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Fri 06 Jun 2004McCreevy defends low tax as key to economic successThe Minister for Finance has rounded on backbench and Cabinet critics of his economic policies with a trenchant defence of low taxes as the engine of the Republic's economic prosperity, writes John McManusIn a speech last night to executives of one of the country's biggest multinational employers, Mr McCreevy said "employment-friendly tax policies have been the key to our recent economic success".