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Sunday 25 October 2020
Barry Cowen was speaking this morning after being appointed Minister for Agriculture over the weekend.
“For us all, it’s encouraging he’s making progress,” his family said.
Cowen was admitted to hospital after falling ill earlier this month.
The former Fianna Fáil politician was hospitalised last night.
Brian Lenihan delivered his first Budget 10 years ago, just when Ireland was on the brink of economic ruin.
Brian Cowen, Bertie Ahern and John Bruton shared a stage in Dublin this morning.
He follows other former Taoisigh in receiving the award.
The Celtic Tiger was about to stop roaring.
Cowen, a renowned Offaly GAA follower, is the high-profile figure who has agreed to step in to oversee negotiations.
Despite this, however, the former Taoiseach defended his government’s policies in the downturn.
Academics at the Dublin Castle ceremony reflected on a political career that encompassed four ministries and a premiership.
Ruling a country without having been elected can be an endeavour fraught with danger.
Ex-Taoiseach John Bruton has also joined the board of the Institute of International and European Affairs.
Mary Molloy Cowen made the remarks in a post which has since been deleted.
The past is a foreign country, they say.
Was he drunk or hungover?
Fianna Fáil senator Terry Leyden made his comments as the Seanad discussed the Greek crisis this morning.
Several former cabinet ministers are in line for pension increases under the new public sector pay deal.
Brendan McDonagh spent four hours at government buildings on the night of 29 September 2008.
Derek Quinlan moved to Switzerland after the crash.
The UK Budget, Nama’s NI portfolio and Brian Cowen before the banking inquiry had people talking today.
The former Taoiseach defended the bank guarantee and got a badly-needed toilet break.
The former Taoiseach also said he underestimated the impact of the IMF coming to town.
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The former Taoiseach discussed his time as finance minister.
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“I knew they wouldn’t be all that happy that I made the announcement, but I didn’t realise they’d be so unhappy.”
The former minister has said Brian Cowen’s evidence at the banking inquiry will be “very illuminating”.
A former top official at the Department of Finance said we are leaving our children with a huge bill.
The former secretary general at the Department of Finance has been giving evidence at the banking inquiry.
We asked Barry Cowen about his brother’s appearance before the banking inquiry next month.
The former taoisigh’s annual pensions cannot be cut further, Brendan Howlin has said.
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Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
Mainly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 12 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
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Mostly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
