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Irish PM office says IMF question was about 1980s

Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:31am EST

DUBLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The office of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen reiterated on Wednesday that he made no reference to the International Monetary Fund in comments made to public broadcaster RTE in Japan.

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"The Taoiseach (prime minister) made no reference to the IMF," a spokesman at Cowen's office said. "The reference to the IMF was in the question and that referred to the economic situation in Ireland in the 1980s." (Reporting by Andras Gergely)



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