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Time to stump up some Treasury millions
UK ready to offer Ireland bailout cash

By Alex Stevenson Chancellor George Osborne is preparing the ground for a British intervention to prop up Ireland’s struggling economy. EU finance ministers are meeting in Brussels today to discuss what many, including German chancellor Angela Merkel, fear could turn into another Greek-style sovereign debt crisis. The 16 eurozone countries’ representatives gathered yesterday fear that… Read more »

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Contagion fears are escalating over Ireland's sovereign debt
Ireland’s bailout resistance wavering

By politics.co.uk staff Fears of another sovereign debt crisis among eurozone members are thought to be weakening Ireland’s resolve to resist a bailout. Yesterday the Irish government insisted it did not need assistance from the EU, because its debts are covered until next summer. Concerns about the future of the single currency are set to… Read more »