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9 December 2010

From free state to failed state

The popular consensus is that Ireland’s debts are unpayable and the “rescue package” simply adds to

By Rob Brown

As the economic storm gathered in Ireland, the country’s premier, Brian Cowen, exhorted his compatriots to turn their sights to 2016 and imagine the centenary of the Easter Rising.

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