Dublin is to seek one of the most important portfolios in the new European Commission for its new man in Brussels - finance minister Charlie McCreevy.
According to The Irish Times, Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern will this weekend ask the incoming commission president, José Manuel Durao Barroso, for either the economic and monetary affairs portfolio or competition.
These two influential posts are currently occupied by a Spaniard and an Italian.
If Dublin were to put in a...
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