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Mon 09 Sep 2007Cowen says growth to miss targetIrish economic growth is likely to fall short of the Government's 4.5 per cent prediction for this year, the Minister for Finance Brian Cowen admitted today.Speaking at a Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting at Druids Glen, Co Wicklow, Mr Cown said that the rate in current public expenditure will have to slow below that of recent years.