Taoiseach tells Davos conference: Ireland needs EU leaders to honour debt commitments

Ireland cannot exit the bailout programme this year if EU leaders do not honour their commitments on the Anglo promissory notes and separating sovereign debt from bank debt, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said today.

Speaking as part of a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Enda Kenny said that Irish people have waited a long time for a conclusion to the two issues, whilst under the "crushing burden" of the bailout programme.