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Premier vows to pass austerity budget before early elections

Published on 22/11/2010

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen vowed on Monday to pass an austerity budget needed for an EU-IMF bailout and then call an early election. The Greens, junior partner in the ruling coalition, called earlier in the day for a new vote in January.