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Fri 01 Jan 2010Country has 'mountain to climb'
Despite an apparent stabilisation of the economy, the country still has a “mountain to climb” to restore its competitiveness, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said today.
Addressing a conference hosted by the Clonmel Chamber of Commerce today, Mr Cowen said signs of an improvement in the economy were evident from slightly better than forecast December tax figures and a slowing in the rate of increase in unemployment.
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