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FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny claimed the IMF report was a “damning indictment’’ of Brian Cowen’s record as minister for finance.

“The report makes it clear that your failed policies have given Ireland the worst recession of any of the advanced economies,” said Mr Kenny. “Thousands of people have lost their jobs because you failed to do yours.”