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Tue 12 Dec 2008We must be ready when the global upturn comes
OPINION:AS WE enter the new year, we do so in the knowledge that our economy will face significant further challenges. With the number of people searching for employment on the rise, it is clear that these challenges are the most significant the country has witnessed in a generation.
As a small, open trading economy, Ireland was quick to feel the effects of the global downturn. To survive, economies such as ours must react quickly and with flexibility to global economic developments, securing advantages and reassuring trading partners.
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