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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Call that a stimulus? What we need is a tax cut.]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/stimulus-tax-cut-ireland-aaron-mckenna-527372-Jul2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ‘stimulus’ announced this week won’t even move the needle, writes Aaron McKenna. So what should be done?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Action Plan on Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Children's Hospital" />
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘Timid’, ‘anaemic’ and ‘spin-driven’ – the opposition on the stimulus package]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/timid-anaemic-and-spin-driven-the-opposition-has-its-say-on-the-stimulus-package-524395-Jul2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/timid-anaemic-and-spin-driven-the-opposition-has-its-say-on-the-stimulus-package-524395-Jul2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Government yesterday announced a €2.25 billion plan to give a boost to the economy. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Construction" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Green Party" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="reaction stimulus" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Sinn Féin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="SIPTU" />
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<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/emer-mclysaght/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[IBEC to launch ‘major growth plan’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ibec-announce-growth-plan-524075-Jul2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ibec-announce-growth-plan-524075-Jul2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The group, which represents Irish business, is to provide an innovative non-Exchequer funded package of measures for the whole economy later today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IBEC" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Infrastructure" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Infrastructure stimulus" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Private Partnership" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stimulus" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government’s €2.25 billion stimulus plan hopes to create 13,000 jobs]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/government-stimulus-13000-jobs-2-25-billion-nprf-state-assets-523777-Jul2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/government-stimulus-13000-jobs-2-25-billion-nprf-state-assets-523777-Jul2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A major programme of motorway upgrades, as well as spending in justice, health and education, will begin next year.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Pension Reserve Fund" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="sale of state assets" />
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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[New DIT campus at Grangegorman to be part of €2bn stimulus package ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/stimulus-dit-grangegorman-roads-infrastructure-523368-Jul2012/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Schools, healthcare and roads are also likely to benefit from measures being announced by the government later today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cort" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin Institute of Technology" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="enniscorthy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Investment Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Galway" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Pension Reserve Fund" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="New Ross" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="public private partnerships" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Roads" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ruairí Quinn" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="State Assets" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tuam" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Wexford" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[European Union leaders agree to €120 billion stimulus package]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/120-billion-economic-stimulus-eurozone-herman-van-rompuy-504098-Jun2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Investment Bank will be given more cash to lend out, while other unused funds will be redeployed.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Investment Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Herman Van Rompuy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Project bonds" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stimulus" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Four biggest Eurozone countries to push for €130 billion stimulus]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-four-biggest-spain-italy-france-germany-130-billion-stimulus-496639-Jun2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-four-biggest-spain-italy-france-germany-130-billion-stimulus-496639-Jun2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[France, Germany, Italy and Spain agree to lobby for a €130 billion growth plan at next week’s summit in Brussels.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Angela Merkel" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Financial transaction tax" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Francois Hollande" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ftt" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="mariano rajoy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mario Monti" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stimulus" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tobin Tax" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Transaction Tax" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Merkel now accepts need for growth measures, claim opposition]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/merkel-now-accepts-need-for-growth-measures-claim-opposition-462694-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/merkel-now-accepts-need-for-growth-measures-claim-opposition-462694-May2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[German politicians say the premier has changed her steadfast position on introducing stimulus measures alongside the Fiscal Treaty.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="fiscal treaty" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Growth" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Referendum" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stimulus" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland to make €1.5 billion available for mortgages]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-to-make-e1-5-billion-available-for-mortgages-299293-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:27a5c61c-5e34-dc66-c35a-f486f2f63ea1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-to-make-e1-5-billion-available-for-mortgages-299293-Dec2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The move comes one day after Finance Minister Michael Noonan announced a range of measures in the Budget encouraging people to buy homes. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="2012" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="buy that house" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="first time buyers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Home" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Homeowners" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgage" />
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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[Bernanke: Fed would supply more stimulus if needed]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bernanke-fed-would-supply-more-stimulus-if-needed-176625-Jul2011/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bernanke-fed-would-supply-more-stimulus-if-needed-176625-Jul2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke’s reassurances helped drive stock prices higher, but it also underscored the fragile state of the economy more than two years after economists said the recession had ended. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="US Federal Reserve" />
<author><name>Mary</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/mary/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[World oil prices continue six-month record rallies]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/world-oil-prices-continue-six-month-record-rallies-42862-Nov2010/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2d08427b-920b-a606-2b73-17db1e55d327</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/world-oil-prices-continue-six-month-record-rallies-42862-Nov2010/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T07:56:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The price of a barrel has risen above $86 – just as the western world needs extra home heating.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
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