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Thu 09 Sep 2008Early budget to confront crisis in public finances
THE GOVERNMENT has brought forward the 2009 budget by almost two months in an effort to reassure the public that it intends to deal with the crisis in the public finances and the decline in consumer confidence.
Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan said last night that taking decisive action now was critical to future sustainable growth.
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