# barry-cowen - Saturday 10 July, 2021
# Postmortem
# Postmortem
Micheál Martin’s leadership of Fianna Fáil is under the microscope following its disastrous performance in Dublin Bay South.
# 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.
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Dec 15th 2016, 11:58 AM
# Fallout
# Fallout
This morning the barely six-month-old government is facing a major crisis over Fianna Fáil’s objections to its rental plans.
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