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Wed 09 Sep 2008UK demands cuts in bill for treatment of citizens in Irish hospitals
THE BRITISH government has demanded cuts worth hundreds of millions a year in the bill Ireland charges for treating people in Irish hospitals who are covered by British social insurance.
In the last five years, the British have paid €2 billion to the Department of Finance.
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