A corrupt ideology continues to push austerity on Greece, but if the country is to leave the eurozone, its politics and economic management must change, writes Michael Kinsella.           

AT half-mast, the flags of Ireland and Spain flew from Government Buildings yesterday as the Taoiseach and President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, led a three-minute silence across Europe.

OIL prices rose to a two-year high after Iraq said ‘no’ to United Nations peacekeeping troops in Iraq under a Franco-Germany strategy to avoid Gulf war II.