It is hoped Ireland can garner further support for its bid on a deal on the issue of Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes today.

Commissioner snussed out of job

Ireland’s corporation tax rate was in the sights of the man most likely to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor when he met Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore in Berlin.

CLAIMS that eurozone finance ministers had discussed a rescue plan for failing euro-area member states have been strongly denied by Taoiseach Brian Cowen and senior leaders at the EU economic summit in Brussels.

THE mention of tax havens conjures up pictures of mixing with royalty in Monaco, living under blue skies on creamy beaches in the Caribbean or interminable ski holidays on the romantic slopes of Switzerland.

GERMANY’S finance minister has made a blistering attack on Ireland’s low corporate tax rate and accused the country of using EU money to fund unfair competition.

European Union finance ministers criticised British prime minister Tony Blair today for his EU budget plan that would slash overall spending by €24bn and substantially cut aid to the bloc’s newest and poorest members.