IRELAND-EU-PRESIDENCY

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY CONOR BARRINS Workers prepare the conference centre as part of the refurbishing of Dublin Castle in Dublin, Ireland on December 18, 2012 where most meetings will take place when Ireland assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union. Bailed-out Ireland hopes to use the momentum of its presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2013 to push through measures to boost growth and create jobs. Ireland is the first country to take on the six-month rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc while being propped up by money from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. AFP PHOTO / PETER MUHLY (Photo credit should read PETER MUHLY/AFP via Getty Images)