No EU bailout request from Ireland

Ireland has made no request for an EU bailout, the European Commission confirmed today.

Ireland has made no request for an EU bailout, the European Commission confirmed today.

A spokesman in Brussels said there was a “financial backstop” available under emergency EU financing agreed last May – a €50bn fund.

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