Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Our situation is different from that of Spain, and not just because, as the Taoiseach finally admitted on Monday and it is worth repeating because of its significance, "Ireland was the first and only country which had a European position imposed upon it in the sense that there was not the opportunity, if the Government so wished, to do it their way by burning bondholders."

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