Election – Peter Geoghegan

Brian Cowen ducks out as Ireland prepares for crisis election

By peterPosted on 13th April 2011Posted in Ireland, Politics, ScotsmanTagged Brian Cowen, Election, Ireland

IRELAND’s prime minister Brian Cowen yesterday announced the dissolution of the Irish parliament, in what was probably the last act of his political career. The move brought to a close one of the most controversial governments in Ireland’s history and paved the way for the first general election since last year’s bailout of the economy […]

Drawn-out last gasp of political life of Brian

By peterPosted on 13th April 2011Posted in Ireland, ScotsmanTagged Cowen, Election, Fianna Fail, Ireland1 Comment

Brian Cowen’s reputation as a hard-nosed political operator was in tatters well before yesterday afternoon’s session of the Irish parliament, but his latest public performance will have done little to instil confidence in Ireland’s limp premier. In what was possibly his valedictory speech to the Dáil, Mr Cowen brazenly declared “this government is functioning as […]