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Sat 12 Dec 2009Coalition delivered requisite Budget despite the odds
While just over a week ago the Government lacked resolve, it has now introduced the harsh measures needed, writes STEPHEN COLLINS
THE RELATIVELY calm response to one of the toughest budgets in the history of the State has come as a huge relief to the Coalition which has now made it intact through one of the most gruelling few months ever faced by an Irish government.
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