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Sat 11 Nov 2009'Crisis' public finances must be reduced, says Cowen
The Taoiseach has today told Fianna Fáil's national youth conference the public finances will have to be cut and called for "coherent proposals" from the Opposition.
"The biggest crisis for the State is the public finances. We are living way beyond our means and we must pull back. There is no option to do otherwise," Brian Cowen told his audience in Bundoran, Co Donegal.
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