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HARDtalk - Mary Coughlan, Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland

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Once dubbed the "Celtic Tiger", Ireland is now struggling with debt and high unemployment. The government has imposed a series of tough austerity measures in a bid to stabilise the economy, but will they make a difference? Stephen Sackur asks the Deputy Prime Minister, Mary Coughlan, if her government can pull Ireland back from economic disaster.