y Jodie Ginsberg DUBLIN (Reuters) - European and IMF officials will start thrashing out the details of a three-year bailout package for Ireland on Monday while the government puts the finishing touches to a 15 billion euro ($20.5 billion) austerity plan. The EU and the IMF agreed on Sunday to help bail out Ireland with loans -- expected to total 80 to 90 billion euros -- to tackle its banking and budget crisis. Officials hope the move will stabilize financial markets that have been selling Irish debt and prevent them losing confidence in other euro zone members, notably Portugal and Spain. Ireland's government, facing public anger over its handling of the crisis, announced plans last month for a package of cuts and tax increases aimed at bringing down a record budget deficit. But its borrowing costs continued to soar, making a bailout almost inevitable. A four-year fiscal austerity package is expected to contain plans for a new property tax, as well as cuts to benefits...
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