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Wed 01 Jan 2009Economic briefings 'made no reference to IMF'
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said he made no mention of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when responding to comments by a senior trade union official this morning.
Mr Cowen, on a trade mission in Japan, was asked about comments made by Dan Murphy, the general secretary of the Public Service Executive Union. Mr Murphy had warned that the State's borrowing figures were unsustainable and, if not curtailed, could possibly lead to the IMF ordering mass dismissals of public sector workers in the future.
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