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Thu 09 Sep 2010Only sustained cuts can now keep Ireland afloat
ANALYSIS:As EU commissioner Olli Rehn has implied, if the Government fails to act, it will be reduced to implementing policies dictated from abroad, writes ARTHUR BEESLEY
OLLI REHN’S call for a four-year package of budget and reform measures from the Government underscores mounting anxiety in Brussels over Ireland’s precarious economic position. His intervention can also be read as a wake-up call to the Irish body politic at large.
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