Paul Mason
Greek crisis: crunch time
The country will divide: right versus left – as it has been divided since British tanks rolled into Syntagma Square in 1944 to install former Nazi collaborators into office.
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Ireland debt crisis: Budget vote remains perilous
The Irish government prepares to publish a 15bn euro plan for drastic savings amid financial crisis. Economics Editor Faisal Islam looks at what is at stake for Ireland’s political class.
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Ireland debt crisis: the planned cuts
As Ireland negotiates terms of the multi-billion pound bailout, details of the government’s austerity measures emerge with welfare, jobs and minimum wage facing heavy cuts, writes Faisal Islam.
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Ireland debt crisis: no gain without pain
As talks continue over a multi-billion euro bailout to save Ireland from financial fallout, Prof Andrew Clare writes that unless debt holders learn hard lessons the economic crisis will persist.
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Ireland debt crisis: aid moves closer
Ireland moves closer to accepting an EU-backed bailout worth tens of billions of euros to stabilise the economy, though the Irish government says an agreement has not yet been finalised.
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Paul Mason
Greece is not Ireland – and it’s not just about the economics
Why did Greece collapse and Ireland survive? First, because the Irish crisis was a banking crisis. And in Greece you can’t impose austerity and hope modernise at the same time.
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Ireland exits bailout: ‘biggest crisis since famine’
Ireland officially exits its strict bailout programme and re-enters money markets but the years of austerity budgets and unemployment are not over yet.
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EU unveils banking union plan to tackle euro crisis
Major strides are taken to tackle eurozone debt, with plans for a banking union and German approval of a permanent bailout fund to rescue ailing countries.
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Ireland’s former richest man hides £400m but escapes jail
Bankrupt ex-billionaire Sean Quinn avoids a jail sentence despite blocking the state bank from seizing £400m worth of assets by claiming bankruptcy after being found guilty of contempt of court.
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Eurozone debt crisis: what will be agreed?
With world leaders at the G20 summit putting pressure on eurozone countries to sort out their problems, Channel 4 News looks at the action they are taking.
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Faisal Islam
Euro crisis 2012 vs Euro 2012
Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam blogs on the Euro crisis 2012 versus Euro 2012.
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Bank of England holds steady in face of eurozone crisis
Why has the Bank of England decided against printing more money despite a recession in Britain, an intensification of the eurocrisis and advice from the IMF that now is the time to act?
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Eurozone crisis: how safe are Britain’s banks?
With fears that Spain’s banks may need to be bailed out, Channel 4 News looks at the state of the banking sector in Britain.
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Tsipras on euro crisis: ‘Both sides have nuclear option’
In an exclusive interview with Jonathan Rugman, Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras – who could be the next Greek premier – says logic will prevail and Greece will not be forced out of the euro.
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Beyond the bunting, is Ireland really bouncing back?
To the outsider, Ireland does not seem like a country which is gripped by a prolonged economic crisis, writes Dr Peter Stafford. But will the Guinness be flowing freely tonight for St Patrick’s day?
