Ireland's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan talks to France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) at the start of a Euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, March 9, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM BUSINESS POLITICS) DUBLIN, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Hedge funds which bet unsuccessfully that Ireland would default on its sovereign debt want the country to reject the EU’s reform treaty this week to recoup some of their losses, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said on Monday.

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