Ajai Chopra, former IMF reviewer for Ireland, has said it was unfair for Irish taxpayers to suffer the cost of bailing out the banks when senior bondholders got their money back.

The Government will publish its €15bn plan for drastic savings today as it battles economic ruin against a backdrop of political turmoil and a further downgrading of the country's credit rating.

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