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Sat 07 Jul 2009Cowen defends record in Finance
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has defended his record as minister for finance and insisted that he has no more cause for regret than the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or anybody else.
Speaking in the Dáil debate on the recent reports from the IMF and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mr Cowen again resisted calls from the Opposition to apologise for his stewardship in Finance, saying that nobody had predicted the global financial crisis which had done so much damage to the Irish economy.
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