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Euro ministers in bid to finalise Cyprus bailout Eurozone and EU finance ministers meet in Dublin from Friday to finalise the Cyprus bailout and consider extending debt repayment dates for Portugal and Ireland.

12 April 2013

Eurogroup approves Ireland, Portugal debt extension Eurozone finance ministers approved early Saturday plans to give bailed-out Ireland and Portugal more time to pay back some of their massive rescue loans.

18 March 2013

Irish lawmakers vote to liquidate Anglo Irish Bank Irish lawmakers voted through emergency legislation to liquidate the former Anglo Irish bank early Thursday, as part of a deal to ease the eurozone country's massive debt burden.

07 February 2013

Shock and sadness as Irish minister found dead The Irish political world was in shock Saturday after a member of Prime Minister Enda Kenny's government was found dead in circumstances that police said were not suspicious.

23 December 2012

Immigrants in OECD nations hit by economic crisis: report Immigrants in OECD nations have been badly hit by the economic crisis especially in vulnerable states such as Ireland, Spain and Italy.

04 December 2012

Death sparks criticism of Irish abortion laws Ireland's tough abortion laws came under fire on Wednesday following the death of an Indian woman after doctors allegedly refused her a termination because it was against the laws of the Catholic country.

16 November 2012

Kazakhstan in the same group with Germany and Austria for the 2014 Football World Championship qualifications Football federations of Kazakhstan, Germany, Swiss, Ireland, Austria and Faeroes will gather to discuss the qualification round.

06 August 2011

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