Irish coalition split over big health cuts

Article reported that a dispute in the late summer of 2012 between coalition partners Fine Gael and Labour in Ireland over €130m health service cuts has intensified concerns about the government’s stability, underlining the huge challenge facing Ireland as it prepared for another austerity budget.

ESO: Background information: Statement by the EC, ECB, and IMF on the Review Mission to Ireland, July 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-statement-by-the-ec-ecb-and-imf-on-the-review-mission-to-ireland-5/

ESO: Background information: Brussels cuts Ireland’s growth forecast http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-cuts-irelands-growth-forecast/

Irish Times, 3.9.12: Howlin downplays Coalition tension http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0903/breaking4.html

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