FOR most of us, the most tangible benefit of the euro is its convenience and the fact that it means we don’t have to go to the bother of going to the bank to exchange currency when travelling in another eurozone country.

The decision by the electorate to enshrine within our Constitution the right of all citizens, irrespective of sexual orientation, access to the institution of marriage is a victory for equality.

A leading economist has said there is "little basis" for "fear-mongering" over the economy of an independent Scotland.

Eurozone austerity policies to tackle the region’s debt crisis have been a "dismal failure" as economic growth grinds to a halt, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz said.

Austerity has been forced on Ireland because of a misguided ideology that sinners must be punished, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

Leading economist, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, has warned that Europe must deal with the issue of 'legacy debt'.

A real and wide-reaching common banking system — not just one based on supervision and regulation — is needed if the eurozone is to recover, one leading global economist said last night.

A Nobel prize-winning economist’s clear-eyed analysis of the inequality at the heart of the great recession leaves one eager for more, writes Jack O’Connor

TWO things really set me on edge at the weekend.

Eight economists explain the origins of the euro crisis and look at what would happen if the currency were abolished

THE finest economic minds in the world believe the eurozone will survive its crippling debt crisis, but think that if the bloc splinters it would make more sense for powerhouse Germany and not stricken Greece to break away.

NOBEL Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said that Government cutbacks are hindering Irish and European recovery and could lead to “a longer- term Japanese-style malaise of weak growth”.

WE ARE, in so many deeply challenging ways, at a crossroads and tomorrow’s meeting of the Green Party to consider a revised programme for government represents just one of the many ongoing exercises to try to decide which path we might take.

NOBEL Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said it would be criminal for NAMA to pay above the odds for impaired loans.

AT Davos, it seems, sorry is the hardest word.

Leading economists had mixed views today about whether a recession could spread around the world.

AS the largest civil society organisation on the island - representing some 750,000 working people - the Irish Congress of Trade Unions expects to draw its fair share of criticism and comment.

NOBEL Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz does not like George Bush.