Joan Burton

World-Beating Bonds Mask Irish Bailout Exit Hurdles: Euro Credit

Ireland’s dash to the bailout exit door is turning into more of a stagger than a sprint.

Burton Can’t Rule Out Second Irish Bailout, Independent Reports

Ireland’s Social Protection Minister Joan Burton said a second bailout for the country can’t be ruled out until the euro-area debt crisis is resolved, the Sunday Independent reported, citing an interview.

Ireland’s Burton Says Will Detail Sovereign Annuity Shortly

Ireland’s Social Protection Minister Joan Burton said her ministry will “very shortly” detail findings on sovereign annuity. At a conference in Dublin today, she said that her ministry had done a “lot of work” on the issue.

Irish Minister Says Banks Must Engage With Distressed Borrowers

Irish Social Protection Minister Joan Burton said banks have a responsibility to engage with “distressed” home-loan borrowers “on a case by case basis.”

Anglo Irish ‘In Different Basket’ to Other Banks, Minister Says

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. and Irish Nationwide Building Society, which took a 34.7 billion-euro ($49.7 billion) bailout, “are in a different basket” to Ireland’s other lenders, said Social Protection Minister Joan Burton.

Irish Diseases Return to Economy as Jobs Scarcity Spurs Exodus

Unemployment and emigration, the twin diseases that blighted Ireland in the 1980s before its economic boom, are returning to ail the country after the bust.

Children Lose to Bailed-Out Bankers as Crisis Forces Cuts

Twelve-year-old Alonso Arroyo is worried about his friend Dario.

Bondholder `Immunity' to Losses Challenged as Irish Bail Banks

Two years after assuring senior bondholders that they wouldn’t lose their money if banks failed, the Irish government is making the same promise again.

Irish Urge Children to Leave as Export Gain Masks Lost Jobs

Anthony Roche is urging his unemployed son to emigrate to Australia from Ireland to escape joblessness stemming from the country’s economic collapse.

Ireland's Fine Gael, Labour May Form Coalition as Political Power Shifts

Ireland’s two largest opposition parties may form a coalition government after the collapse of the banking system and an international bailout handed Fianna Fail a record election defeat.

"If the euro-zone crisis had not emerged a couple of months ago I would have been able to give a much tighter prediction."

- Joan Burton on Jan 15, 2012

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U.S. Stocks Decline as BOJ Leaves Stimulus Unchanged

Stocks Fall With Bonds, Commodities on BOJ as Yen Rallies

Senate Votes to Scale Back Farmers’ Safety Net

Yen Rallies After BOJ Keeps Policy Unchanged; Aussie Weakens

European Stocks Fall as BOJ Adds No New Stimulus