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Irish independent lawmaker Mattie McGrath said he is “not too sure” that he’ll back the Finance Bill, raising concern that the budget may not pass.
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Lawmakers for Ireland’s ruling Fianna Fail party are meeting today amid speculation that Prime Minister Brian Cowen may face a leadership challenge.
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Among his supporters in the southwest of Ireland, lawmaker Jackie Healy-Rae is known as the “Sugar Daddy” for championing his region. Now Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen may depend on his former political ally to pass next year’s budget and keep international patrons sweet.
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Michael Lowry , an independent Irish lawmaker, said he’ll support the government’s budget for next year, paving the way for austerity measures to pass through parliament tomorrow.
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The euro fell from near a two-week high against the dollar as Ireland’s parliament neared a vote on austerity measures that are required for the nation to qualify for an 85 billion-euro ($113 billion) aid package.
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Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan will outline 6 billion euros ($8 billion) worth of spending cuts and tax increases today, seeking to seal an international bailout to rescue the state’s finances and banks.
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Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s future may be played out in a corner of Ireland nicknamed the “forgotten county,” where voters will get the chance this week to show him that the country’s bailout has a political cost.
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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s government started to unravel one day after it turned to the European Union for an international bailout.
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Ireland’s Finance Minister Brian Lenihan will today lay out a four-year deficit-cutting program that his party may not be around to deliver, as the government’s majority evaporates and a bailout approaches.
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