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| Ireland's Green Party quits govt |
| 2011-01-24 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Ireland's junior coalition party withdrew from Prime Minister Brian Cowen's government on Sunday but said it would support the passage of the final piece of legislation underpinning the 2011 austerity budget. "We have decided that we can no longer continue in government," party leader John Gormley said in a hastily-called news conference in a Dublin hotel. The Greens said they would support the Finance Bill from the opposition benches and called on Cowen to speed up its passage. Their decision to leave government and resign their ministeries means that an election will now likely be held before the March 11 date chosen by Cowen last week. |
| Posted by:Fred |