...and Iâll use that allowance for the benefit of my constituents â and it is certainly badly needed.â * January 4: Taoiseach Brian Cowen: âWe will have a discussion about it and we will end up with whatever is appropriate being done will be done. âI have...
...Toaiseach Brian Cowen will lead talks in Government Buildings with employers and trade union leaders over the next two days on the need for a major re-negotiation of the social partnership deal. Central to the talks will be cuts in the public pay bill....
...arithmetic over the last four or five years, starting with minister [Charlie] McCreevy, continuing with minister [Brian] Cowen under the leadership of Bertie Ahern and now Brian Lenihan, who quite frankly is not up to the task at all." Mr Quinn, who is...
...a formula for the revival of the flatlining economy lurking deep within the recesses of the Taoiseach’s brain. But if Brian Cowen’s head were a crystal ball, unions and employers would struggle vainly to find a fortune teller who could fathom his...
Background
Brian Cowen (Irish: Brian Ó Comhain, born 10 January 1960) 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.
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