SEVEN world leaders yesterday demanded Europe act more decisively to quell its debt crisis as a European Central Bank study warned that the entire euro currency project was now in peril.

A MAJOR cyber attack on the International Monetary Fund was aimed at stealing sensitive information, a cyber security expert said, as the race to lead the body which oversees the global financial system heats up.

POOR Micheál Martin, you’ve got to feel sorry for him — he got elected leader of Fianna Fáil.

IT was the moment Brian Cowen finally completed his car crash journey from being the Bruiser of Irish politics to its Mr Bean.

THE Government is set to take a majority stake in Bank of Ireland as part of a projected €85 billion bailout of the banks, it was reported last night.

THE pound and the dollar continued to fall against the euro yesterday but small firms will suffer if the euro continues to grow in strength.

ISME fears black economy could be worth up to €461m a week to rogue traders.

Hundreds of activists have today gathered on an Indonesian island near Singapore ahead of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Sam Marsden