# barry-cowen - Sunday 3 January, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen says Martin should step down as party leader.
# barry-cowen - Wednesday 2 September, 2020
# Third Time Lucky
# Third Time Lucky
Dara Calleary resigned last month amid the Golfgate controversy.
# barry-cowen - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# Barry Cowen
# Barry Cowen
Barry Cowen was sacked from his role as Minister for Agriculture by Martin last week.
# barry-cowen - Saturday 18 July, 2020
# Cowen And Out
# Cowen And Out
The Offaly-based TD was removed from office by the Taoiseach earlier this week.
# barry-cowen - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
Yesterday the Taoiseach announced that Calleary would take over from Barry Cowen as agriculture minister.
# barry-cowen - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
Cowen was sacked from the role last night amid a drink-driving controversy.
# Barry Cowen
# Barry Cowen
Questions of how Barry Cowen’s personal information was shared are likely to rumble on.
# Cowengate
# Cowengate
It’s been a turbulent few days – here’s a way to keep up with it all.
# Cowengate
# Cowengate
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath said that “it was not politically sustainable for Barry not to deal with this head on”.
# barry-cowen - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Controversy
# Controversy
The Taoiseach announced this evening that he had sacked Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen.
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach Micheál Martin made the announcement in the Dáil chamber this evening.
# Drink Driving Row
# Drink Driving Row
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan have also said that further questions need to be answered.
# barry-cowen - Monday 13 July, 2020
# Controversy
# Controversy
Thomas Byrne, a Fianna Fáil TD from Meath East, addressed allegations made about him online that he gave the story to the media,
# barry-cowen - Sunday 12 July, 2020
# Barry Cowen
# Barry Cowen
“I did not evade, or attempt to evade, a Garda,” a statement from Cowen said.
# barry-cowen - Thursday 9 July, 2020
# Drink Driving
# Drink Driving
Liz O’Donnell said recent events have demonstrated the ‘huge change in public non-acceptance of drink driving’.
# barry-cowen - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
It emerged in recent days that Minister Barry Cowen drove on a learner’s permit when he was caught drink driving in 2016.
# Drink Driving
# Drink Driving
The Agriculture Minister served a three-month driving ban in 2016 after being caught drink-driving.
# barry-cowen - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# Barry Cowen
# Barry Cowen
The Agriculture Minister served a three-month driving ban in 2016 after being caught drink-driving.
# barry-cowen - Monday 6 July, 2020
# Barry Cowen
# Barry Cowen
Cowen has apologised for his actions and said he regrets what happened.
# barry-cowen - Sunday 5 July, 2020
# Drink Driving
# Drink Driving
Barry Cowen was appearing on RTÉ One’s The Week in Politics programme.
# barry-cowen - Saturday 4 July, 2020
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
The taoiseach said that he was first made aware of the incident on Friday.
# barry-cowen - Monday 29 June, 2020
# Recovery
# Recovery
Barry Cowen was speaking this morning after being appointed Minister for Agriculture over the weekend.
# barry-cowen - Monday 20 January, 2020
# War Of Words
# War Of Words
Fianna Fáil want Sipo to carry out an investigation.
# barry-cowen - Monday 22 July, 2019
# Brian Cowen
# Brian Cowen
Cowen was admitted to hospital after falling ill earlier this month.
# barry-cowen - Wednesday 13 February, 2019
# Confidence And Supply
# Confidence And Supply
McGuinness claims Cowen called him and others out for speaking in a personal capacity during interviews.
# barry-cowen - Tuesday 23 October, 2018
# Midlands
# Midlands
A restructuring of the company to decarbonise its business over ten years is expected to be announced tomorrow.
# barry-cowen - Tuesday 9 October, 2018
# Budget 2019
# Budget 2019
Not everyone was happy with the budget.
# barry-cowen - Monday 8 January, 2018
# House Prices
# House Prices
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has said he favours a new calculation of the tax.
# barry-cowen - Saturday 16 September, 2017
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
Varadkar said young people who are renting or living with their parents can’t get on the property ladder.
# barry-cowen - Monday 4 September, 2017
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Barry Cowen TD thinks the proposal will stimulate construction.
# barry-cowen - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
# Down Tools
# Down Tools
An issue had arisen whereby planning permission granted for large-scale housing developments during the recession could run out, forcing workers to down tools.
# barry-cowen - Tuesday 9 May, 2017
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Fianna Fail thinks they should.
# barry-cowen - Tuesday 11 April, 2017
# Water Fight
# Water Fight
The water committee is meeting again today to vote on its final report, but there are fears we’re on the brink of an election.
# barry-cowen - Sunday 9 April, 2017
# The Heat Is On
# The Heat Is On
The impasse between the country’s two biggest parties shows no signs of abating.
# barry-cowen - Sunday 26 February, 2017
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Part One of FactCheck’s two-part series on high-profile disputes over social housing, this week.
# barry-cowen - Saturday 25 February, 2017
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen made the claim this week, and the AAA-PBP’s Paul Murphy accused him of “mischief making”. FactCheck steps in.
# barry-cowen - Thursday 15 December, 2016
# Rental Crisis
# Rental Crisis
Talks broke up without agreement late last night.
The failure of both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to reach an agreement last night leaves renters in the middle of a mess.
# Fallout
# Fallout
This morning the barely six-month-old government is facing a major crisis over Fianna Fáil’s objections to its rental plans.
# barry-cowen - Monday 7 November, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
A bill is coming before the Dáil calling for a referendum on the ownership of Ireland’s water services.
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