Finance Minister Michael Noonan has intensified his campaign to cut the cost of repaying Anglo’s debts on the day the state handed over €1.2 billion to investors.

Is the troika going soft? Are some of its members going native?

The latest EU treaty is meant to stabilise the eurozone and ensure greater fiscal obedience but it can’t solve all ills, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

IRELAND will face fines of about €150 million if it fails to implement a law banning government deficits under the new draft treaty to be discussed by finance ministers in Brussels on Monday.

GREATER efforts should be made to help the vulnerable and unemployed, according to a member of the troika, who appealed for hard evidence of the effects of the austerity programme on people.

IRELAND’S company tax system will come under renewed pressure from France and Germany at the EU summit later this month.

THE Government could accept a ban on Ireland and other eurozone countries accessing the EU’s aid fund if they do not adopt the new treaty, according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan travels to Berlin today to convince his German counterpart not to force a referendum on Ireland.

THE resignation of MEP Proinsias De Rossa has led to a row over how his successor as Labour delegation leader should be chosen.

NEGOTIATIONS on the new fiscal treaty makes one wonder if Germany has a death wish for the euro, or at least for some of the eurozone countries.