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FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan attributes blame for our financial woes to events beyond his control.

Sat, 19 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

He should adopt his late and much lamented father’s mantra whenever he was confronted with an apparently intractable problem or crisis: “Sure. No problem.”

Keith Nolan

Carrick-on-Shannon

Co Leitrim

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