Voters knew harder days lay ahead when voting, says McCreevy

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy yesterday insisted voters knew what financial difficulties were ahead when they cast their votes in the general election.

Mr McCreevy was responding to persistent allegations that Fianna Fáil misled voters over the economy after it emerged this week that the Government will have to borrow hundreds of millions of euro this year.

This is despite predictions made earlier this year by Mr McCreevy that the Government would end up with a budget surplus in 2002.