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In advance of attending tomorrow's last ECOFIN meeting under the Irish Presidency Minister of State Brian Hayes took the opportunity to promote Irish trade and investment links in Luxembourg. His round of engagements took in financial...

12th April 2013 Political agreement was today reached at the Informal Ecofin in Dublin Castle to extend the maturities on the EU...

The Eurogroup and Ecofin Ministers discussed today the state of play of the adjustment programmes in Ireland and in Portugal. Both programmes are broadly on track despite challenging macro-economic circumstances...

The Irish Presidency has this morning helped broker an agreement on behalf of EU member states on new rules to stabilise eurozone economies. The new rules, the ‘Two Pack’, will improve budgetary and economic coordination among eurozone...

Minister Michael Noonan's arrival and doorstep in Brussels for Ecofin today can be viewed below, courtesy of the European Council website. ...

The audio of Finance Minister Michael Noonan's doorstep as he left the Ecofin meeting in Brussels today can be listened to below...

You can listen to Finance Minister Michael Noonan's doorstep in Luxembourg as he left the Ecofin this afternoon below...

Finance Minister Michael Noonan spoke to the media as he departed today's Ecofin meeting in Brussels. The full doorstep can be viewed below...

Asked whether the Portuguese situation would be beneficial for Ireland in negotiations regarding the interest rate on the EU/IMF bailout, the Minister said...