Harney: I don’t feel any shame

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney says she does not feel any sense of shame for being part of a Government that had to call in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deal with Ireland’s financial crisis.

“No, I don’t actually,” the minister said yesterday and pointed out that Britain recovered very quickly after calling on the IMF for help in the 1970s when James Callaghan was Prime Minister.

“[The British] had to make decisions that were tough and we have to make decisions that are tough and we will make those decisions,” Ms Harney said.