Noonan: This has been a 'good week' for Ireland

Despite yesterday's controversy surrounding Taoiseach Enda Kenny's comments on who is to blame for the state of the economy, the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said it has been a "good week" for Ireland.

The Government has taken advantage of a "swap deal" with investors, meaning Ireland has to pay €8.5bn back to Europe in 2015 as opposed to €12bn.