SBP EDITORIAL: Time for us to side with Cameron on Europe

EU facing several problems more serious than any in its history

Ireland’s economy ends the year in a state of rude good health, even if our politics is understandably jittery in advance of the forthcoming election.

The same cannot be said for the EU as a whole. The bloc's economy continues to stutter, even as growth in the US prompts the authorities to raise interest rates there. Growth is 1 per cent in France this year, Italy’s economy will grow by less, and Germany’s ...