Greece is Ireland. Ireland is Greece

As Greeks prepare to go to the polls again next weekend, an ‘Irish Times’ columnist argues that their country is more like Ireland, culturally and socially, than most people think

EU doesn’t care about Greece’s identity crisis: it’s payback time

Syriza’s and Tsipras’s vision and energy were dissipated by force majeure of Europe

Greek crisis: Government orders re-opening of banks

Alexis Tsipras decree comes hours after new ministers sworn in following reshuffle

Greece crisis: Tsipras faces rebellion within coalition

PM will need opposition support to ensure passage of contentious bailout package

Syriza activists struggle to accept terms Tsipras has signed up to

Some remain angry and defiant, while one insists Tsipras is not a traitor

Tsipras moves to placate party as vote looms

Cuts-for-cash proposals presented by Tsipras tentatively welcomed in European capitals

Greek banks stay shut as ECB awaits result of crunch talks

European Central Bank postpones decision on giving further funding

Greeks prepare for ‘knife-edge’ referendum result

Most of the country’s main newspapers have openly called for a Yes in the plebiscite

Greek crisis fuelling anxiety as contagion concerns spread

Spain keen to be seen as the ‘good student’ in the euro zone classroom

Opinion hardens in Germany against further negotiations with Syriza

‘You can’t seriously expect’ creditors to negotiate with Greece – Wolfgang Schauble

Greece crisis: Pressure on Tsipras grows with threat of defections

Concessions in debt negotiations trigger reaction that could threaten Syriza majority

Greece debt: Tsipras to bring more to negotiations

European Central Bank sanctions further support for the Greek banking system

Greece Letter: Economic woe gives way to pervasive uncertainty

A subtle and unpleasant idea has taken root that nothing whatever makes sense anymore

Third Greek bailout looms as growth predictions reduce

Europe Letter: possibility of the country returning to full market funding seems fanciful

Socialists survive Podemos surge in Andalusia elections

Podemos wins 15 seats in regional poll as Socialists claim ‘historic’ win

Campaign to promote community based politics across State

1st Independent Mayo say they are ‘not quite Ireland’s answer to Syriza’

Alan Kelly says it is his ambition to lead Labour

Minister for the Environment also claims Sinn Féin ‘not left-wing’ during interview

Podemos responds to Latin America tax fraud claims

Spanish anti-austerity party defends payment to key member from left-wing governments

Syriza member says Sinn Féin’s rise ‘the best help’ for Greek government

Senator David Cullinane says party wants to lead anti-austerity government in south

Greeks ‘inspired’ by Irish anti-water charge campaign

Syriza member says ‘working class movement challenged narrative that everything is good’

Siptu calls for 5% pay increases and €11.45 minimum wage

Ibec says trade union’s statement is reckless, foolish and detached from economic reality

Anti-austerity protest in Madrid in support of Podemos

Thousands march in Spain’s capital for increasingly popular opposition party

Greek bank shares in worst one-day slump

Anxiety grows over new government’s plan to renegotiate bailout

Germany raises growth forecast to 1.5% as consumers begin spending

Figures show lower fuel prices and weaker euro are boosting disposable income

Greek debt writedown will be ‘very difficult’, says Kenny

Taoiseach says decisions on social welfare entitlements is one for Government not IMF

Greece delivers anticipated wake-up call to Europe with election of hard left government

Syriza’s leader Alexis Tsipras has to choose between conciliation and confrontation

Media reaction to Syriza’s victory in Greek general election

A look at how some newspapers from around the world covered and analysed the vote

‘The bailout is over. Blackmail is over. Subservience is over’

Greece will make history, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras tells final rally ahead of general election

Could banking crisis have cost less, and how much might we eventually get back?

Ovation as Alexis Tsipras enters home stretch in Greece elections

Winning over hearts and minds is crucial if Syriza is to win the majority it covets

Greece dissolves parliament ahead of general election

Polls show left-wing Syriza with marginal lead over ruling New Democracy

Greece presidential elections puts pressure on Samaras

New Democracy party must have candidate elected or face snap election

As Greece questions its identity ‘the only thing uniting us is conflict’

Greek Letter: amid ever greater political uncertainty, what it means to be Greek is up for debate

Rise of AFD party in Germany re-ignites debate on emergence of fringe movements

Politically extreme parties have the potential to shape the political agenda

Irish jobs surge most promising sign of recovery in more than half a decade

Jobs markets of fellow euro zone peripherals gives cause for despair

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