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The Irish government announced Tuesday that it will impose $1.35 billion in new taxes to help the bailed- out country reduce its deficits as international donors expect.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan said he would increase charges on drivers, homes, savers, smokers and shoppers — pretty much everyone in this country of 4.5 million — in hopes of rolling back the 2012 deficit to below 8.6 percent of GDP, the next goal set by Ireland’s foreign financiers.
