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<title>Smith to meet farming groups over funding</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201702624</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in new money would be available to Irish farmers from 2010, with a much smaller  ...  position following the Government&#39;s mismanagement of the public finances,&quot; he added. Martin Ferris (SF, Kerry North)  ...
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<title>No relief in sight as jobless rise is highest since 1975</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201696444</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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... ANALYSIS: The tactics used to keep Irish tills ringing have been limited to putting  ...  no relief in prospect in 2009,&quot; Retail Ireland said bluntly in response to the dismal  ...  in November, with the overall deficit in public finances now set to exceed 11.5 billion in  ...
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<title>A look at economic developments around the world</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201684066</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 23:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  after broad declines the day before. DUBLIN, Ireland -- Ireland&#39;s unemployment rate surged to a  ...  deepening the government&#39;s struggle to contain its budget deficit. The Central Statistics Office reported an unexpectedly  ...
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<title>Jobless claims in Ireland climb to a 12-year high</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201671410</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 22:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Ireland rose last month to its highest in  ...  published worsening exchequer figures. Ireland posted a budget deficit of 7.9bn euros ($9.99bn) in the first  ...  have seen a further deterioration in our public finance position since then (October). The Live Register  ...
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<title>&#39;No talks on altering pay deal&#39;</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201636298</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 18:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the agreement in light of the worsening public finances. Taoiseach Brian Cowen told the Dail social  ...  country out of the economic slump. An Irish Congress of Trade Unions spokeswoman said that  ...
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<title>ISME: Labour market has imploded</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201588103</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 14:51 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Irish economy is in dire straits as the labour market implodes and we need government  ...
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<title>Unemployment figures &#39;shocking&#39; - Opposition</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201585351</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 14:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  With unemployment up to 7.8 per cent, Ireland has overtaken the EU average for the  ...  exchequer figures showed that the Government&#39;s projected public finance figures were short by a billion euros,  ...  medium enterprises is available from banks. The Irish Small &amp; Medium Enterprises&#39; Association (Isme) said  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-Irish jobless claims rise to 12-year high</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201578582</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Ireland rose last month to its highest in  ...  published worsening exchequer figures. Ireland posted a budget deficit of 7.9 billion euros ($9.99 billion) in  ...  have seen a further deterioration in our public finance position since then (October).&#39; The Live Register  ...
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<title>Ireland&#39;s deficit woes worsen as unemployment jumps to decade-high of 7.8 percent</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201577337</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:56 GMT</pubDate>
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... DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) _ Ireland&#39;s unemployment rate surged to  ...  deepening the government&#39;s struggle to contain its budget deficit. The Central Statistics Office reported an unexpectedly  ...
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<title>Ireland battles deficit as jobless rate surges</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201575286</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:51 GMT</pubDate>
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... DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Ireland&#39;s unemployment rate surged to  ...  deepening the government&#39;s struggle to contain its budget deficit. The Central Statistics Office reported an unexpectedly  ...
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<title>U-turns lead down a road to nowhere</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201574597</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...   oh, and reading a stack of Irish Medical Times to find out what has  ...  bank and a $50-million-dollar share in the budget surplus of an African country that I have  ...
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<title>Unemployment rate hits 10-year high of 7.8 per cent</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201570924</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Irish Times takes no responsibility for the content  ...  the downturn. The obsession with stabilising the public finances will not in our opinion solve the  ...
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<title>Trying to figure it out</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201562737</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 12:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the Government&#39;s handling of the economy. Worsening public finances must place a question mark over the  ...  600m tonnes of carbon dioxide from the Irish atmosphere each year. Moreover, the O&#39;Connell Street  ...
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<title>Cowen faces Dail fire over poor Exchequer figures</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201559524</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  this morning over the state of the Irish economy. Mr Cowen was criticised over yesterday&#39;s  ...  figures showing that the deficit in the public finances will likely exceed 8bn by the end  ...
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<title>Cowen faces Dil fire over poor Exchequer figures</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201556907</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 11:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  this morning over the state of the Irish economy. Mr Cowen was criticised over yesterday&#39;s  ...  figures showing that the deficit in the public finances will likely exceed 8bn by the end  ...
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