Harry McGee (9 December 2009). “Few surprises in much-leaked Budget”. The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1209/breaking85.htm11 December 2009閲覧. "It may have been the most austere Budget in the history of the State. The arithmetic may have been brutally stark. [...] Fine Gael’s Richard Bruton quickly spotted the potential hubris inherent in that claim. In the best line of his response, he said that Lenihan claiming the worst was over was like George W Bush declaring “mission accomplished” on the Iraq war in the early summer of 2003."
