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Thu 11 Nov 2009Cowen refuses to say if State will have to rescue docklands body
TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has declined to be drawn on the question of whether the State will have to rescue the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA), which will today report an estimated operating loss of €27 million.
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said the authority as a commercial body “cannot default on its loans” and he asked if the taxpayer “is going to have to fork out €27 million” for the authority when the taxpayer “is already expected to put €27 billion” into Anglo Irish Bank.
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