Friday, March 25, 2011

Ireland makes fresh plea for longer ECB bank lifeline

By John O'Donnell

BRUSSELS |
Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:04pm EDT


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister has made a new plea to the president of the European Central Bank to extend its lifeline to the country's banks, giving Dublin more time to tackle problems many fear are worse than forecast.

The ECB, which is supporting Irish banks by lending them money they would normally borrow from peers, wants to gradually withdraw the assistance, but

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