Irish warned of possible IMF aid

Article reports that a senior Irish minister has for the first time warned Ireland could be forced to go to the International Monetary Fund for help if the country cannot implement the necessary cuts in the budget for 2010 to be adopted in December 2009.

The bleak assessment by Mary Harney, the health minister and former deputy prime minister, was one of several ministerial warnings on the 16 October 2009, choreographed to bolster public opinion on what is set to be harshest budget in the country's 88-year history.

ESO: Background information: Irish bail-out reports fuel market jitters http://www.europeansources.info/record/irish-bail-out-reports-fuel-market-jitters/

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