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Austere living in Ireland

Dec 9, 2011
Ireland has been in an economic decline since before 2008 and is gearing up for a second round of austerity cuts. We talk to an Irish family about how they're coping in the slumping economy.
Penny and Brendan Fogarty with their children Andrew and Emma. They live in Dublin.
Courtesy of the Forgarty family

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