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Irish finance minister Lenihan has battled cancer for the past year, winning respect for his personal resilience in Ireland (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

EU-IMF troika heading to Dublin to oversee budget preparations

Ireland's fiscal sovereignty was hanging by a thread late on Tuesday evening (16 November) as eurozone finance ministers announced that EU and IMF overseers were to head to Dublin to supervise preparations for a fresh round of cuts for the next four years to ensure that they are as deep as necessary.

Dublin appeared to stand up to massive pressure from the European Central Bank and other countries that use the euro, particularly Spain and Portugal, to sign up to a bail-out, with Taoisea...

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Irish finance minister Lenihan has battled cancer for the past year, winning respect for his personal resilience in Ireland (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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