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For the record – Ireland seeks financial assistance letter (2010)

This is the letter from the then Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan sent to the Troika, seeking financial assistance for the Irish State on November 21, 2010. The letter was released after an access to documents request to the European Central Bank.


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  1. Jag Singh says

    Interesting artefact Gavin, well done in getting it, it adds some modest flesh to that crucial period of our history.

    How come it took four days from sending to get a receipt stamp in Frankfurt.

  2. John Joseph mcDermott says

    “And thereby hangs a tale..”



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