Irish lawmakers pass austerity budget
Higher taxes, drop in wages in plan Lawmakers narrowly approved tax increases yesterday as part of Ireland’s most brutal budget in history, an billion slash-and-tax plan imposed as a key condition of the nation’s international bailout. Rejection following yesterday’s publication of the long-awaited 2011 budget would have forced Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s resignation and snap elections – and …
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Irish lawmakers pass austerity budget
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