Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan seem paralysed by the soaring unemployment levels 
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Quotes about Brian Cowen
Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan seem paralysed by the soaring unemployment levels
was said
in Irish Times
Having spent his career as the champion of policies that resulted in the meltdown, Brian Cowen now promotes policies that will turn recession to depression.
was said
in Irish Times
Rarely before has a government faced such a range of daunting challenges. Never before have we had a government that appears so incapable of meeting the challenge. Since the general election, and particularly since the election of Brian Cowen, this Government has staggered from crisis to crisis, gaffe to gaffe and own goal to own goal
was said
in Irish Times
does not give me confidence that Brian Cowen has learned any lessons from his mistakes during the referendum campaign
said Enda Kenny
in Irish Times
Our fate as a sovereign nation would be completely intertwined with the United Kingdom. I would rather have Enda Kenny taking those decisions, not David Cameron [ leader of the Conservative Party]. I would even take Brian Cowen over David Cameron
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in Irish Times
I'll go out and brief Obama, fly back with him and introduce him to all the local characters. My contacts in the White House tell me that, subject to FBI clearance, Brian Cowen will be allowed to cross the border into North Tipp on the big day.
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in Irish Times
Quotes from articles mentioning Brian Cowen
We built the economy on bags of cement, and there was no foundation, and all the blocks fell down
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in Irish Times
They really turned on us. They were protesting about everything in general. Telling me I was out of touchy. If you went to Quinnsworth for a week's shop, you wouldn't have a list as long as their complaints. Jesus Christ, it was unbelievable.
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in Irish Times
an insult to the people of north Cork, given what Gerry Henchy has done to the dairy industry, to the pigmeat industry and what he has done to the co-operative movement. He has turned the place into rubble. I have raised in the Dáil three times what has happened in the towns of Mitchelstown and Mallow and the way the place has been turned into rubble. I have dubbed him Gerry Rubble.
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in Irish Times
a country and western dog, if she could dress she'd wear short denim skirts and white boots
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in Irish Times
an incredibly beautiful, eight-week-old fluffy snowball of Bischon Frise and West Highland terrier. Gwen's and Posy's noses are very much out of joint, not least because my women are getting younger.
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in Irish Times
