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It was at Europe's insistence that bank debts were converted into taxpayers' debts. Ireland didn't do it willingly. Whether or not it resulted in any good for Europe, who knows. One known outcome is that the banks in question were protected from the downside of their commercial decisions and Irish taxpayers will be paying for it for decades to come.



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