Ireland first in eurozone to hit recession

Article reports that Ireland, easily the best performing eurozone economy since the birth of the single currency, became the first in the 15-country region to fall into recession, September 2008.

BBC News, 25.9.08: Irish economy goes into recession http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7635426.stm

France24, 25.9.08: Ireland enters recession http://www.france24.com/en/20080925-ireland-official-data-recession-growth-europe&navi=EUROPE

FinFacts Ireland: Recession Ireland 2008: It may be like a Feast and a Famine as Celtic Tiger declared dead but all is not lost http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1013998.shtml

FinFacts Ireland, 25.9.08: Irish economy is in recession following contractions of GDP in both the first and second quarters of 2008; First full year contraction since 1983 expected http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1014814.shtml

Irish Times, 26.9.08: Reliance on property incentives criticised http://www.irishtimes.com/news/coalition-criticised-over-fuelling-home-grown-crisis-1.675960?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fcoalition-criticised-over-fuelling-home-grown-crisis-1.675960

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