irish investment across a huge spread of industries. we can deliver here in our land because we are members of the single currency zone so you would lose all of that if you decided no too long i didn't say that's what i did start our membership of the single currency zone has given us certainty of exchange rates data has allowed us to develop an export performance that is how to sustain and develop our economy that's a fundamental difference for us is if you i mean you me in many countries in europe those same advantages without first being members of the like the european union role for example norway or iceland for example iceland doesn't have that's wrong or iceland does not have the level of sustained. for performance we do but if you look at the difficulty of the icelandic banking system has went true if you look at the fact that they are a currency that allowed them to revalue as they saw fit. their fundamental differences between a our country and their suv i don't claim that they are the same can i take it from your answer thoug

or wind up of anglo irish bank and irish nationwide. in two thousand and ten there were six irish banks after murders in liquidation. the run of three and they've been cut down in size the collective balance sheets more by some seventy one billion euro dave reduce their dependence on funding from the ecp from a peak of a hundred bc seven billion euros than that to fourteen billion now. out of the notorious bank guarantee the bird and outside the state has all but disappear. none of which predates the troika palm house made progress has repaid a quarter of its property related deaths. but the banks still hobbling huge overhang of troubled loans for house buyers and small businesses. what then of the state announces one of the reasons financial markets are looking more kindly on irish banks is that they're taking a more positive view of the irish softens credit worthiness. the fact that he would catch buying new issues of irish palms at affordable rates. while the ball and yield curve is full and fast the unemployment level thousands. it

irish decision to put in place a banking guarantee and happened at a time of global orthodoxy regarding how failing banks needed to be supported. so to see incurring bank purely as a result of our relationship our membership of the european union is an analysis that i would i would challenge absolutely and the you mentioned this prevailing art of the exit and i think one country that was sort of subjected to the same sort of pressure was iceland which was at the time also on track of joining the e.u. it had massive crisis similar crisis to yours but the icelandic officials decided to defy that pressure and obviously they were. also you know sometimes threaten sometimes told that nobody would ever deal with iceland again that he had they decided to decline bailing out banks and nowadays if you look around their economies back on track it's growing they're getting those loans easily the unemployment is falling i mean i think it's ultimately a different country to emerge from from this crisis do you think the. irish people have the right to feel cheated because better than they were they w

irish people have the right to feel cheated because better than they were they were told that there was no other way out of this crisis but obviously there was a way a shorter way and probably last demanding way to completely different economies. is not a member of a single currency zone we are so because of all of the us we benefit greatly from. within the european union fabiano but it's completely different i mean if you look at the icelandic economy and if you look at the irish economy we have a very very large stock of foreign direct investment and irish investment across a huge spread of industries. we can deliver here in our land because we are members of the single currency zone so you would lose all of that if you decided no too long i didn't say that's what i did start our membership of the single currency zone has given us certainty of exchange rates data has allowed us to develop an export performance that is how to sustain and develop our economy that's a fundamental difference for the city i mean are you me in many countries in europe get those same advantages without first

china irish beef is also planned. tomorrow we have a team of people going out to china as part of a technical working group that we set up. in partnership with the chinese government to work through all of the tactical victory issues i round of beef produced in ireland to reassure consumers in china but it's not the case a prime minister at a typical question into the irish government on the upcoming end of the pain that. perhaps a reference that may have prompted the pee stick to reference the toy catalogs are among the fact that he and vice president biden and myself the days that a game of golf we can fit in somewhere on the promise to be an interesting troika indies rich has its share of fourteen used to camp courtney encourage people to keep a closer eye on the immobile follows after new figures reveal more than twelve thousand devices where report to stoning in the tx cookie cake i need the new church so that being targeted by criminal gangs. in unique life and i made him no confidence in the indie bands each mo

the irish government met in dublin on friday. the finance minister, michael noonan, says it is a reason to celebrate but he cautions that the end of the bailout doesn't necessarily mean the end of austerity. >> there are many who believe we would never reach today. >> this isn't the end of the road. this is a very significant milestone on the road and it gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect for a very short period. but we must continue with the same types of policies, because the deficit is too high and it has to be brought down below 3%. >> now, ireland has accepted financial aid from the eurozone to the tune of 67.5 billion euros. most of that money went to the banking sector as it collapsed under excessive debt. my colleague, steven carroll, is in dublin. earlier i asked him about the health of the banking sector three years on. >> the banks really brought ireland into this mess in the first place after that decision by the government back in 2008 to guarantee all of the debts in irish banks. they pumped some 50 billio

the other banks there she saw it in your own has been pumped into anglo irish and irish nationwide one is going down a black hole as both a big liquidate its twenty billion euro is being injected into a i'd be two point seven in its permanent tsb a gps receive one billion euro. it's likely to be a long number of years for all the money is for the replay. if at all. but that is sent to a letter by ex cop start in tibet sixty billion euro and the staff meant the company needed to be pale text itself but the eu and biomass. rt news has learned that a review was on the way of more than twenty female patients treated by a consultant and paul vi the care provided a number of private hospitals the cases involve patients who were treated. over the last three to four years from one of four for health reform and to refer to part with the is that this is the view looking out for one day in some cases there were an entity and severe post op complications but goldman overview involving over twenty women are treated by these consultants as a number of private hoskins over the street for years and a

for me looking at the irish catholic discrimination before the introduction of irish catholic because of the famine is helpful burned to the ground in outside of boston. because of fears about what irish catholics are bringing and the fear of the catholic hierarchy. and years later you actually have parts of phil bsh philadelphia burned with riots and nay tiffists and irish catholics. so you have the moments of great violence i think are tell tail of some deeper issues. and the irish catholic, in many ways face a type of prejudice that german catholics and other catholics did not face. at least at that time. increasing motion of racism come to head to the united states and sipble in many ways. irish catholicses were portrayed as being ape like and being of a different race in many ways. and so that is not something that german catholics struggle with, to my knowledge. or italian catholics. i think it's important in the book that many are not just about religion. race, gender, they figure to the episodes. >> host: just take to a little bit to today. you know, we have a group of america

was the pledge of future to the kerry today the government published its medium term time for the irish economy the platter is falling on its exit from the eu imf bailout. all school aims to eliminate the budget deficit the need to borrow by the end of this decade. the doctrine forecasts economic growth ranging from two percent next year to three and a half percent by twenty nineteen the government said it wants to replace soul of the jobs lost in the crisis with new ones to how the rates of unemployment spiked twenty twenty. even hinted at the prospect of targeted tax cuts after twenty sixteen knots election year old it depends on economic growth economic recovery means having it all. he's having a state of the mortgage the beans begin to see your grandchildren again next christmas. in person rather than looking at the woodstock this document is to provide a framework for the next step for once. the government things are normal growth rate should be about three percent and the things the economy will return to this level over the remainder of the decade. that growth will produce jobs a

for me, looking at the irish catholic discrimination before the great introduction of the irish catholics because of the famine in ireland was a particularly helpful time because you actually have first in 1834 the convent school that is burned to the ground outside of boston because of fears about what the irish catholics are bringing and the fear of the catholic hierarchy and then just later you actually have parts of philadelphia burned with riots between nativists, protestant nativists and irish catholics say you have these two moments of great violence that i think are telltale of some deeper issues. the irish catholics in many ways faced a type of prejudice that german catholics and some other catholics did not face at least at that time. or even later. so for instance in the return of the middle of the 19th century with increasing notions of racism coming to a head in the united states and being quite acceptable in many ways, irish catholics were portrayed as being apelike and being of a different race in many ways. and so, that is not something that german catholics struggle with

irish and that number that glutin to thirty thousand. we continue to go up in numbers. the community has had a lot of engagement in san francisco. john sullivan you funded want savings and loan and the building society that helps immigrants with homes and the reservoir supplies our water. i 2k3w7b9d from ireland to san francisco and continue to fight for serves for the richest seniors there are still over half of the irish living in united states city and county. our population is over looked and united states number is approximately, six thousand and unfortunately seems to be ryder's and have a challenge of making a life in the city. as a member of the human rights commission the only irish e.r. europe pan person as part of the my role i've designed implemented and developed health and human services program for an immigrant community. i've effectively built partnerships with city's and st. mary's hospital. as part of the i pc we partner with immigrant organizations including san francisco organizing projects and san francisco based coa

irish coach this morning. european funding is crucially important writers research on science and to underline the point a capacity crowd of more than two thighs and scientists and researchers registers to attend states going to price in twenty twenty in dublin. once irish researchers to win grants worth one point two billion euro by swapping one from the previous funds every single researcher in the system has to think of both early from ten to twenty now because it is an opportunity to make it to be impacted irish companies irish universities irish institute of technology need to step up again. competition is going to be fierce doesn't mean it's not an achievable target is likely to be. researchers say targets will only be reached if the application process is simple as promised and given an particular i think what needs to be gone. eddie's diversifying at the base of the searches that are appliances to get a far greater range and younger researchers at applying for you. research funding their own citizens f

the fighting irish looking to close out strong.y were invited to the pinstripe bowl. the irish lost the national championship game a year ago trying to finish this year a little better. first quarter, up 10-3. the scarlet knights coming back. to brandon coleman in the end zone. a 14-yard touchdown hook-up and tied the game at 10. back to the fourth quarter now, irish up three. tommy reese finds troy nicolas. 319 yards passing for reese in his final game for the irish. they cap off the drive. foulston from three yards out. late in the game, the knights trying to claw back but intercepted here by dan fox. the irish beat rutgers, 29-16. >>> to charlotte for the belt bowl. north carolina facing cincinnati. this was all tar heels. cincy backed up. the quarterback gets swarmed and sacked for the safety. brandon elerby with the sack. 9-0 on the ensuing kickoff bear cats boot to the t.j. logan. not a good decision. logan making everyone miss for the bearcats. 78 yard return to the house. one of two special teams for the tar heels and right

goes, and for a new generation of irish, those dreams will be found abroad. >> thank you very much.[no audio] >> one or two mouse clicks and secret services have access to mobile phone data or e-mails. and they are always striving for even greater control. and not just of criminals. in italy, many car drivers are giving their data away voluntarily to save money. car insurance companies are offering special deals to those who have the mini version of big brother beside them on the passenger seat. >> what a mess, and expression italians often use when talking about traffic. in italy, drivers have a reputation for ignoring the rules of the road and doing whatever they want. per capita, italy has more vehicles and more car accident, causing more injuries and fatalities than even a car crazy company -- country like germany. no wonder insurance premiums are skyhigh. but as she has to work, laura is laughing all the way to the bank. she is paying 350 euros less for car insurance than she did last year. she paid by the kilometer. her mileage is tallied by a little black ox that uses gps fou

what about in the irish catholic chapter i thought it was interesting that you focus on irish catholic in particular. you talked about -- i didn't know if there was the reason you tried to keep it specific to the irish catholics and didn't talk so much about contemporary catholics. i think you ended the chapter saying the image is a ritualistic and superstitious and stubborn to change. did you pick that for a reason and do you think they still experience any kind of skepticism today? >> guest: part of the plan was to map out the intolerance of the particular religious group that to take certain moments that we can look at them in detail and understand some of the dynamics before going on. some come for me looking at the discrimination before the great introduction into the catholics because of the famine in ireland, it was a particularly helpful time because ultimately in 1834 you have the coal burned to the ground outside of boston because of that year about what the irish catholics are bringing in the future of the hierarchy. and then years later he backed we have the parts in philad

carbon taxes first proposed by the irish green party which you're the head of right now what how do other political parties react to it have you found any interesting coalitions or alliances with parties that you might not think of as typically being concerned about global climate change or the cost of carbon. i think we have the advantage here in that there was broader complete consensus around the transition towards a clean energy future that maybe it seems to exist in the states and i'll be honest i don't think it's easy to introduce this if it's turned into a left versus right or by republican versus democrat issue i think a key way of getting it getting it through is actually getting bipartisan agreement and i suppose if i was giving advice to the states where it is a current issue you know we know the budget negotiations you have ahead of you still isn't resolved surely it's one of the measures that actually could get some sort of bipartisanship support because in a sense it's leaving it to the free market to decide what sort of technology phosphorus solutions you want to deve

aid to the european central bank money owed rugby has warned that the irish banking sector remains a source of some concern the study said outstanding issues to require swift and decisive action. we told him he pees on to succeed in the bailout program and would not see a return to economic growth of more jobs the first working day after the payments came with the reminder from ecp that the irish banking sector remains in the front of completion and the small care and attention. mario trike he told the european parliament's there would be a payoff to having worked through the bailout program usb wanted a need in this couldn't be there as to any kind of girl. still any more jokes. it is going to be more freedom in a sense from the is ideal it was a statement by the way that someone in ireland today the county has regained national pride. he never leaving the program. this is this is truly miss the school ranked. but this concept translates into it. it's been really comes true when it's translating into higher growth and high end jobs for the government here the emphasis in the post ba

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 in their final group. after a balanced second yellow for korea, victory. and they already eliminated the portuguese hosts. leon overtak

the m a c i says irish politicians have lobbied for years for undocumented irish and the us it says they should not ignore the plight of undocumented people tell me the patient and pennies national televised address from sunday evening to coincide with the area is accessed from the lunch program. it's expected the cap is what's real and a new economic power into the country especially to early tomorrow morning speaking in something today that the sheik said he intends to. the people aren't sacrifices they have me when it comes to that he provided for having to read. to make an exception sacrifice. as part of the process of fixing up of the finances to getting a cookie but to walk. i'm soo nice getting to go home. with the way to go the british here. he's due to people who have said we'll put up with these difficulties and challenges. the environmental protection agency has warned that the new state the sailors the irish will share a lot of what the heck did that to provide a safe and secure supply of drinking or share its annual report the agency said that fifty thousand people have been

of the country's official exit from its bailout program for eighty five billion euros it cost the irish three years of painful austerity higher taxes slashed minimum wage which has since been raced back high youth unemployment and another wave of irish immigration i'm not sure that the hard ideological light of austerity which was coming forth from europe was a good one the irish people will be too nice to see the end of the troika to see the opportunity for a street gang or economic sovereignty to be able to make our own decisions in relation to our future the government here is touting the exit from the bailout program as restoring economic and financial freedom but no one here is under any illusion that that exit would also mean an end to hardships or complete release from austerity while the idea of possibly having more control over their destiny as a nation is psychologically uplifting people really want is freedom from individual debt that so many here are so heavily burdened with. long term slowdown and all structural growth we still are facing in two years of us in other words w

i think it represents a vote of confidence and the irish economy. it represents a new competitor with industrial strength and financial back up into the energy market which we do and eat it. this is a significant player in a witch for two thousand to employees or one like to ink a tough one that is exactly as for setting because we were hearing that the retail side to the business than on infrastructure side of the business but once i think the result of the experience and tonic of their haircut know is that the government decided to retain the net works in state or so the cast of quirky weekend stay tuned the rest of the business the customer of business the wind energy business to like it found that these are what are being sold in the energy business on board sheridan is being sold off for the journey except now we have two companies under its umbrella. one the net works company and one irish border and of course it is a growing income significantly in the irish will accompany and thinking of implementing jobs a in fiji. he asked the moment and t

so you're north you're confident that the irish people won't be asked to stop in the y.p.u. where the private banks are and any crisis that after hopkins by them to be fun you know economic again what always happens that regulates who sent. bankrolls politicians they say this will never ever happen again and it keeps on happening but we have to ensure is that if this does company can it doesn't hold such a classic list make i'm all for cost for tots. in the land the islands they are the mother that feeds us. on offer to invent they put a dirty bomb in the sea like a rotten bomb in my mother's womb. that's that's what exploded for what nothing. she's dead and what she's dead on a limb and my eyes mileage is dead no. on this january afternoon under the magnificent dome of the senate the debate begins a debate which is not exactly popular maybe because it's about polynesia a country some eight hundred.

troubles at its irish unit will hit 2013 earnings. our associates as a result down a rather chunky 18% in london trade today. >>> meanwhile, ireland has agreed to the sale of energy including a sell to centrica. it will be the largest privatization under the country's bailout. the irish minister confirmed the group includes power and shares. that news comes on the eve of ireland's exit of its three-year bailout program which takes place on sunday. julia is in dublin. already spoken to the finance minister, julia. what does it mean for other businesses and the wider economy? >> it's a great question, ross, and we'll investigate that. i have to tell you that the heavens have just opened and no one is raining on finance minister noonan's parade today. he was saying it's a great achievement for the economy, but obviously a lot of work needs to be done. i'm joined by the head of tax services at pwc. thank you so much for being here. does this really mean anything as far as businesses here are concerned, this prosecutes of ending the bailou

the former chief executive of irish life permanent. dennis casey and irish lights former finance director peter fitzpatrick are all accused of conspiring with each other to transfer seven point two billion euro between adult artists like a permanent and artists like assurance between march the first of september thirty two thousand and eight the dishonesty create a false impression on to mislead investors and depositors to handle larger deposits in and out detective inspector terry walsh that all the fuel fraud investigation gave evidence that he arrested three men a twenty five kos nine twenty five to ten hundred portrait and this morning. when charged. each mom replied no john bowler also faces a second charge of false accounting the third december two thousand and eight the court was told that this was not the case of self enrichment. mr ball had been cooperating with the garda investigation since two thousand and nine. on to make themselves available last year for interviews for four or five consecutive days. all three men were gra

the irish. when frank quinn grew up here there were a few italian families, a few scots but the rest of the people were irish. salons served irish whisky. >> all the irish families are gone and moved some where else. >> absolutely. >> reporter: when he was a child getting a catholic education and the roaring -- everyone seems to have a job and the stock market was creating a whole new class of millionaires. these were the days of prohibition. that 13 year period when a constitutional amendment made alcoholic drinks illegal. of course the law was widely ignored. perhaps nowhere as openly as in the mission district. frank quinn remembers when someone asked his uncle where he could get a drink in the neighborhood. >> my uncle said to him. do you know where the funeral parlor is down in the block. he said yes, he said well that's the only place here where you can't get a drink. >> reporter: we looked at a building that was once a speak easy or as it was called a blind pig. >> if you wanted to get in

while those with no trace left of anglo irish bank it based its former headquarters in dublin the debts the bike left behind would take decades for the taxpayers to repay three senior executives of anglo irish are facing trial on fraud charges. those hearings set to begin next year that's it from a submission to state and frosting. well welcome to the business interview on walker's colson this week will be the show from a mumbai india's financial center we hit to gauge the mood of business in ages that don't stick on to me the steel sector is often seen as a bellwether of where an economy is heading in to talk more about the steel sector in india. i'm joined by the tenant old but jen's w steel which is india's largest private steel may get some giant intel. thank you for speaking to us and welcome to the program seeing that said steele was often seen as a girl miss toh o'brien economies had been less about your business once the artist. of note for the last oh i would stay since the beginning of this fiscal year of each be stocking it. of the month for steel has the no subdued normally

so you don't know if you're confident that the irish people won't be asked again to stab in. the day why do you wear the private banks of any crisis that after hopkins wasn't to be found in our economic one always says a. central banker and politicians they say this will never ever happen again and it keeps on company but we have to ensure is that if this does company. doesn't cause such a consequence make an overall cost for tots. the. economic down in the final. deal and the rest. will be if we. have to go cap in hand to international bankers all and says it's not ready to stand on its own two feet again. the country's managed to me all the major targets of the multi billion euro bailout program while avoiding serious public on rest of the same time reports from dublin ireland will would itself be quote shackles of the troika on sunday and will wake up on monday as a quote normal european country standing on equal footing a confident claim by prime minister kenny ahead of the country's official exit from its bailout program for eighty five billion euros it cost the irish th

so your know if you're confident that the irish people won't be asked to stop in the film why do you buy the private banks the only crisis that after hopkins for them to be fun not economically again what always happens that regulates central bank politicians they say this will never ever happen again and it keeps on happening. but what we have to ensure is that if this does happen again it doesn't cause such a classic case to make i'm all for costs for tots. cool . i do every sunday morning most of the two hundred inhabitants of the village of gather in a small church. i am i was i packed. to go to a lack of interest in the seminary and it's just graphic isolation the parish hasn't had a priest for several years. i was. i . was what do you sometimes service has since been run by volunteers from the village i was never into with they pray for their souls but also for peace for the departed the family members and friends that have left them too soon i want to rear their own nose centenarians the average life expectancy was in the sixty's was it people at work tomorrow or for years and

peep -- to the pain that the irish people have had to take.nately 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 creating 1200 jobs per week and certainly, there's hope and a sense of optimism there for the future now. >> you talk about the hope and optimism. what about austerity? is that the end of austerity? we're going to see cuts for how many years? >> i think one of the issues around the bailout wasn't this. it was actually very important. but ownership the last three years the labor party has actually been in government over this period. and the labor party in particular, it was very adamant that we didn't have austerity for the sake of austerity. but sure we accepted the fact that we like all european countries needed to get our books in order and we needed to sthawr we were working -- insure that we were working towards that. the more vulnerable were protected and

the irish government says the country's economy is recovering though it could take years to pay those loans back despite all that political analyst darkon john at bank says the irony that ireland success sends a positive message to other bailed out countries. finally ireland 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 consolidation it is possible to recover and i think that's a very good example for greece for portugal for cyprus and others the issue basically is how much time do we have when all the economies of greece italy spain portugal cyprus growing again if it is going to be one or two years like in ireland it will be very good but a video to be ten years is going to be very long and i'm afraid that many citizens in those countries will not accept this particular note if this eurozone is going to be stagnation for ten years to come i think this will have very serious political consequences. on the eve of the anniversary of the sandy

>> i think john kind of got his irish up.se groups came out in opposition to our budget agreement before we reached a budget agreement. i was frustrated, too, but i think these are very important elements of our conservative family. >> let's bring in our political panel. cnn political commentator and democratic strategist, hillary rosen. national editor for the cook political report, amy walters. you're bringing up your scottish. cnn political commentator and republican strategist, kevin madden. pure irish. 100%. >> off the boat. >> so are conservative groups, is there going to be a price to pay for republicans who vote for this? >> i think they made it pretty clear they are not behind this agreement. i think the bigger question is whether or not conservatives out across the country are going to seek revenge against any of these elected officials. that's the thing we have to remember that's different. the tea party is not an organization that is invested in spokesmen who elect themselves leaders or voices of the party. instea

rating agency and what's prompting irish people to park their bikes and had to the exits of that country. it was a little very hard to take. her back with her but there are no. live a biblical. welcome back to all scenes international the european union's credit rating has been dealt a blow that standard and poor's has downgraded it from aaa to double a plus the agency said the bloke's financial profile was a chair rated. one of our reports now from budget. standard imposed a financial services agency have decided that the european union's credit rating of aaa was too good for it so they've downgraded it one point to double a plus now the reasons that they've given for this is they said that the financial profile of the e.u. deteriorated also that there was a lack of cohesion within the european union and if you look across the individual economies that make up the e.u. well it's it's quite clear that there's when is this loses economically just this last week the you agreed that they would they agreed in principle how they could put together a banking union perhaps this was an attempt t

it's not all over you have known the bailout exit relief was somewhat tampered with warnings from irish ministers that a series needs to continue to drive down the nation's debt political analyst says the way e.u. deals with its economic crises can't be described as affective. what we actually like to see is more transparency and now it is we are in the situation in which basically the troika acts like acts like a governor. and visits its colonies and what to do the measures they come up with are not not always very effective they also cause a stereotype and also the reduction of the economy at the moment the troika is free to do what it wants and that is not right in a democracy the issue basically is how much time do we have when all the economies of greece italy spain portugal cyprus growing again now i don't know how long it will take if it is going to be one or two years like in ireland it will be very good but if it's going to be ten years it's going to be very long and i'm afraid that many citizens in those countries will not accept this particular note if this is going to be a s

so you don't know if you're confident that the irish people won't be asked again to step in. the day when the when the private banks of the end of any cause to start after hopkins pleasure to be found in our economic again what always happens is a. central bank with politicians they say this will never ever happen again and it keeps on company but we have to ensure is that if those company. doesn't switch police make an awful cost for tots. right see. first strike. and i think that you're. on a reporter's. instrument. it's the weekly here on r.t. international it's proving to be a tough month for gay rights this week australia's high court overturned the country's first law allowing same sex couples to marry before that india held legislation that criminalizes homosexuality while croatians overwhelmingly voted against same sex marriage and a national referendum the report here with a gun a chicken. most western countries already recognize in some form the right of gay couples to get married and adopt children but in other parts of the world there is the opposite trend in less

we saw a twenty five percent improvement in the efficiency of new irish cars. those sort of signals and then there was another in the car tax side we did some other measures around car tax to kind of help that happen i suppose with the message the public when it's not popular it's not easy to introduce it but every new irish car going into the to buy gasoline is spending twenty five percent less than i would have been had we not sent those sort of price signals so it's not easy to introduce you know no one should should underestimate the difficulty but the benefit for the consumer is that if through those signals you can cut out the wasteful use of energy and everyone saving money in it more than covers the cost of the carbon tax in the first place and ryan thanks so much for being with us. thank you david. coming up president obama has the chance to make a deal with iraq but he's got to watch out as republicans are ready to do what they do best and that's sabotage public's plain and tonight's daily to. but you know the price is the only industry specifically m