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BBC News - Ireland's austerity measures 'all doom and gloom'
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Ireland's austerity measures 'all doom and gloom'

6 December 2011 Last updated at 08:41 ET Help

Final details of Ireland's latest austerity programme will be announced on Tuesday in the Irish Parliament.

Measures are expected to include a rise in VAT to 23%.

The hard-hitting budget follows Ireland's international bailout last year, as Mark Simpson reports from Dublin.

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