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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Ireland retains crown as fastest-growing EU economy

Brussels predicts GDP growth in Ireland will reach 3.5% in 2015, down from 2014’s 4.8% high but still ahead of Britain and GermanyIreland’s tiger economy roared back to life last year and will retain its crown in 2015 as the fastest growing in the European Union, according to Brussels’ latest forecasts.An export boom has put Dublin at the top of the growth league while the bulk of the EU continues to pay the price of internal wrangling over Greece and the after-effects of strict austerity measures. Continue reading...


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