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“If we can carry this that will send a signal out to Europe.” Ireland is aiming to re-enter international debt markets by the end of the year, and Kenny has described the vote as more important than the general election. Kenny took over from Brian... Full Article at Bloomberg.com
I visited the Playboy mansion in LA on a work assignment and stood only feet away from where Hugh Heffner was sleeping. I also told Ian Paisley’s son I thought his dad was cute, tripped over Brian Cowen’s foot during one of his New York official... Full Article at Irish Central
This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, from top left, Romanian President Traian Basescu, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former Irish... View Photo »
I believe political loyalty is a virtue and that loyalty will be maintained by the government for the taoiseach on the basis of his achievements
IS not good for political health. Not in Europe anyway. Just ask Brian Cowen, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jose Luis Zapatero, Silvio Berlusconi...to mention the leaders of just four of the ten euro zone governments – 17 in all – who have succumbed one way or... Full Article at Irish Times
Wire - Over the weekend, France President Nicolas Sarkozy joined Britain's Gordon Brown, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, Ireland's Brian Cowen, and leaders of Denmark, Spain and Portugal sent packing since Obama took office himself in 2009 You can catch... Full Article at City Desk
Sarkozy Sunday joined Britain's Gordon Brown, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, Ireland's Brian Cowen, and leaders of Denmark, Spain and Portugal sent packing since Obama took office himself in 2009. Though each election featured unique national factors,... Full Article at The Politico
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Even the Brian Cowen government never lost a vote
It's not like we haven't seen our fair share of financial retrenchment already, but the government is nowhere near working out how to balance the books. Hamstrung by the Croke Park Agreement drawn up by Brian Cowen and Co. , this government has... Full Article at Fingal Independent
Obama lost a flamboyant, sometimes erratic but ultimately trusted partner in Nicolas Sarkozy after France picked Francois Hollande, its first Socialist president in a decade, to pull it out of the slump. Sarkozy on Sunday joined Britain's Gordon Brown,... Full Article at News24
President Obama lost a flamboyant, sometimes erratic, but ultimately trusted partner in Nicolas Sarkozy after France picked Francois Hollande, its first Socialist president in a decade, to pull it out of the slump. Sarkozy Sunday joined Britain's Gordon... Full Article at Economic Times
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. Full Article At Wikipedia.org
I believe political loyalty is a virtue and that loyalty will be maintained by the government for the taoiseach on the basis of his achievements
Even the Brian Cowen government never lost a vote
He’s had a very difficult job to do. Coming in after Brian Cowen’s term in office, he has had to pick up a lot of pieces
I joined the party after Bertie Ahern’s time, and actually after Brian Cowen’s time as well. I haven’t met them and I have no link to them.
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Brian Cowen and Ireland: Officially, at the time, the Department of Finance and its then minister, Brian Cowen, lionised the success story of Ireland's property boom.
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