SINCE 1764 pundits attempt to accurately predict Ireland’s events of each New Year. Best known of these is Old Moore’s Almanac, established by Theophilus Moore, a clerical academic from Milltown, Dublin.

WHICH part of this deal did they think might appeal to us?

DEEP divisions are at the heart of prevailing paralysis in the eurozone.

The leader of Italy’s largest union is threatening a general strike against an austerity package that premier Silvio Berlusconi’s government pushed through to balance the budget by 2013 and avoid financial collapse.

FIRSTLY, let’s get to the root of the problem that plagues all western democracies, namely the fact that most politicians regard being re-elected as their first priority, resulting in their reluctance to take hard economic decisions.

EUROBONDS and increasing the €750 billion bailout fund moved a step closer to being realised following long discussions by finance ministers in Brussels, but both could take some time to become a reality.