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Wed 10 Oct 2010Parties meet for two hours to discuss public finances
The leaders of the four biggest parties in the Dáil met today to discuss the crisis in the public finances but failed to agree a consensus for tackling the State's budget deficit.
The Taoiseach had invited Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore to meet him and Green Party leader John Gormley “to confirm the extent of the agreement between parties on the necessary response” in the light of the briefing the parties received from the Department of Finance.
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