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Fri 09 Sep 2007Value of Irish shares falls by €3.8bnThe Dublin market fell almost 3.5 per cent today wiping some €3.8 billion off the value of Irish shares as fears over bank financing resurfaced with Northern Rock's requirement for emergency funding from the Bank of England.Unsurprisingly, banking stocks suffered with Anglo Irish Bank shares were down 5.3 per cent, Bank of Ireland down 2.3 per cent, Irish Life and Permanent down 5.1 per cent and Anglo Irish off 5.3 per cent.