Why Dublin isn't burning like Athens.

But while its fellow swine are still mired in muck, the Irish, by contrast, now look set to escape the sty. As Greek bonds drew global headlines for tanking last week, Irish 10-year bonds remained a popular choice, in part because of Ireland's serious efforts to get its deficit under control. Last month the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, called Ireland a "role model" for Greece in terms of its readiness to confront "extremely difficult problems."
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