'Ireland Completes Bailout'

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Questions:

1) Does this mean that Ireland is now able to sustain itself without help?
2) Have any other countries reached this stage after the Eurozone bailout?
3) Do you know of a historical case of Ireland having a serious economic problem?


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Example answers:
1) No, it means they are no longer receiving support. It will be borrowing money, but under usual conditions.
2) No, Ireland is the first. Portugal is close, and Greece and Cyprus are still far away.
3) In the 19th Century Ireland had the 'potato famine', in which their main product, potatoes, failed, destroying their economy. The result was about 1 million deaths and also 1 million people left Ireland, mostly for USA.
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