RATING’S AGENCY Moody’s has cut Portugal’s rating by two spots to A1, Reuters reports. Moody’s says their outlook is stable, meaning no further rating change is expected for at least a year, but Portugal may need to introduce more austerity measures in 2011 to keep it that way. The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar following the news.
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# ratings - Monday 20 May, 2013
Player ratings: How Trap’s Ireland squad got on for their clubs this season
We assess the fortunes of both the key members and the individuals on the periphery of the Irish team.
# ratings - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Out of 10: How we rated Ireland’s players against Italy
Few Irish players put their hands up and took the fight [legally] to the victorious Italians.
# ratings - Sunday 10 February, 2013
Ratings: Here’s how the Irish players fared against victorious England
It was tough going on a soggy afternoon in Dublin.
# ratings - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Ratings: How the Irish players performed versus Poland
2013 has started on a very positive note for Giovanni Trapattoni and the Ireland team.
# ratings - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Ratings: How the Irish players performed versus Wales
Ireland survived a second-half fightback from Wales to open their Six Nations campaign with a win.
# ratings - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Mrs Brown’s Boys’ gets a huge increase in UK viewers for Christmas
In 2011, 6.61 million people watched the show’s Christmas Special – a figure that has jumped by around a third.
# ratings - Saturday 17 November, 2012
#IreFIJ: How Ireland’s new-look team rated this evening
There are plenty of reasons to be cheerful after the 53-0 win over Fiji in Limerick.
# ratings - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Player Ratings: Leinster v Exeter Chiefs
The Premiership side put up a real fight in the first half before the Blues’ European pedigree shone through.
Here’s how Connacht rated against Zebre in the Heineken Cup today
Eric Elwood’s men overcame a determined Italian side today to win their opening Heineken Cup match.
# ratings - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
Player ratings: Ireland v Oman, international friendly
We rate how the Boys in Green fared in Craven Cottage this evening.
# ratings - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
Star men: here’s our Premier League team of the week
A handful of Premier League new boys wasted no time in making their presence felt. Here’s our top XI from the weekend – did we get it right?
# ratings - Thursday 14 June, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# ratings - Monday 11 June, 2012
Summer Tour Diary: Kiwi press believe Irish ‘mob’ are ripe for crushing
New Zealanders expect some bite and struggle from their prey while Euro 2012 woes do little to lift team morale.
# ratings - Saturday 26 May, 2012
Player ratings: We mark the boys in green out of 10
The sun shone on the supporters at the Aviva and Ireland acquitted themselves well in their Euro 2012 send-off.
# ratings - Saturday 19 May, 2012
Ratings: We mark the Leinster and Ulster players out of 10
The pace was frantic and there were some superb individual performances but who did we rate as the game’s top dogs?
# ratings - Saturday 28 April, 2012
Player ratings: We mark the Ulster players out of 10
After a barnstorming start from both sides, it became a grind but Ulster upped the ante to secure a famous win.
# ratings - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Dutch caretaker PM urges ‘responsibility’ over economic problems
Despite the fall of the country’s government over budget disagreements yesterday, the Netherlands raised €2 billion at a bond auction today.
# ratings - Sunday 8 April, 2012
Rated: We mark the Clermont and Saracens players out of 10
Leinster will have their work cut out for them when they tackle the French giants in Bordeaux
Ratings: We mark Ulster and Munster players out of 10
The men from the North were stupendous as they hit the front and ground out a famous win
# ratings - Saturday 17 March, 2012
Six Nations: How Ireland rated against England
It really wasn’t pretty, was it?
# ratings - Monday 6 February, 2012
Beckham appearance not enough to catch Mrs. Brown’s Boys
Almost 4 million people tuned into the Jonathan Ross Show but that was still well behind the figures racked up during Brendan O’Carroll’s BBC comedy.
# ratings - Friday 27 January, 2012
Fitch downgrades five eurozone countries – but retains Ireland’s rating
Italy, Spain, Belgium, Cyprus and Slovenia have all been downgraded by the American ratings agency.
# ratings - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
Irish semi-states moved from Standard and Poor’s ‘watch’ list
Bord Gais, the DAA and the ESB are currently rated ‘negative’ by S&P.
# ratings - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
Mrs Brown’s Boys was most-watched tv show in Ireland over Christmas
880,000 viewers tuned in to the Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special on Christmas Day, ahead of Eastenders, Fair City, and Anne Doyle’s last ever appearance reading the news.
# ratings - Tuesday 15 November, 2011
Player ratings: how the Boys in Green fared…
Ireland march on thanks to a workmanlike draw with Estonia tonight. Here’s how they played.
# ratings - Wednesday 7 September, 2011
Poll: Should the Late Late Show be scrapped?
RTE says it is happy with the ratings for the first show of the new season – but do you think it’s time for a change on Friday nights?
# ratings - Thursday 18 August, 2011
Lucky you: France will keep its AAA rating, says S&P
Concerns had been raised over exposure to Greek debt and zero economic growth.
# ratings - Friday 5 August, 2011
S&P upbeat about Ireland’s return to bond markets
The ratings agency says its maintaining its debt ratings for Ireland and describes the country’s economic outlook as ‘stable’.
# ratings - Tuesday 14 June, 2011
Greece’s credit rating now the lowest in the world
Standard & Poor’s drops Greece another three notches and says any restructure will be considered a sovereign default.
# ratings - Tuesday 10 May, 2011
Moody’s warns of Irish downgrade risk due to eurozone troubles
Credit ratings agency says that commitments to avoid Ireland defaulting could change with developments in other debt-laden eurozone countries.
# ratings - Tuesday 19 April, 2011
US government bonds put on ‘negative’ watchlist by S&P
The very benchmark of government financial reliability – the US Treasury bond – is given a talking-to by Standard & Poor’s.
# ratings - Monday 18 April, 2011
US debt downgraded to ‘negative’
Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has downgraded its outlook for the US to negative on fears country may not be able to address long-term debt issues.
# ratings - Wednesday 16 March, 2011
Portugal facing choppy waters after Moody’s debt downgrade
The ratings agency cuts the rating it gives to Portuguese government debt, down two notches from A1 and A3.
# ratings - Monday 7 March, 2011
Moody’s downgrades Greece again but says Irish ratings cut is not imminent
The ratings agency is closely monitoring Ireland’s attempt to negotiate better terms on the EU/IMF deal – but has said it did not have imminent plans to downgrade Ireland.
# ratings - Thursday 30 September, 2010
Moody’s downgrades Spain’s credit rating
And the price of the country’s 10-year bonds fall. Yes, fall.
# ratings - Tuesday 13 July, 2010
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