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The Irish Times-Tuesday,November23,2010. Making a Virtue of Necessity

Posted by Trevor Gillespie on Tuesday, November 23, 2010, In : ireland 

IT IS arguable that the Taoiseach has made the right decision in “the uniquely serious circumstances in which we find ourselves”, as he put it. Brian Cowen, with the full support of his Fianna Fáil Ministers, will proceed to publish the four-year plan with the €15 billion “adjustment” tomorrow, a budget containing €6 billion in cuts on December 7th and the necessary measures to bring it into effect thereafter. He will seek a general election early in the new year. So, after month...


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Ireland 2010

Posted by Trevor Gillespie on Saturday, November 6, 2010, In : ireland 

WITH THE effects of the recession still being felt and a brutal budget looming, it is perhaps hard for Irish people to see any silver lining in the dark clouds.

But it appears things are different from the outside looking in, with a UN Development Programme report ranking Ireland fifth in a quality-of-life index.

Ireland retained its spot in the top five countries in the annual Human Development Index, with just Norway, Australia, New Zealand and the US rated as better places to call home.

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