Ireland's shaky economy dominated the first TV debate between party leaders ahead of a general election next week.
The poll was called after the country was forced to accept a multi-billion euro bailout from the EU and the IMF last year.
Opinion polls suggest the opposition Fine Gael and Labour parties are likely to form the next government.
Labour's leader Eamon Gilmore attacked his rivals over the rescue of Anglo Irish bank in 2008, which he said had tied the banks to the state, making the financial crisis far worse.
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