Written by Foras Teamhrach
Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200 docked at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A320-214-EI-DEN.jpg Yesterday, RTE News reported that proposals have been drawn up to “plug” the €722 million deficit in the Aer Lingus pension fund by handing its assets to the National Treasury Management Agency. The government is considering selling its 25% holding in Aer [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
The referendum results have just been announced, (8:10 RTE News), The Referendum on Oireachtas inquiries has been defeated. There were 928,175 votes (53.3%) against and 812,008 votes (46,7%) in favour. RTE commented that no Government Ministers were present at the count centre. 5:59 (RTE News), “Referendum results from 16 of 43 constituencies show that [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
@ RTE News RTE News – “The International Monetary Fund has announced that it is releasing almost €1.5 billion to Ireland as part of the EU-IMF financial aid package for the country. The IMF said Ireland had maintained "resolute implementation" of its economic restructuring programme aimed at reducing debt and shoring up its [...]
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