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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/osborne-joins-eu-meeting-on-ireland.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Chancellor George Osborne is attending the EU meeting on the Irish bail-out" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-osborne-joins-eu-meeting-on-ireland.jpg" alt="Chancellor George Osborne is attending the EU meeting on the Irish bail-out"/></a></p>
<p>European Union finance ministers are meeting to discuss an 85 billion euro (£72.1 billion) bailout for the Irish economy amid signs a deal could be in place by the time markets reopen on Monday.</p>
<p>Chancellor George Osborne will join fellow ministers in Brussels for the hastily-arranged meeting, the day after 50,000 people marched through the streets of Dublin to protest against the country&#8217;s austerity budget.</p>
<p>Ireland&#8217;s communication minister Eamon Ryan said it was likely an outline agreement for the rescue deal would be concluded by Sunday night.</p>
<p>It is understood the final figures will be approved at a conference call of the EU finance ministers and a meeting of the Irish cabinet. But Mr Ryan rejected reports that the interest rate for a loan from the EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) could be as high as 6.7% for nine years.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think that figure was inaccurate and I think it was unfortunate it went out there because I&#8217;m sure it scared a hell of a lot of people,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There are still negotiations going on on that sort of level of detail. It&#8217;s not fixed yet and we&#8217;ll have to wait and see until it&#8217;s actually done. The overall figure has to make sense for us in that we are able to pay it back.&#8221;</p>
<p>Transport minister Noel Dempsey said he would not speculate on how much interest would be paid for the bailout or when the deal will be finalised.</p>
<p>Public service workers, students and left-wing political groups marched through Dublin on Saturday under the banner of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) to demand a better and fairer way.</p>
<p>Thousands packed the capital&#8217;s main thoroughfare, O&#8217;Connell Street, for a mass rally outside the historic GPO &#8211; where the Proclamation of Independence was read in 1916.</p>
<p>About 400 activists later picketed outside the Dail where a small group threw bottles, paint and bangers during a tense stand-off with police.</p>
<p>A Garda spokesman said the protest passed peacefully, with just one man arrested and released.</p>
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