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Summary: Ireland currently holds the Presidency of the European Union; a symbolic leadership role in Europe at the very time it is struggling to emerge from the economic straitjacket imposed by the EU/IMF bailout of its economy. Stephen Sackur talks to Lucinda Creighton - Ireland's Minister of State for European Affairs. Can Dublin convince the world that it has bounced back from the brink of disaster?