The finance minister has called on banks to provide more equity to developers to help tackle a housing crisis in Dublin and beyond.

BRAIN COWEN and Brain Lenihan confirmed that Ireland is financially sound to, at least, July 2011.

THE devastation was of Fianna Fáil’s making and the bank bailout means the blood of the Celtic Tiger will forever stain its hands.

AIB chief executive Colm Doherty says lack of clarity about NAMA and the lack of clearance from the EU on the bank’s restructuring made it difficult for him to be precise about how he saw the bank’s future evolving.

THOUGH it’s far, far too soon to suggest that the crisis in the world’s markets is slowing, there were two pieces of good news yesterday.