Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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“Dodgy accounting”: Economist Cormac Lucey tells Ben Scallan that Ireland’s national debt is up to 5 times higher than official figures indicate, because of the way pension costs are recorded.


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