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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Kenny to talk tax with European Council ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-tax-european-council-919886-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[He will speak about how best to tackle tax evasion and fraud during the meeting in Brussels. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Howlin: ‘Public servants have given a huge amount but this is the last ask’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-lrc-croke-park-919107-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The minister said he was glad the structure was there for a new deal but was “not taking anything for granted in relation to the ballot”.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Brian Hayes" />
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[€4.4m to assist horticulture producers after ‘exceptionally wet weather’ ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/e4-4m-to-assist-horticulture-producers-after-exceptionally-wet-weather-917080-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/e4-4m-to-assist-horticulture-producers-after-exceptionally-wet-weather-917080-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bad weather in 2012 affected most sectors within Ireland’s horticultural industry – and the damage was further compounded for many growers by the cold late spring this year, the Minister for Agriculture said. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s banks are borrowing less and less from the ECB]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-loans-ecb-april-2013-917897-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-loans-ecb-april-2013-917897-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[New figures show Ireland’s banks are now less reliant on emergency loans than at any other time since September 2008.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Over 30,000 tonnes of fodder delivered to struggling farmers]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/fodder-917821-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The transport subsidy was extended earlier this month, to help farmers suffering from food shortages following the harsh winter.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[University lecturers agree to enter new Croke Park talks]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ifut-agrees-croke-park-pay-talks-917316-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Irish Federation of University Teachers said it was up to the official side to prove that talks on a new pay deal are not just an attempt to persuade people to accept proposals that have already been rejected. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="croke park 2" />
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Pay talks continue as coalition concedes €300m target might be missed]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/croke-park-talks-teacher-health-916671-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f13538f1-e833-7e1e-6d75-570ac1269faa</id>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Junior Finance Minister Brian Hayes said that the original target of €300 million savings for the year might not be achieved. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Have you reduced your alcohol consumption in the past year?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-alcohol-consumption-ireland-915836-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c9a853ab-6f6b-2732-0630-94c8204934bb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-alcohol-consumption-ireland-915836-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In the last year, the amount of alcohol consumed in Ireland fell by 4.4 per cent.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘Drunken Irish’ no more: Alcohol consumption falls 20% in 12 years]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/alcohol-consumption-decrease-ireland-915814-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a025ba67-f4c2-8459-9a02-6b0258f324d2</id>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The amount of beer drank in the last year increased but the consumption of cider, spirits and wine all fell.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Here’s how to protect your bank deposits in this unsettled economy]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/protecting-your-bank-deposits-913370-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/protecting-your-bank-deposits-913370-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Many sensible individuals are now rightly worried about the security of their savings and investments, writes David Quinn who says diversification is key. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>David Quinn</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Pics: Oil laundering plant that used cat litter uncovered in Dublin]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/diesel-laundering-blanchardstown-914867-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1a11a60c-c065-5ad3-a9c6-1ecaa8b398f9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/diesel-laundering-blanchardstown-914867-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The first ever oil laundering plan found in Dublin had a potential loss to the exchequer of €1.75 million a year.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Kids have serious ‘pester power’ on family food purchases]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/children-pester-power-food-purchases-907016-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bb3f40ad-89e9-505f-e001-a69596d7fc5b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/children-pester-power-food-purchases-907016-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The breakfast cereal in a family’s cupboard is often dictated by the children.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Primary teachers votes for strike action if government cuts their pay]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/into-strike-lrc-talks-914055-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4a2d6464-738a-1a86-8f9a-66001597c6db</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-strike-lrc-talks-914055-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The INTO also agreed to accept an invitation to go back to the talks table with the Labour Relations Commission. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park II" />
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Minister welcomes expansion plans at Capita]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/minister-welcomes-expansion-plans-at-capita-912587-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0e596ecf-abba-fad3-7011-4a5ad612015f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/minister-welcomes-expansion-plans-at-capita-912587-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/minister-welcomes-expansion-plans-at-capita-912587-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[As the company opens a new Dublin office, recruitment has started in a number of areas. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobswatch" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Recruitment" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Eurogroup chief says Eurozone is much ‘calmer’ now than last year]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/juncker-eurozone-comparison-911981-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6cc2c591-6f2e-4c44-30d0-8915bc113809</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/juncker-eurozone-comparison-911981-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/juncker-eurozone-comparison-911981-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Jean-Claude Juncker was comparing the Eurozone now to a year ago in Brussels.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/juncker-eurozone-comparison-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Berlin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Germany" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Jean-Claude Juncker" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Juncker" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Luxembourg" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Queen Mary II is in town and she’s bringing €500k with her]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/queen-mary-dock-dublin-911676-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6b8f49d1-7bfb-d14d-d0e3-3ae89c8d7922</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/queen-mary-dock-dublin-911676-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/queen-mary-dock-dublin-911676-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[One of the largest, longest, widest, tallest and most expensive passenger liners in history will be docked in Dún Laoghaire until 6pm.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/queen-mary-dock-dublin-630x332.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Crew" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="docked" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dún Laoghaire" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="passngers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="proud mary" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="queen mary 2" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="queen mary II" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="RMS Queen Mary II" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[€500m worth of T-Bills sold at auction]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/e500m-worth-of-t-bills-sold-at-auction-911554-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b1b1397a-9905-25d2-ed8e-b18aaa611317</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/e500m-worth-of-t-bills-sold-at-auction-911554-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/e500m-worth-of-t-bills-sold-at-auction-911554-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The bills were sold at a lower interest rate this month than last month.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/treasury-bills-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Auction" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="bills" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Treasury Management Agency" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="NTMA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="t-bills" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Treasury Bills" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Jim Corr on €778k debt: “I’m a musician, I’m not good at figures” ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/jim-corr-acc-bank-debt-loan-910569-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:36713c07-a427-1736-5dca-ac90ffa666ef</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/jim-corr-acc-bank-debt-loan-910569-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/jim-corr-acc-bank-debt-loan-910569-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The judge in the case said he found it difficult to understand how Corr lives rent-free in a home owned by a friend.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/jim-corr-acc-bank-debt-loan-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ACC Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="forgiven not forgotten" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="High Court" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Jim Corr" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="The Corrs" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="unpaid loan" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[IMF gives the ok for €1 billion bailout loan for Cyprus]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-bailout-money-910955-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f73957ef-5c89-3b34-2027-38c985a5e6be</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-bailout-money-910955-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-bailout-money-910955-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The IMF said the money is intended to stabilise the country’s ravage financial system. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/cyprus-bailout-money-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cyprus" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ESM" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="loan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Money Money Money" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish households saw one of the biggest falls in income after 2007]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/household-income-909965-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:75a5c527-a918-9e84-66fc-5b54b739122e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/household-income-909965-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/household-income-909965-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A report published today also warned of the increase in child poverty between 2007 and 2010.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/money-19-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Child poverty" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="households" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="income" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="inequality" />
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rabbitte: No point comparing Ireland’s oil prospects to Norway’s ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-norway-oil-909379-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a339ae1f-b82a-4f1f-0421-21dcc6712996</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-norway-oil-909379-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-norway-oil-909379-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Communication and Natural Resources has said a Norwegian-style 80 per cent tax on oil finds would not work, saying: “We’re comparing apples with oranges.”  ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/oil-rig-2-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Drilling" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Exploration" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil find" />
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[France enters recession in first quarter]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/france-enters-recession-in-first-quarter-909307-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ea736c6a-b737-3b4b-ac1f-042cb8cc00bf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/france-enters-recession-in-first-quarter-909307-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/france-enters-recession-in-first-quarter-909307-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[French economic growth has been sluggish lately as a result of record unemployment and falling household demand – the key driver of the economy.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/france-niger-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="France" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Gross Domestic Product" />
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<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland to contribute over €90 million extra to EU budget for 2013]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-to-contribute-over-e90-million-extra-to-eu-budget-for-2013-908972-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e6c432b1-7470-d161-9fd7-e67fc646a4fc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-to-contribute-over-e90-million-extra-to-eu-budget-for-2013-908972-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-to-contribute-over-e90-million-extra-to-eu-budget-for-2013-908972-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The contribution is part of an overall contribution of €7.3 billion to cover a spending shortfall from 2012.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ecofin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Budget" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Herman Van Rompuy" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cashing in: Paddy Power revenue jumps]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cashing-in-paddy-power-revenue-jumps-908902-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:34ff4301-ab71-8ff5-eb15-4acbb49c7898</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cashing-in-paddy-power-revenue-jumps-908902-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cashing-in-paddy-power-revenue-jumps-908902-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The success of the Irish owned bookmaker continues to grow thanks to online gambling.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/horse-racing-the-open-2011-paddy-power-gold-cup-day-cheltenham-racecourse-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Betting" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bookies" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bookmakers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Gambling" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Paddy Power" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Profits" />
<author><name>Philip Ryan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/philip-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Howlin: Contingency plans in place for pay cuts ‘one way or another’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-public-sector-pay-cuts-907763-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:59801810-bc97-f2c1-17a0-6b0395f9b186</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-public-sector-pay-cuts-907763-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-public-sector-pay-cuts-907763-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Brendan Howlin says the Government will accept pay deals with individual unions if an overall deal is impossible.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/howlin-8-230x150.png" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cabinet" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="croke park 2" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Relations Commission" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="LRC" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector Pay Cuts" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[It might be time to say goodbye to those tiny cent coins]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:103385e4-814f-0edc-7961-5159e6c628c9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commission is looking at replacing one and two cent coins or getting rid of them entirely due to the costs involved in making them.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/cent-coins-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="one cent" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="your two cents" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Nearly two-thirds of Irish farms are not economically viable]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/economically-viable-farms-908198-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e32fc324-b5c1-21bd-5b5c-96fa80b37799</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/economically-viable-farms-908198-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/economically-viable-farms-908198-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The average income on a family farm fell by 15 per cent last year according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey published today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Farmers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="farms" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Farm Survey" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Production" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Single Farm Payment" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Subsidies" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Teagasc" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Another €500m of T-Bills for sale this week]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/auction-treasury-bills-907872-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f3fe98be-71a8-c518-24f3-f583854bc379</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/auction-treasury-bills-907872-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/auction-treasury-bills-907872-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The NTMA will hold another auction this Thursday as it attempts to help Ireland return to normal lending markets.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/irish-stock-exchange-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Auction" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="bills" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Treasury Management Agency" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="NTMA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Sale" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Treasury Bills" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Young people ‘bear burden of financial crisis’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/young-people-financial-crisis-907724-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:13fd7655-ebd5-2a1b-a1bd-485cf51bf317</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/young-people-financial-crisis-907724-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/young-people-financial-crisis-907724-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new ESRI publication says that young households were more likely to become unemployed and many purchased a home prior to the crash.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Crash" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ESRI" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="familes" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="household" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="households" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Older People" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="young people" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU will inspect Ireland’s finances for decades after bailout, under new rules]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-inspections-ireland-bailout-two-pack-906463-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ecd5d072-2122-4d18-1890-133b2d0cd64f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-inspections-ireland-bailout-two-pack-906463-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-inspections-ireland-bailout-two-pack-906463-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ‘two-pack’ also means the Budget will have to be submitted to Brussels for its approval every October from now on.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2014" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ecofin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Two-pack" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Charging private patients for public beds will drive up premiums by 25% – report]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/health-insurance-premiums-beds-906807-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0a388e08-c507-c3a1-e37a-8475909f843a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/health-insurance-premiums-beds-906807-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/health-insurance-premiums-beds-906807-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Insurance companies are worried about the decline in young people enrolling as the costs of insuring those over 60 are considerably higher.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/hospital-bed-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Aviva" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Beds" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Health Insurance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Hospitals" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Insurance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Policy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="private health insurance" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The NAMA advisors who work for free cost €23,000 last year ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/nama-advisers-906545-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:33e2a35a-fc3d-dc59-61af-bb0d491dc411</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/nama-advisers-906545-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/nama-advisers-906545-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Hotels, travel and subsistence cost meant that the NAMA advisory group, which works pro-bono, cost thousands of euro last year. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/hong-kong-hsbc-2-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="advisors" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Finance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Finance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="NAMA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Asset Management Agency" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="pro bono" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Property loans" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Former Taoiseach’s comments on financial regulation gave MEP ‘the shivers’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/john-bruton-regulation-906698-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0a286526-91f6-b5e8-031a-1901a3b1f19a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/john-bruton-regulation-906698-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/john-bruton-regulation-906698-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[At a conference last week Bruton said there should be less regulation of the IFSC.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/john-bruton-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="european insurance forum" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Financial Institutions" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Financial Regulation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IFSC" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="John Bruton" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Nessa Childers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="regulation" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘Vast majority’ of Bus Éireann services cancelled today due to strike ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/vast-majority-of-bus-eireann-services-cancelled-today-due-to-strike-906071-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:193c4c21-790a-fda0-9ce5-97d0d8caf956</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vast-majority-of-bus-eireann-services-cancelled-today-due-to-strike-906071-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vast-majority-of-bus-eireann-services-cancelled-today-due-to-strike-906071-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bus Éireann says it anticipates that school transport services will operate as normal today but has advised parents to check services ahead of time. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/12052013-bus-eireann-strike-pictured-a-near-em-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bus" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bus Eireann" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Industrial Action" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Dispute" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Pay and Conditions" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="stike" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Transport" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="transport services" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The cost of filling your car fell last month]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/petrol-prices-ireland-aa-905622-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f4c604cb-0767-42cd-5736-0fcf568bf221</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/petrol-prices-ireland-aa-905622-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/petrol-prices-ireland-aa-905622-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[AA Ireland says that petrol prices fell by nearly four per cent with diesel falling by just under 5 per cent. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/shutterstock_116066278-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="AA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="AA Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Conor Faughnan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="fuel costs" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fuel Prices" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Petrol" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Petrol Prices" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Petrol tank" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Howlin: It’s in personal interests of public workers to accept pay cuts]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-personal-interest-workers-pay-cut-905482-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9574be67-dac7-0f22-0f13-53e708d3ff2b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-personal-interest-workers-pay-cut-905482-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/howlin-personal-interest-workers-pay-cut-905482-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[As he prepares for Kieran Mulvey to sound the death knell on pay talks, Brendan Howlin says national solvency is good for everyone.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="croke park 2" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park II" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Exclusive" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Kieran Mulvey" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Relations Commission" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Pay" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Sector" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘Some bankers and civil servants don’t want banking inquiry’ – McGuinness]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-inquiry-pac-john-mcguinness-905586-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8a823e5f-e41e-5e05-6c03-1ef9e2bd792b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-inquiry-pac-john-mcguinness-905586-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-inquiry-pac-john-mcguinness-905586-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The government has been seeking to bring forward legislation to strengthen the Oireachtas’ ability to carry out inquiries into matters of public interest in the wake of the rejection of a referendum in 2011. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/file-pics-the-chairman-of-the-dails-public-accounts-committee-pac-john-mcguinness-has-heavily-criticised-a-number-of-public-bodies-following-the-publication-of-the-comptroller-and-auditor-general-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank Inquiry" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking Inquiry" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Civil Servants" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inquiry" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Joan Burton" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="John McGuinness" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="oireachtas finance committee" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="PAC" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Accounts Committee" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Investigators uncover $45 million global ATM fraud ring]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/45-million-dollar-atm-fraud-905131-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d1774a15-022d-014e-83d0-1a26de440669</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/45-million-dollar-atm-fraud-905131-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/45-million-dollar-atm-fraud-905131-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[At least ten people have been arrested around the world, over a scam which exploited pre-PIN technology.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/earns-visa-2-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ATM cards" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ATM fraud" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="banking fraud" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Cards" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debit Cards" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fraud" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="United States" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Why you can’t see the ‘black book’ that was never used for the banking crisis ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/central-bank-black-book-financial-crisis-904919-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6388f377-fb33-c983-1682-e01be3429521</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/central-bank-black-book-financial-crisis-904919-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/central-bank-black-book-financial-crisis-904919-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The manual is intended for us during financial crises but was not used during Ireland’s banking crisis and neither the Central Bank nor the Minister for Finance will release it, it was revealed this week. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/3132011-stress-test-results-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Black Book" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="book" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Central Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Crisis Management Manual" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Nyberg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Nyberg Report" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Secret Book" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stephen Donnelly" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Pharmacists finding it difficult to keep their ‘heads above water’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/pharmacists-business-worried-903435-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:548fed8c-2802-033a-0d0d-883a4e4553f7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/pharmacists-business-worried-903435-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/pharmacists-business-worried-903435-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T08:33:25+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Falling sales, rising costs and threats to cut pharmacy incomes are contributing to the gloomy business outlooks.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="falling sales" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IPU" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Pharmacy Union" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Pharmacists" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
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