Ireland announces more budget cuts despite recovery

Michael Noonan, Ireland's finance minister. In his budget, one in 10 of the over-70s will lose access to free healthcare. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Ireland's recovery is well under way, according to the country's finance minister, but its government asked pensioners and the young unemployed on Tuesday to shoulder the burden of yet another austerity budget.

Michael Noonan announced cuts totalling

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