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Borrowing and bombs: The week in quotes

They said what? TheJournal.ie looks back at the week in words.

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Jan 29th 2012, 7:00 PM

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Criticism of Taoiseach's 'mad with borrowing' comments is 'a bit silly' – FG TD

Damien English said that people knew exactly what Enda Kenny meant when he said yesterday that “people simply went mad with borrowing” during the economic boom.

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Jan 27th 2012, 9:22 AM

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Taoiseach slammed over 'people went mad with borrowing' comments

Enda Kenny’s comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday have been sharply criticised.

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Jan 27th 2012, 7:32 AM