Brussels, 19/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - Ireland may ask its international lenders for a precautionary credit line at the International Monetary Fund and the European stability mechanism (ESM) when its aid plan finishes at the end of the year.
Irish finance minister Michael Noonan said on Thursday 18 July that he would like to see a “back-stop” arrangement agreed with the IMF and EU when Ireland exits its bailout programme in December to “give additional confidence to the [capital]”....