Author (Person) | Brown, John Murray |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 3.2.10 |
Publication Date | 03/02/2010 |
Content Type | News |
After months of dithering on the economy, Ireland is starting to enjoy a reprieve in the debt markets, winning favour over the other troubled economies of Greece, Portugal and Spain. Like these countries Ireland is a European Union economy with a large deficit. But the populist Fianna Fail-led government is widely perceived to be taking tough measures on its public finances, after an unpopular budget in December 2009 slashed public sector pay and welfare benefits. |
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Countries / Regions | Ireland |