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it is unfortunate for us. >> ireland is an ireland of mixed feelings.the grass is greener elsewhere, some say. others are counting on a better future. property developed brian mckeon is constructing apartments and business is booming again, somewhat ironic considering the building sector is emblematic of ireland's financial collapse. the banks recklessly loaned huge sums to developers and almost went under. >> good cruise over the years, we had to let them go -- goodcrews over the years, we had to let them go because we had no work for them. >> now more work is on the way. >> we have turned a corner. we are very optimistic. >> on the way to one of the other developments, we passed a ghost estates, a sign of economic meltdown. is mckeon part of a new properly double in the make ash property bubble in the making? -- is mckeon part of a new property bubble in the making? >> people have been much more cautious and realistic. >> bryans concept seems economically viable. he sold 20 houses here within a fortnight. in the show house he greets to potential buyer

the property crash in ireland left so many mortgage holders in negative equity. mortgage arrears now is at 18% and rising, which is very worrying to those international bodies looking at ireland's banking system. of course, now that ireland is out of the bailout it will be subject to those bank stress tests from the e.u. later next year, and the government says the banks will pass all of those stress tests, but there are questions about how much capital they have and how stable they are. >> that was steven carroll reporting from dublin. next we're looking at a warning about virtual currencies in general. the european union's banking watchdog has warned about the dangers of using bits coin as the currency has become more and more pap lar and its value has shot up. -- popular and its value has shot up. >> a stern warning from the i.'s watchdog. consumers are on their own if they lose any money using bitcoin. it isn't backed by central banks or government and there's no protection or compensation if a digital wallet is hacked. this comes on the heels of china bannin

i left ireland myself for six years to go and work abroad. precisely because i wanted to go off to opportunities that were not available in the dock point what then happened as we have done before in our history is we created an economy and society that encourage people to come back again of course you correctly acknowledge the fact that we have. immigration rates true our entire history but also during this part of the crisis do the part of god of course the start we have one of the highest birth rates within europe and you would probably know one of the long term drivers of economic success is the ability of a country to be above its for placement ratio notice where he says he's there and he's here is. as people begin to grow now i mean you have to wait twenty years to allow that new generation to grow up i mean the richer you growth now intraday or generation has grown up i mean if you look at the year leaving they're doing well so i am sorry not all of them are leaving that's wrong. you only are a thousand people left since two thousand a

ireland and ireland still in my heart you were faced with the reality of and right willingly about this of the infidelity of your parents both of them yes i did you deal with that your father love your mother had over their children right they were just lover a lover they both had lovers. and. i think at the time when i first discovered. that fact it was disturbing to me but discovered about first a my father. my. keith he had a little box and his bathroom and my brothers showed me some photographs that were in the little box and. i was face shocked yes i was very shocked him and but at the same time my father's girlfriends were always wonderful and beautiful and let me try on their makeup and wear their stockings and their high heels so i like them very much about your mother's boyfriend. i like my mother's boyfriends less because they didn't have stuck. with me. how did you deal with this your whole about. nine or ten young yeah. but actually i mean i say i like them last my mother's my mother's lovers but they were there everyone was nice to me you know your own pub more religious th

statistics show that somebody leaves ireland every six minutes. a group representing the younger generation is gathered to protest outside parliament. the state has reduced social welfare payments to one hundred euros a week or under twenty six year olds. we're seen as an easy target along with other groups and societies that yes i was in his introduction to social web and young people only have one here today. it is entirely acceptable and is absolutely needed to embrace while citizens are being hit by cuts in tax hikes the corporate tax rate has been left untouched been relatively low twelve point five percent. it's attracted multinationals like facebook or google. analysts fiona he says investors like the combination of austerity and tax incentives. here is the hardest ten year bonds nice to be improving. that is to concede that shows that the market's view aren't as good but none to help him she says ireland no longer needs the eurozone rescue fun but if they break it sounded so that the economy is growing again and we have talked to you a pic

one sided interpretation to take of what's happened in ireland across the not last two years because of course you're right to say the level of unemployment has come slowly many economists are now saying done in r.l. and what we have achieved over the last year is doubt we have achieved growth for this job creation as opposed to the other way around which is what normally happens . and we're now seeing our economy generate jobs at around three thousand new jobs per month after going to many years of losing them by eight thousand jobs per month mr donohue we have to take a short break now but when we come back ireland has unique experience and many of the issues traveling the world today but why is it often reluctant to stake a stand well that they'll be and just a few moments. they look like bounty islands where the locals can enjoy the sun and the ocean. but what was buried here years ago. means these people are suffering the consequences. how much more poison lies on the ground. behind this zone there is what we call the callet bank on which there is a deposit of plutonium left by

and ireland becomes the first state to officially break free from the eurozone bailout program and milestone on its road to financial recovery. we're watching our team live from our moscow studios where it's just after one pm i'm lindsey graham thanks for joining me. ukraine's president has called for a stop to any forcible action by police and activists he also wants those arrested during the protests in kiev to be granted amnesty president viktor yanukovych which made concessions after holding talks with the opposition over the crisis that's gripping the country refused to dismiss the cabinet what started out as a rally in favor of signing an agreement with the e.u. has turned into anti-government demonstrations with thousands camped out in central kiev massive rallies in support of the government are also expected to take place just hundreds of meters away from the heart of the opposition protests r.t.s. alexy or chef king is in kiev and takes a closer look at how the revolutionary mood is affecting every day life. the korean capital has been in the protest mode for more than two weeks no

the teacher feels that ireland has let them both down. re type the city and the price of an innocent act. disappointed i fear that sudden stops and you know the united states based at the time it takes the lives of lights three times now that is. you should be in australia. the students who missed the gifts. and of course his family before christmas but full body business. the cendol and treated by a ball and sister and i had snow. and he said eye. in three students the old irish ballad about immigration goes. new generation of irish tunes dreams will become a pro thank you. what lorelei is being said on the skip of surveillance and is subjected to deny entry to a nice one to two miles clicks and secret seven says have access to a mobile phone dates that all italian and is there always striving to ethan great to control. not just of criminals and eight and the many contractors are giving that they tear away at full intensity. to save money current science companies are offering special deals to that is not the me that's enough big brother

it says breast cancer survival rates are best in northern ireland versus republican england scotland and wales and the also have the euro care study finds cancer survivor return or year compared with many other european countries but the downside it's a son is in the middle of two thousand and seven mothers happened since then so that their cabinets that we have a number of screening rooms and a weigh in on them for several years now i think we'd expect to see the impact of those programs minutes three or four years' time and hope be showing more improvement i will be here today are expected to keep the chief constable of the psni they said that the working relationship between his force on the guardian's accident on the state. the slides in recent years. knock knock back a bill to indicate it may be traveling to dublin in the coming days discuss the findings of peace with the tribunal with the garda commissioner and justice ministers lunch on her hands day before northern ireland policing board one of the key structures to fuel from the good friday agreement all the parties in the p

former minister of energy and communications of ireland and now the head of the green party ireland mr ryan welcome thank you very much indeed good to talk to you thanks for joining us what motivated carbon to create a carbon tax and how did you go about doing it. it took a long time i guess we were looking at it from the late ninety's and it took almost ten years before it was introduced in two thousand and ten and maybe not time it was useful in some way we got a lot of economic analysis done to show that if you introduce those and you use the revenues to reduce labor taxes and to protect people against fuel poverty and invest in new green energy systems that actually it does your economy good it gives you a net gain to the economy it raises activity cuts down the expense of imports of fossil fuels as well as cutting out the carbon so we were in government two thousand and seven two thousand and eleven and it was one of our kind of key commitments to try and deliver i was glad that we were able to do and i suppose glad as well just to see it working and you know if the world didn'

ireland $1ting billion per year.of goodness -- they have taken out $5.9 billion from a bailout. we will continue the conversation about ireland after the break. our exclusive interview with michael noonan. is what istime, here on our radar. japan's prime minister has called with a summit -- for a summit with china. he says the relationship between tokyo and beijing can never be severed. >> the port of hamburg has been closed as a powerful north sea storm moved ashore last night. london also closed the gates to the river thames. two people died in the u.k. more than 100,000 people are still without power. >> alan mulally will stay at the carmaker through 2014. that is according to one of the members of the company. be one of theto leading candidates for microsoft's ceo. >> we have an exclusive interview in the next section. ireland's finance minister michael noonan will join us. he thinksnd out what about the story moving forward. ♪ >> welcome back. >> i am guy johnson, that is francine lacqua. ireland is set to exit

pakistan claim the series 2-1. >> ireland beat afghanistan by 68 runs in the final. world 20 twenty20 golfers. trent johnston added 62. ireland posted 225/7 in the 20 overs. johnson had a good day with the ball. all the out for 157. both teams qualified for the tournament in bangladesh. >> italian motorcycle racer has died in an accident at an event in memory of his late compatriot. he raced betweening 1996 and "97 when moto gp. he fell off his bike. he was killed at the 2011 malaysian grand prix. >> india is winning the first space race. it successfully entered the second phase of its journey. it took off on november the 5th. it's on a journey around the sun and on course to reach mars in 10 months. stay with us, another full bulletin for you ahead. >> clashes in the it streets. police in thailand unleash water canons and tear gas on protesters trying to take over the government. >> progress report. in a few short hours the obama administration is expected to give us a check-up of the nation's heath care website. >> immigration issues - escalating tensions between t

are you northern ireland? >> hi. i am from northern ireland. everybody is talking about work experience and has good points. i did work experience for a week at a primary school. was there i did not make tea and coffee. i worked with the children. i was able to help them. work experience brings a different side in every single child. some people say 11 and 12-year-olds cannot be expected to know what they want to do. experience andrk careers advice is for. if it is there it should be used accordingly. point in not see the work experience or careers advice. that theylling me cannot pick a career. i think people should vote for the resolution because it will help children and give them a place to go to understand what they want to do with their life. [applause] >> thank you, that is very clear. what about whales? -- what about wales? the gentleman third along. >> i am simon from wales. beennderlying theme has empowering young people. we have to empower young people to find opportunities like work experience. we should empower them to speak out ag

when the credit crunch came, ireland banks were hit hard. house prices collapsed. some lost up to half their value. dublin took the unprecedented step of issuing a blanket guarantee for all debts held by irish lenders in 2008. of the government had not been told the full story. public finances were soon swamped by the bank that debt. in november, 2010, the ireland bond market sort -- sword. theoared.d of -- s a bailout. as austerity measures began to bite, the banks remained the biggest hole in ireland's balance sheet. chief among them, anglo-irish, which had to be liquidated at a cost of 30 billion euros to the taxpayer. >> every single bank in ireland practically failed, or came close to failing if the state had not stepped in. >> there is little trace left of anglo-irish bank. behindt the bank left will take decades for the taxpayer to repay. three senior executives are facing trial on fraud charges. those are set to begin next year. >> we are watching live from paris. it is time now for sports roundup. we begin with the euro league action. >> coming from behind

whitehall is busy removing jobs from northern ireland. how does the removal of jobs at contribute tond balancing the economy in northern ireland and balancing that region? >> i quite understand why the gentleman makes the point he does. secretary will be meeting with him to talk about the issues. noted, the department of transport are still considering the results of this consultation. employment in northern ireland has actually risen 32,000 since the election. i think he knows as i know that the long-term answer for northern ireland is a private sector revival. the public sector is very large in northern ireland and we need more small and medium-sized enterprises. we need those jobs to come which is what the g8 and investment conference were all about. >> my constituent who has recently completed the national citizen service program visited my surgery on saturday with lisa farrell to let me know just how much the program had given him personal confidence and a clear sense of what he wished to do with his future. what plans does my right

and and his reason be easy to to collect if you were to translate ireland's carbon tax into. dollars or euros for ton of carbon and it could do you know you have a sense of or or even an exact number for what that would be and how by comparing i think it carbon taxes you enter a little bit. roughly twenty five dollars a ton twenty twenty euros a time whatever the current exchange rate is so we originally set it up i suppose to mirror the european union has another way of pricing carbon called emissions trading scheme and we set it up to my. mirror that. price that exists across europe now the emissions trading scheme the sun soon fall into a very low price but our carbon prices started to saying i would start consistency that you you know it's twenty euros a tonic whatever different application that it applies it raises about four hundred million euros a year in tax revenue and in terms of iran's going through different economic situations that we needed to balance our budget us and the carbon tax i suppose provided about twelve percent of the adjustment we needed to make on

are you northern ireland? >> hi. i am from northern ireland. everybody is talking about work experience and has good points. i did work experience for a week at a primary school. for the days that i was there i did not make tea and coffee. i worked with the children. i was able to help them. work experience brings a different side in every single child. some people say 11- and 12-year- olds cannot be expected to know what they want to do. that is what work experience and careers advice is for. if it is there it should be used accordingly. people do not see the point in work experience or careers advice. that is telling me that they cannot pick a career. i think people should vote for the resolution because it will help children and give them a place to go to understand what they want to do with their life. [applause] >> thank you, that is very clear. what about wales? the gentleman third along. >> i am simon from wales. the underlying theme has been empowering young people. we have to empower young people to find opportunities like work experie

you are looking at ireland's exit from its bailout program. countryis the poster for austerity doing the right thing. michael lewis will be here later from ireland sets to exit the monitoring of the trike a full there is one in our stories which is irish and go commando. as they said to exit, they are not going to take any backstops from the european central bank. braces andr to have belts rather than braces alone. this is not a low risk strategy. that is for sure. ireland, even though the banks seem to have just eased out, we will meet and see how the bond market is. we will bring you an inclusive interview with the irish finance minister. 11 minutes past the 6:00. just ahead, it is jobs stay in the u.s.. we will see how the dollar might react and bring you the thoughts of our next guest and all things currency related. >> time for the days company news. standard and poor's has cut quant this's credit rating to junk. malawi is not leaving. he was thought to be taking the job at microsoft and steve ballmer steps down. the u.s. -- the biggest i

a look at some of the tough issues facing north earn ireland. change everything. >> we found that the model was just incredibly accurate at predicting the times and locations where these crimes were likely to occur. >> alright, where are we going? >> put your hands behind your back. >> can science predict crime before it happens? many worry that the gains made in education will not stick in the future. aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city that was long considered a success and is now facing closure. >> it's a place offering more than these girls know, a quality education in real tangible skills, a path away from positivity and early marriage and towards university and a career. since 2002, the modern stud has been teaching women languages, like management and computer skills. that they are skills that speak of ambition which in the heart of tallle ban country is remarkable. >> we are a unique school, preparing women to go to jobs. our school is preparing women to go to universities. >> we continue to follow or top story, a bomb blast killing 15 people in a t

neil: we've been rocketing down. >> keep in mind, number one on ireland. ireland has an unemployment rate almost double what ours is, maybe business is doing great. neil: well off the highs, real estate is rebounding there are a lot of factors, these come in waves, but we've been dropping like a stone. >> people have been listening to your advice. neil: when i said, go have a fin59in59-pint in du dublin, i n stay in dublin. >> everything obama does today, the speech -- >> the steam was rolling. not saying -- i am saying what is it about our country that is increasingly over the years, and presidents, not wowing other countries. >> one more factor, if you look at country high on the list, very small gdp, small economy, to run. you get into a bigger economy situation, you didn't see china on the list either. you get into the big -- >> you think it is apples and oranges. >> i think it could be 92 your "forbes" subscription isd. >> in middle class, in states where i am from, they have trouble with small businesses now because of the tax codes. we're printing m

diplomat, he has come back to northern ireland. is that a sign that he wants the agreement by the end of the year. it's not long, can they make it happen? >> no, the clock is against them. but they lead two of the sharpest, brightest talents in the diplomatic service. coming here and giving their time and going home for christmas and then coming back, they have muc some sense that it could be made up or they wouldn't have bothered to coming back. there is a little hope. >> explain to why the flag flying was controversial. >> reporter: well, the population is 47% catholic nationalists and the majority is the union protestant. they see only one flag only. the flag of the united kingdom. unionism does not respect the green, white and gold, the irish flag flying anywhere in the northern ireland. their big thing is to stop that flag flying in any circumstances. richard haass floated the idea when he came here initially. why, he asked, would you not fly the irish flag? for example, should the president of the irish republic or the prime

i've known people from ireland so just please stop by. they are the successor to the tourism drive took in over a quarter of an extra bit that it's only human and humans thank everyone who's taking us the christmas rush begins rope stretched and warned of high winds would take hours we're really asking people to be extremely vigilant this business over the next couple of days with the bad weather halted every trick to high sided vehicles even for three days. welcome to six one goal but not of political leaders are due to meet in belfast later this evening for the effort to resolve some of the old unfinished business from the peace process. the talks chaired by you if not for two paths are trying to reach agreement on number of contentious issues including fags parades and how to deal with milan and violent past. dr house is pushing for a pre christmas tale as the present day four draft agreement to the parties for their consideration. the night closes in over the storm and took halle. in that financed out of round table talks planned for

but in northern ireland people are saying it's a pity we haven't found complete peace. we have made tremendous tried, very few killings and deaths. but you still have parades, controversies over flags. anybody meeting in the publish will tell you we wish this was over and done with and we can get on with something approac approaching normalcy. >> which ones are proving to be the most difficult to deal with? >> we all fought the issue of the past and how you get peace and reconciliation, but know the signs and signals inside the talks that structures have been put in place, structures have been almost agreed will which mark that. there has been significant movement on that. the big thing causing the problem at the moment are flags. you know, the more extreme loyalists from the protestant back streets saying we want the flags to fly all the time. again, most moderate people, most catholics and nationalists say we want those on few specified days. that's the big sticking point which so far alluded dr. haass. >> david mckittrick joining froes belfast. thank you very much. >

also ireland shakes free of the e.u. lenders becoming the first state in the block to exit its bailout program by the country's government warns that financial independence may not mean the end of austerity. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas let's get right to our top stories you are. seeing rival rallies in the ukrainian capital the pro e.u. demonstrators are on your left today have been camped out in kiev for several weeks now the pro-government crowd well they're having their say as well they've joined in tens of thousands of people have come from all over ukraine to show their support for president. ortiz paul scott is in kiev for us. you can see the close proximity between the two opposing rallies right behind me is independence square which has been the halls of the opposition movement for the last number of weeks now you can see the barricades that have been built by the protesters and reinforced in the last couple of days but if we pan around to the left hand side

former minister of energy and communications of ireland and now the head of the green party ireland mr ryan welcome. thank you very much indeed good to talk to you thanks for joining us what motivated carbon to create a carbon tax and how did you go about doing it. it took a long time i guess we were looking at it from the late ninety's and you took.

a recent poll suggests that half of ireland's population believe the government did a good job while driving country out of the bailout the meantime seventy three percent hope that a sturdy measures will be eased we gauge public opinion on the streets of dublin. i suppose the positive move. said today was too bold to germany france the bigger economies in europe so. for the internet auto bailout has been seen to make much difference sued by holding to you know we've come to a bad time we've come out with something for sale sale who likes a certain period i think i think it's good i think they have to stand on their own two feet i think they can yes i do. the irish government has a country's economy is recovering though it could take years to pay the loans back the spiral down political as dirk yon epping says ireland success send a positive message to other bailed out countries. finally i hadn't achieved to get out of the hole get back to economic growth and leave the bail out so it's a welcome on the financial markets that's quite an achievement because it shows that through fiscal

ireland shakes free of the e.u. lenders becoming the first state in the block to exit its a bailout program but the country's government warns that financial independence may not mean the end of austerity. the night turns bloody in madrid as police clashed with protesters demanding an end to the draft legislation that would see them pay hefty fines for demonstrating as austerity is sending spaniards to literally live in caves. the residents of let's hear a lot of work to really try to make this home. but these efforts are being overlooked by spanish authorities who insist that the cave dwellers must leave their homes are two reports from the city of granada where citizens are defending their right to stay put. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our t.v. let's get right to our top stories now you are seeing rival rallies in the ukrainian capital the pro e.u. demonstrators are here on your left they have been camped out in kiev for several weeks now but the pro government crowd has joined in a

it's a similarity about what went wrong with the banks in ireland and the credit union. loans, the lack of regulation and oversight. in the same way that the banks had to be bailed out by the tax payer the tax payer is having to find $70 million to support the failed credit union. the difference is this: while the institutional investors in the banks never lost money, the investors in the credit union were the people in the town, and they don't have the safety net. >> the credit union relies on people saving and borrowing. the fear is that knew bridge went big because it couldn't make the credit union model work. >> there's 100,000 in arrears out of 800,000 mortgages. unemployment of close to 13%, it's not possible that credit unions could be immune to that. >> newbridge was one of 12 credit unions not to belong to an accession, which insists that the model is rely ible. >> the model has come through the recession. with the exception of newbridge, it's the only institution standing on its own two feet. >> ireland has just two retail banks and 400 credit unions for people

. >> just as ireland has their financial system sorted out. malpractice of credit unions who are supposed to behave ♪ >> welcome back you are watching the al jazeera news hour. a reminder of our top stories a passenger train derailed in new york killing four people \. >> it same off the tracks on sunday morning and nearly 70 people are injured. emergency person a personnel are scene. and police in u jan you ukrained tear gas for protestor protestog thstompprotest stormingthe gove. >> china has successfully launched their first moon probe intinto space. the chinese three rocket took off in the night sky in the southwest of the country. the mission includes a rover vehicle and if successful it will be the first soft up to down on the moon since 1976. it's the latest in a space program that is a symbol of china's global strength. >> joining us now is a senior astro physicist and he joins us live from the british capital thanks so much for being on al jazeera once again are we going to discover anything new from the rover exploration on the moon t

what does the exit from the bailout program mean for ireland?ank you, this is really a historic day for ireland today, the day we're exiting the bailout. and it's an historic day, we're the first country, first european country to actually exit the bailout. we have met the conditions, we have met all our targets. and we are now having our economic independence restored. and i think that that's hugely significant for irish people. >> i mean, it's cost quite a high price, i think 300,000 people have left the country since 2010 and unemployment is around 12%. >> it certainly has been difficult and there's no doubt about it but that the fact that we have been able to emerge from this bail bailout has been -- bailout has been very much due tot pain that the irish peep -- to the pain that the irish people have had to take. fortunately now we are returning to growth as well. in the period between 2008 and 2011 we were losing 2,000 jobs per week. we lost 250,000 jobs in that period. we're now in a position that we're starting an economic recovery, we're

northern ireland's desire for normality. cool song. tommy gorman or tv news conference some of the two hundred thousand euro found that the homeless by the developer toma keely is to be given to the parker of a priory whole resident to die by suicide the official assign the responsible for managing this may be these states. ask the high court today to least ten thousand euro to his office. tamaki tonight as he owns two hundred peasants your own and his former home last september. it is to have renovated the property on and scream no to both reached the new owners under one hundred and four she hasn't your own picking on to a few days later a guy be discovered and other sixty has zero. ms tomic beating teams the money had been placed in the hands of course if it's the responsible for administering his estate till the high court he was satisfied his classes two teams is to make the dtp owner of the money the official s i need krista had asked the judge to release ten cousins url of the money to his bid to bear this in fact the cats had r

james bays, al jazeera, new york. >>> running out of time, in northern ireland.say those involved. let's get the details judy mcdonald in london. >> david, thank you. the talks are focusing on three very important issues, parades, flags and the decades of bloodshed in the region. all parties say they were optimistic about the meeting but many hours after it was due to finished they still haven't reached and agreement. it will be hugely embarrassing for northern ireland's leaders if the parties fail to reach monday's deadline for a settlement. >>> simon mcgregor woods is on hand. >> five critical parties under the stewardship much american diplomat dr. richard haas, still in the tonight nitty-gritty. it isn't just a matter of crossing the ts and dotting the i's. towards a late night. these are very, very difficult issues for the parties to agree on. three main headings if you like, the issue of flags, cultural identity if you like, and the broader equally difficult issue of how the people of northern ireland address the legacy of the past, how they come to terms w

ireland officially ended the bailout but as julia explains, the nation and economy still has a tough road ahead. >> reporter: it's a big day for island as the country becomes the first eros zone country to exit a bailout program, the result of a property market crash, a banking sector crisis that many in the country had to borrow over $100 billion. the funds, it was a huge achievement for the country but skied if there was too much pressure on ireland to be a symbol of hope for the recovery on europe. >> never a feeling that we were being used for symbolic reasons. we had a major economic and financial crime sis, which needed to be addressed, and we addressed it by a series of measures, which we have prevented on a time frame, and we're at the end of that process now. >> reporter: so it seems the hugery positive time for the irish economy, but there is also crucial questions about how this country boosts growth from here. it seen huge investment from the u.s. in particular will facebook, apple, amazon with operations here and the sector head to the u.s. early next year to promote the

crossing borders this weekend as ireland celebrated its exit from its eurozone bailout. finance minister said dublin was sticking with a corporate tax rates attracted the likes of goal the ireland is one of the most open economies in the world our taxation system is open transparent. all the rules clearly set down in our national laws and profits earned in on liable to tax at twelve point five percent so says michael noonan that said the government insists roles have been tight. the most recent budgets we actually made quite a number of significant amendments to the finance bill. in terms of state companies that earn lots of merkel's eagles people's day highlights to other countries. the only way we can move across the european union is to do some unkind european tastes at the oecd. reich erg its tax transparency and a digital age very common respect for people to lose it and most nationalist different bits of their business in different parts to come out of the world to take advantage of the text does exist there be to harmonize cost over a period of time. greece. if we