Oct 12

Latest EU review releases €1 billion in funding

The European Commission has approved the release of another €1 billion of funds for Ireland after its latest review found that we are complying positively with the terms of the economic adjustment programme.

Business • 18 Sep 12

Maria Fekter said a decision would be made after a Troika report on the Greek bailout is published

Greek debt deadline extension likely - Austrian FM

Greece will get more time to repay its debts to international lenders but will not get more money, Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter has said in a newspaper interview.

News • 16 Sep 12

Antonis Samaras is under pressure from his coalition partners

Samaras and Troika officials meet over Greek cuts

Greece acknowledged it was having trouble persuading its foreign lenders to accept a plan to save nearly €12 billion over the next two years.

News • 10 Sep 12

Leo Varadkar said no decision on the details of a proposed property tax has been made

Ministers say no decisions made on property tax

Two ministers have moved today to quell speculation that the forthcoming property tax will be based on house values.

News • 27 Aug 12

Officials discussed Greece's attempt to get more time to implement austerity measures

Europe must make decision on Greece - Hollande

French President Francois Hollande has said that Greek leaders must demonstrate their commitment to push through reforms, adding that Europe must take decisions on the country as soon as possible.

News • 27 Aug 12

Greek leaders agree further austerity measures

Political leaders in Greece have reportedly agreed on most of the austerity measures demanded by its creditors.

News • 29 Jul 12

Talks held between José Manuel Barroso and the Greek prime minister

Greek PM to meet Troika over bailout

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is to meet the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund over the country's bailout.

News • 27 Jul 12

Troika officials return to Athens

The troika returns to Athens today to begin an assessment of the second multi-billion euro bailout for Greece.

Business • 24 Jul 12

Noonan in talks with IMF officials

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan met representatives of the International Monetary Fund in Dublin today.

News • 18 Jul 12

A tale of two Troikas

Ireland has become the poster boy of international lenders, held up as a model of European austerity to problem child Greece.

Business • 11 Jul 12

Noonan hopes for 'significant progress' on debt

Euro zone finance ministers have set next October as the intended target date for taking a vitally important decision on the restructuring of Ireland's bank debt.

Business • 10 Jul 12

Finance ministers reached agreement after nine hours of talks in Brussels

Noonan hopes for 'significant' bank debt deal

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said he hopes significant progress can be made in reducing Ireland's bank debt burden during negotiations with the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.

News • 10 Jul 12

Greece sees 'difficult years' ahead

New Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras warned today that the country's recovery plan was "off-track" and Greece faced "difficult years ahead" as sensitive talks with EU-IMF creditors began

Business • 05 Jul 12

Opposition query how EU deal can benefit taxpayers

Members of opposition meet Troika officials

Members of the opposition met with Troika officials this morning describing the meeting as useful, while others discussed a lack of clarity to how the EU deal can benefit taxpayers.

News • 05 Jul 12

A report by Greece's outgoing finance minister George Zannias showed that civil servant numbers had not dropped despite cuts

Report claims Greece breached troika deal

A report suggests that Greece breached the rules of its EU/IMF loan agreement by taking on some 70,000 public sector staff.

News • 25 Jun 12

Michael Noonan to attend EuroGroup and EcoFin meetings this week

Michael Noonan says growth and budget on track

The Minister for Finance has told an Oireachtas Committee that the rate of growth and budget are on track.

Business • 19 Jun 12

Bailout change would help market return - Gilmore

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said Ireland's re-entry to the markets would be greatly assisted by a re-engineering of our financial arrangements and particularly our debt arrangement that arose from the bank bailout.

News • 19 Jun 12

Troika considers effect of changing Irish bailout

The effect of making changes to Ireland's bailout in order to help it return to the markets has been considered, RTÉ News has learned.

News • 19 Jun 12

Benefits of extending terms of loans considered

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said the Government has been working to extend the repayment schedule of bailout loans.

Business • 18 Jun 12

Micheál Martin said the Government should have been more assertive in pushing for a new bank debt deal

Spain's bank deal bad for Ireland - Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said the bank debt deal with Spain is bad for Ireland as it does not break the link between bank and sovereign debt.

News • 12 Jun 12

Greek voters warned retention of euro at stake

Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos has told voters that Greece may have to abandon the euro if they fail to support him in tomorrow's general election.

News • 06 May 12

Ireland meeting IMF/EU programme targets

The Finance Minister has said that Ireland has successfully concluded the sixth review of the programme with the EU Commission, the ECB and the IMF.

Business • 26 Apr 12

Michael Noonan said there is nothing on the horizon that would require a mini-budget

Ireland meeting bailout targets - Troika

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said that Ireland has successfully concluded the sixth review of the programme with the EU Commission, the ECB and the IMF.

News • 27 Apr 12

ESRI backs income-related property tax

A full property tax system would be fairer than a flat-rate property charge, according to new research carried out by the Economic and Social Research Institute.

News • 18 Apr 12