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Check out featured articles and pictures of Brian Cowen. Brian Cowen is the current Taoiseach of Ireland. He took office on 7 May 2008, heading a coalition government led by his Fianna Fáil party that includes the Green Party and the... [more]
Check out featured articles and pictures of Brian Cowen. Brian Cowen is the current Taoiseach of Ireland. He took office on 7 May 2008, heading a coalition government led by his Fianna Fáil party that includes the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats, with the support of independent TDs.
He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the constituency of Laois-Offaly since 1984. He previously served as Minister for Labour (1992–1993), Minister for Energy (1993), Minister for Transport, Energy & Communications (1993–1994), Minister for Health & Children (1997–2000), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2000–2004) and Minister for Finance (2004–2008). He served as Tánaiste from 2007 to 2008. He became leader of Fianna Fáil on the resignation of Bertie Ahern. On 7 May 2008 following the resignation of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach, Cowen was nominated in the Dáil and elected Taoiseach.
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MORE than 1,000 people attended the funeral of MEP Brian Crowley’s brother, Flor, yesterday including Taoiseach Brian Cowen and former taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
- Taoiseach Brian Cowen is warned over ‘coup’ threat (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- Cowen to hold firm as unions threaten strikes (independent.ie)
- Budget 2010: Cowen to hold firm as unions threaten strikes (independent.ie)
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has ruled out an immediate inquiry into the causes of the banking crisis on the grounds that holding such an inquiry now could damage confidence in Ireland.
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Another poster started a thread asking what open goals did Enda Kenny miss in 2009. I suppose the same questions could be asked of other parties and leaders. So what are people's thoughts about what were Brian Cowen's open goals? Here are just a
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- Taoiseach refuses to rule out 2010 Cabinet reshuffle (independent.ie)
- Byrne pressed Cowen to face down rebels in drink-drive rift (independent.ie)
- Brian Cowen: Climate change threatens every nation's economy (independent.ie)
Brian Cowen has not ruled out a full-blown inquiry into the collapse of the Irish banking system, but he is in no rush to launch one. In Cowen's world, it is far more important to rebuild confidence in Ireland than to pore over what went wrong, and he seems to believe that confidence is best built by ignoring problems rather than by understanding them.
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- Taoiseach to meet McGuinness over party relations in North (saoirse32.blogsome.com)
TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has flatly rejected accusations that he is blocking an inquiry into the banking and financial implosion in case it may implicate him or his Government in the crisis.
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AN official inquiry into the banking crisis continues to look unlikely after Taoiseach Brian Cowen reiterated that his focus was on solving the problems in the sector rather than investigating their cause.
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- Economy and peace on talks agenda (search.msn.com)
- Cowen reflects on 'toughest year' (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- Cowen: Focus on economy and peace (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has admitted 2009 will go down as his political annus horribilis and warned the country is only “in the middle” of a painful adjustment process necessary for economic recovery.
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- Cowen is the man in the dock (independent.ie)
- Cowen to travel to climate change summit (story.indiagazette.com)
- Taoiseach adamant scale of cuts essential (feedburner.com)
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has flatly rejected accusations that he is blocking an inquiry into the banking and financial crisis in case it may implicate him or his Government in the crisis.
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THE compromise deal to tackle climate change was "far less ambitious" than what was needed and it was a "big disappointment" that greenhouse gas emissions targets were not included, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said last night.
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THE recurring rumours about supposed tensions between Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan manage to be both tedious and wilfully ahistorical.
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- Cowen: Drastic Budget was 'necessary evil' (search.msn.com)
Taoiseach Brian Cowen is meeting Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness today as the British and Irish governments continue efforts to resolve a standoff between the DUP and Sinn Féin that is threatening the powersharing Executive and Assembly.
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TAOISEACH Brian Cowen last night defended the Government's controversial decision to hit public sector workers on less than €30,000 with a punitive 5pc wage cut.
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- Cowen denies PR disaster over union talks collapse (feedburner.com)
- Cowen: No basis for agreement yet on public sector cuts (feedburner.com)
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen will take a 20 per cent pay cut as part of the 4 billion euros ($6.03 billion) of savings sought in next Wednesday's budget.
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- Irish PM to set example with 20 percent pay cut (mf.feeds.reuters.com)
Taoiseach Brian Cowen this afternoon reiterated that talks between the Government and public sector unions on achieving €1.3bn savings to the public pay bill were still ongoing, and rejected reports that agreement had been reached.
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Talks between the Government and trade unions on cutting public sector spending by €1.3bn have collapsed and the Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said that they will have to plough on with cuts in next week's Budget.
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