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Last Year 

Michael Noonan the Minister of Finance said

Ireland is emerging from its economic crisis, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has declared in this opening remarks of the Budget 2013.

“the economy could soar like a “rocket” next year as new figures showed that the country’s goods-trade surplus jumped 20%  in January compared to the same month last year”.

2013

The Irish economy shrank in the first three months of the year, pushing the country back into recession, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office.