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.
What if Ireland does vote No tomorrow? Enda Kenny repeated to me today that unlike the referendums on Nice and Lisbon, Irish voters won’t be given a second chance to change their minds.
“I am not in, as the chancellor of the exchequer, a daily opinion poll contest and a daily popularity contest. I will tell you what I am engaged in. A daily contest with the rest of the world to make Britain competitive to bring jobs to Britain.”
Gary Gibbon
What are the implications of the Irish having a referendum on the European fiscal compact treaty?
The recently inaugurated Irish President visits London today as part of a three-day tour. But who is the man affectionately known by the Irish public as ‘Michael D’?
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.
The US defence secretary warns that Israel may attack Iran as early as April to halt the development of Tehran’s nuclear programme.
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.
Gary Gibbon
Ireland discovers some spare pennies – but at a time of austerity, shouldn’t the government already have been looking for any “lost” cash, says Gary Gibbon.
The Greek referendum has sent Greek politics into chaos. But it has also disarmed the euro bailout agreed last week, sending government borrowing costs soaring and share prices crasing across the rest of the eurozone.
Voting has begun in the Irish presidential elections. There are seven candidates, more than in any previous election.
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”.
Michael Campbell is found guilty by a Lithuanian court of trying to smuggle arms to the Real IRA and sentenced to 12 years in prison as Carl Dinnen reports for Channel 4 News.
A former member of the IRA, a gay rights activist and a Eurovision song contest winner – Carl Dinnen looks at some of the colourful candidates hoping to become the next President of Ireland.
As a record number of seven candidates are selected to run for Irish presidency, Carl Dinnen profiles the top nominees.