Ireland deficit

Gardaí police estimate that over 30,000 people attend a protest against the introduction of water charges in the Republic of Ireland.

Embarrassing conversations between former executives of Anglo Irish Bank, which was rescued by the taxpayer after running into trouble, are leaked to a Dublin newspaper.

PR guru Max Clifford has again protested his innocence after his arrest and bailing by police investigating alleged sexual offences dating back to 1977.

Stock markets plunged and the cost of borrowing in Spain and Italy went up as the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi disappointed markets with a non-committal press conference.

Argentina may be able to teach Greece a thing or two about financial collapse after fighting back from its own 2001 economic meltdown. But is Greece ready to listen?

Greeks, fed up with five years of a bitter recession and almost 23 per cent unemployment, weigh the consequences of voting with their hearts or minds on the eve of a crucial election.

Ireland starts counting votes in a referendum on an EU financial treaty that could undermine one of Europe’s key initiatives as problems mount in Spain and Greece.

As Greece implodes under tough fiscal reform Ireland, the IMF’s ‘austerity poster boy’, votes on belt-tightening measures in a referendum too close to call.

Voters enraged with austerity measures are preparing to vote again in June as Greece’s president looks set to fail in his eleventh hour bid to cobble together a coalition government.

Spain partially nationalised banking giant Bankia SA after concerns about its real estate exposure in a scenario reminiscent of the Irish crisis following the 2008 implosion of Lehman Bros.

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?

Petrol bombs and burning down buildings has been the Greek public’s response to austerity measures. The Irish go for a more understated display of disgruntlement, as journalist Leo Enright explains.

As Ireland negotiates its way out of recession, Channel 4 News hears that the fourth austerity budget in four years will take its toll on an already fragile country.

We track the repeat “crunch talks” which punctuate the eurozone debt crisis, as a global finance expert tells Channel 4 News Europe’s leaders are wrestling with an “ungovernable system”.

Stock markets around the world drop as indebted Greece says it will miss its deficit reduction target.