Ireland's bailout exit: a sign of better things to come? Share your thoughts

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Ireland becomes the first eurozone country to exit a bailout programme this weekend, three years after seeking emergency help from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

Following high unemployment, cuts in social welfare and tax hikes, Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan described leaving the bailout as a "very significant milestone".

Noonan also called the crisis the greatest since the Famine, when millions died in the mid 19th century potato blight causing mass emigration from British-ruled Ireland.

How have you coped with the austerity? Has the situation improved in the last three years? Is the exit an indication of Ireland's economic health? Share your thoughts in the thread and we'll post a selection of comments above the line

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