Irish bailout documents leaked to Bundestag

Ministers were left red-faced after the German parliament was given an EU review of the Irish bailout before the Dáil did.

In a repeat of a similar occurrence last year, the Bundestag’s finance committee received a European Commission paper which questioned whether Ireland should have cut public sector pay rather than reduce staff numbers.

The document also called for a speedy introduction of the Government’s long delayed reform of insolvency laws.