Minister for Finance Michael Noonan: Focus would be on middle-income groups, defined as those earning between €32,800 and €70,000. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times Coalition considers tax benchmarking to lure emigrants home
Customer refunds may cost Permanent TSB up to €30mPTSB faces being fined by the Central Bank which confirmed it is “conducting an enforcement investigation”. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Merkel and Hollande in Moscow to discuss Ukraine peace planUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko (centre), German chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande during their talks in Kiev yesterday. Mykola Lazarenko/AFP/Getty Images Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (centre), German chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande during their talks in Kiev yesterday. Mykola Lazarenko/AFP/Getty Images
Circumcised women treated by first specialist clinic in Dublin Up to a dozen women have been treated at the first dedicated clinic for sufferers of female genital mutilation (FGM) since it opened last year, according to Dr Caitríona Henchion, medical director of the the clinic. File photograph: Hugh Macknight/PA Wire.
Drug-related deaths up 50% since 2004, Dáil hearsSeán Crowe (Sinn Féin): said drugs taskforces had suffered funding cuts while having alcohol added to their remit
Burmese military still controls politics as reforms falter Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the Women’s Forum in the Burmese capital Naypyidaw. Photograph: Jennifer Duggan
Greek and German ministers can’t even ‘agree to disagree’Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble address a news conference following talks at the finance ministry on Thursday. Photograph: Reuters
€10m winning lotto ticket sold in East of IrelandTechnical problems forced the cancellation of Wednesday night’s weekly lotto draw, which had a jackpot of almost €10m
Farm machinery manufacturers have eyes on export marketRay Flemming from Wexford surveying a feeder made by Abbey Machinery during the FTMTA Show at Punchestown. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
Finucane, Tubridy and ‘Newstalk Breakfast’ add listenersMarian Finucane: her weekend radio show on RTÉ 1 has 366,000 listeners on Saturday, up 16,000 on the last survey, while 351,000 people tune in on Sundays, which is 9,000 more than before. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times.
Eddie Rockets outlet among nine firms served with closure order Eddie Rockets in the Bridgewater Shopping Centre in Arklow, Co Wicklow, was one of nine businesses served a closure order by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland last month. Photograph: The Irish Times.
Banking inquiry told guarantee decision was ‘insane’ Professor Bill Black speaking before the Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis, 5th February 2015
Marriage equality referendum not about ‘parental rights’Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has said that new legislation to be published shortly on children’s issues will ensure people can focus solely on the issue of marriage equality when they vote in the referendum in May. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times.

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