Promissory notes
# promissory-notes - Today’s News
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# promissory-notes - Friday 22 March, 2013
‘All we’re looking for is a fair deal’ – An IBRC worker on the impact of liquidation
Since the bank formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank was liquidated last month ordinary workers have been left in the dark as to their fate and that of redundancy packages they’d agreed prior to ‘promnight’. Here, an employee speaks out…
# promissory-notes - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Poll: Do you feel more positive about Ireland’s economic situation?
With the Bank Guarantee set to end next month, is Ireland’s economy finally stabilising?
# promissory-notes - Monday 25 February, 2013
Rehn: Budget 2014 should not be eased after promissory note savings
The European Commissioner says the €1 billion savings should be used to eliminate Ireland’s deficit as soon as possible.
# promissory-notes - Friday 22 February, 2013
Noonan hints €1bn IBRC savings will go to repay debts
Michael Noonan thinks it would make more sense not to use the promissory note proceeds to ease the next Budget.
# promissory-notes - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Supreme Court rejects TDs application to join promissory note challenge
Five Deputies applied to join businessman David Hall’s challenge to the payment of promissory notes, saying it was in the public interest for the case to go ahead.
Varadkar: Promissory note saving ‘is not €1bn more we have to spend’
The Transport Minister says that talk that the government has €1 billion more to play with in the next Budget “gave me bad memories of Charlie McCreevy”.
# promissory-notes - Monday 18 February, 2013
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Draghi: ECB hasn’t yet considered whether Irish deal is legal
Mario Draghi tells MEPs that the European Central Bank only checks ‘monetary financing’ operations once a year
German central bank says promissory note deal is ‘problematic’
In its monthly report the Bundesbank says the deal illustrates problematic overlaps between fiscal and monetary policy.
# promissory-notes - Sunday 17 February, 2013
The 9 at 9: Sunday
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# promissory-notes - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Oireachtas agenda: WW2 pardon, promissory notes and obesity
The Operation Transformation team meet the Health committee this morning to discuss Ireland’s obesity problem.
# promissory-notes - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Government yet to decide how €1bn prom note windfall will be spent
Enda Kenny says it’s only six weeks into the year – and too early to predict the promissory note impact on Budget 2014.
Oireachtas agenda: Promissory notes, eco-cars and horse meat
Simon Coveney will take ministerial questions in the Dáil today as the horse meat controversy rages on.
# promissory-notes - Monday 11 February, 2013
Union meeting with IBRC liquidator over future of 800 jobs
The contracts of some 800 workers in Ireland were essentially terminated when the government decided to liquidate the bank last week.
Consumer spending power to stabilise this year, improve in 2014
Working households with mortgages will see the greatest growth in spending power while unemployed households will fare worst.
# promissory-notes - Sunday 10 February, 2013
Central Bank Governor says ‘deal’ will not unravel
Patrick Honohan said Ireland’s debt is now more sustainable than it was.
# promissory-notes - Saturday 9 February, 2013
Column: Promissory note deal sees Fine Gael come out on top
The response to the promissory note deal has ranged from muted in the case of Fianna Fáil to outrage from Sinn Féin and the Independents – so what does this deal mean for Fine Gael, asks Gary Murphy.
Timeline: The 24 hours that secured the promissory note deal
It was dramatic, chaotic, uncertain and very confusing as Ireland struck a deal to tear up the promissory notes and repay Anglo’s debts over a longer period. Here’s how it unfolded…
# promissory-notes - Friday 8 February, 2013
Ireland’s cost of borrowing falls as NTMA formally issues new bonds
The body that manages Irish debt has formally issued new bonds to replace the promissory notes.
Gilmore: Change in promissory note terms is “very, very significant”
The Tánaiste said that
Poll: Did the government get a good deal on the promissory notes?
The government argues that swapping the €3.06 billion annual payments for long-term bonds is the best we could have got, but others argue we’re still paying the debt. What do you think?
Businesses and financial institutions hail promissory notes deal
Danske Bank Markets said it now expects rating agencies to upgrade Ireland’s status while businesses say the deal will improve consumer confidence.
# promissory-notes - Thursday 7 February, 2013
22 things we’ll still have, even if the ECB takes everything
These are Ireland’s REAL assets.
Here’s how the IBRC deal takes €1bn off next year’s Budget
The Department of Finance has put together these figures to illustrate the benefit to Budgets 2014 and 2015.
Central Bank says ECB deal will ‘contribute to financial stability’
The independent body, which takes over ownership of the promissory notes in the deal, welcomes the moves.
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
Bonds: Fianna Fáil’s ‘qualified welcome’, Sinn Féin says it will cost people €14,000
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said there will be €1 billion of interest on the bonds every year.
As it happened: Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin on promissory note deal
The two Ministers will be holding a press conference from 4pm about the promissory note agreement. Let’s see what they have to say.
Kenny: First payment on new Government bonds in 2038
The final payment of the bonds that replace the promissory notes will take place in 2053.
In full: ‘The annual promissory note payments are gone’ – Enda Kenny
The Taoiseach’s full speech to the Dáil on the revised promissory note arrangements which will see the IOUs replaced with long-term government bonds.
TDs question lack of debate on promissory notes
Deputies Micheál Martin and Peadar TóibÃn both criticised the lack of facility for debate on the issue in the Dáil today.
Draghi says ECB “took note” of IBRC liquidation
The European Central Bank President said that no decision has been taken on the IBRC promissory note.
Supreme Court adjourns promissory note appeal as TDs seek to join case
David Hall says his case concerns issues wider than that of the €3.06 billion payment due in March that now appears unlikely following the liquidation of IBRC overnight.
So, what if #PromNight was a real prom?
Michael Noonan, Enda Kenny and the lads head to the Leinster House High Debs…
Ireland and the ECB reach a deal on promissory note – report
“We have not received formal confirmation of precisely what is to be agreed,” Ruairà Quinn told the Dáil.
Video: TDs argue over when to start debating the IBRC liquidation bill
“Could I honourably suggest that if you want some order from the government TDs then perhaps you should close the Dáil bar.”
Explainer: What happened last night? Why was IBRC liquidated? What happens now?
Why on earth were the Dáil and Seanad sitting until the small hours of this morning? This might help…
Hayes: “Substantial contingency planning” by government on IBRC
He also said that Ireland is the most likely country to get back to the markets due to the “extraordinary patience and hard work” of its people over the last five years.
Financial services union calls on Noonan to guarantee IBRC jobs
Last night the Finance minister said he understood most staff would be rehired by the liquidators or by NAMA when it takes on the bank’s assets.























































