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Mary was assumed into heaven, whereas Jesus ascended under his own steam

Pro-cyclical policy risky, says fiscal council chair

Fiscal Advisory Council does not favour injecting money in effort to restore economy

John McHale: Coalition spending strays from prudent path

The upward adjustment this year is higher than in any year during the property boom

Noonan confident of getting budget approval from Brussels

Troika expressed concern that the spending plans are too expansionary

Central Bank governor warns Government over growth

Patrick Honohan says multinational activities were boosting figures

Seamus Coffey: Government stretching EU budget rules and we should be worried

Budget 2016 adheres to the letter rather than the spirit of the Growth and Stability pact

Fine Gael and Labour differ on future USC cuts

Enda Kenny wants to abolish charge while Burton wants cuts for low-income earners

Troika to return to Ireland as part of post-bailout review

EC declines to comment on claims Ireland’s budget may be in breach of EU rules

Budget plans break fiscal rules, warns watchdog

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says Government is planning significant deviation

Enda Kenny says Fiscal Advisory Council’s warnings are ‘valuable’

Taoiseach reacting to group’s concerns over spring economic statement

Coalition can depart from fiscal rules, but scope for tax cuts is limited

Analysis: State should avoid eroding its revenue-raising capacity

Budget decisions a Government matter, Kenny says

Taoiseach responds to criticism from fiscal council over risk of repeating errors

Fiscal chief warns against impact of giveaway politics on economy

Prof John McHale says: ‘Politics may again be leading us to the kind of mistakes we’ve made in the past’

Burton keen to avoid return to ‘bubble, boom, bust’ cycles

Tánaiste notes ‘important’ report by Fiscal Advisory Council which calls for tough budget

Howlin insists Government has some leeway with tax cuts

Budgetary watchdog says it would be ‘unwise’ to have a budget adjustment of less than €2 billion

Coalition warned to keep to €2 billion budget savings

Budgetary watchdog says the Government has no scope for cuts in taxation in upcoming October

What is more important: strong banks or nice banks?

Business Opinion: it is only a slight exaggeration to say the Government has let the banks’ customers be sacrificed at the altar of exit from the bailout

Are we getting back to work?

Unemployment is at its lowest for three years. Does this signal a resurgence in the job market or is it just that people are emigrating or joining one of the Government’s job schemes?

‘Vulnerable’ variable mortgage holders may need protection

Banks increasing variable rates in search of profits, says McHale

Coalition’s choice of way forward broadly applauded but warning given as to risks

The path of a lighter budget and rejection of a credit line needs growth for it to work

Warning over possibility of further bank capitalisations

Additional capital needed might be sourced ‘from private sector or ESM’

End of austerity budgets may be as early as 2015

‘By 2017, 2018, we should be in a position to raise expenditure,’ says McHale

Competition urgently needed in banking market, says Isme chief

Calls for a strategic investment bank to help small firms

There are good grounds to believe that austerity will end, and that it will work

Opinion: 2015 could see a return to modestly expansionist budgets

Department of Finance revises down GDP growth forecast

Officials brief all-party Oireachtas committee

German election: don’t mention the euro crisis

There has been little talk of economic and European issues in the campaign

Labour TD concerned at advisory council's role ahead of budget

Kevin Humphreys claims giving sensitive forecasts to unelected council undermines Oireachtas

Irish bond yields drop to pre-crash levels

Slide in borrowing costs was part of EU bond rally linked to speculation about rate cut

Government must not row back on planned cuts and taxes, watchdog urges

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council believes there is a one-in-three chance the Government will not reach its budget deficit target by 2015

Spending cuts and tax increases should continue, watchdog recommends

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says ‘significant uncertainties’ remain for Irish economy

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