The Irish Republic's credit ratings were cut for the second time in three months yesterday amid rising worries over the cost of bailing out the country's banking sector.
Standard & Poor's reduced Ireland's long-term credit ratings to double A, with a negative outlook, from double A plus. The country lost its top triple A rating at the end of March.
S&P's move sent Irish banking stocks plunging, hit the euro and forced up the cost of insuring the country's debt against default.
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