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EU/IMF deal saddles us with debt of up to 102 per cent of GNP – the rate of pre-boom years

TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen insisted last night that the debt burden on Ireland under the terms of the EU/International Monetary Fund bailout would not cripple the country as his political opponents are claiming but would instead put it on the road to recovery.