Irish government deeply ambivalent on debt deal

Political insiders are frantically playing down any suggestion of a deal being done on Ireland’s huge debt pile

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Despite both Michael Noonan’s and Joan Burton’s public welcome for the idea last week, there is great ambivalence in Irish government circles about the idea of a European debt conference as suggested by the Greek opposition party Syriza.

According to sources with knowledge of the discussions, senior civil servants are especially wary of backing the plan, ...