At 494% of national income, Irish combined debt levels are the most crushing in the world.

Europe is exploiting our crisis in order to profit at our expense. If the interest rates on the EU loans are not reduced, the Irish public will suffer unnecessarily while our European partners profit from these loans.

Last August, 85 new jobs were announced in South Dublin. Today's additional announcement means that 128 local families have been provided with an income and a livelihood over the last few months.

New hospital ward, step down beds and 229 assisted discharge packages announced

Dublin South Fine Gael TD Peter Mathews, today, Thursday raised the issue of Government Policy on Fee- Charging Schools with the Minister in a special Dáil debate.

Austerity will only take Ireland so far; we need debt writedown

Sysnet Global Solutions expands operations with €1.34m R&D investment programme with support from Government

Western Union are helping to spread the benefits of Ireland's success in attracting international financial services beyond the IFSC to Clonskeagh

Fine Gael's Deputy Director of Elections for the Seanad Abolition Referendum, Regina Doherty TD, has today (Tuesday) criticised Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin TD, for flip flopping on the Seanad, and described his current stance as hypocritical in the extreme, as Deputy Martin did nothing to reform the Seanad during his time as a senior member of Government.