# Brian Cowen

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Micheál Martin: I still keep in touch with Brian Cowen

The Fianna Fáil leader said he had a “good chat” with his predecessor at a recent funeral but neither Cowen nor Bertie Ahern have any input to party policy.

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Feb 16th 2013, 8:00 AM

# Brian Cowen

Irish Mail on Sunday apologises to Brian Cowen over California picture

The paper has also acknowledged that the former taoiseach attended a course at Stanford University at his own expense, with no public funding involved.

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Jan 27th 2013, 12:53 PM

Voices

Column: Amid rising popularity, Fianna Fáil may just be relevant again

Fianna Fáil’s poll bounce isn’t a definitive comeback – but we shouldn’t write them off, writes Gary Murphy.

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Jan 13th 2013, 8:15 AM

# RIP

In pictures: The funeral of Páidí Ó Sé

Hundred of mourners gathered in Ventry in West Kerry today as the football icon was laid to rest.

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Dec 18th 2012, 6:40 PM

# All in the family

VIDEO: "If my name was Cowen, I'd stay quiet in this debate"

Pat Rabbitte told Barry Cowen his surname meant he should butt out of Dáil debates. He later apologised.

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Dec 6th 2012, 1:48 PM

# anglo the musical

'Anglo: The Musical' to return in the new year at Olympia Theatre

The musical based on Celtic Tiger excesses and the fall of Anglo Irish bank has been running at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre this month.

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Nov 27th 2012, 3:01 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

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Nov 27th 2012, 8:40 AM

# anglo the musical

Call for Anglo musical to be brought stateside... with Seán Fitzpatrick puppet in tow

American broadcaster Max Keiser has set up an online fund to bring ‘ANGLO: The Musical’ to New York or Boston.

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Nov 2nd 2012, 1:46 PM

# anglo the musical

Anglo musical carries on without Seán Fitzpatrick puppet

Don’t despair though, the Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen puppets aren’t going anywhere.

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Nov 1st 2012, 12:37 PM

# Mary O'Rourke

'Mammy' O'Rourke on Haughey, Lenihan, Bertie, Cowen and Enda

The former Fianna Fáil minister gave a frank and entertaining interview to Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show last night.

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Oct 20th 2012, 1:45 PM

# Awkward

Videos: 8 examples of how Irish politics is just like The Thick of It

And one Irish political saga that is just too bizarre even for a plotline on the British political sitcom….

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Sep 29th 2012, 6:00 PM

# Cowengate

Cigarettes and alcohol: New details of night before THAT Cowen interview

This month’s Hot Press carries a piece written by a barman at the Galway hotel where Brian Cowen was alleged to have spent the night drinking prior to his infamous interview on Morning Ireland in 2010.

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Aug 24th 2012, 10:43 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Aug 3rd 2012, 4:50 PM

# Taoisigh expenses

€83k paid to ex-taoisigh this year – despite scrapping of expenses scheme

Payments to former Taoisigh for secretarial allowances continued until March – despite Enda Kenny telling the Dáil they would end in January, TheJournal.ie can reveal.

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Aug 3rd 2012, 10:30 AM

# Memories

9 videos that sum-up Ireland's banking and economic collapse

“We are where we are” and “we all partied”. We look back at those turbulent two years that led us towards Ireland’s current economic state.

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Jul 28th 2012, 8:15 AM

# Seanie Fitz

The investigation of Seán FitzPatrick: a timeline of the story so far

Seán FitzPatrick has kept a low-profile in recent years but there are indications he could soon face charges in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank. Here’s what’s been happening…

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Jul 24th 2012, 9:10 AM

# Bank Guarantee

VIDEO: Kenny, Martin argue over 'missing' bank guarantee files

Fianna Fáil says the Taoiseach is “throwing out conspiracies like a man standing at a bar at a pub”.

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Jul 17th 2012, 9:15 PM

# Gone Fishin

Gallery: Former taoisigh… where are they now?

Bertie, Albert, Brian and co. What are they up to these days?

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Jul 9th 2012, 7:30 AM

# need to know

The Evening Fix: Sunday

Things we learned, loved and shared today.

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Jul 8th 2012, 8:00 PM

# California here we come

Enterprise Ireland has no involvement in Cowen's California course

The government agency was responding to a report in today’s Irish Mail on Sunday about former taoiseach Brian Cowen’s enrolment on a six-week course at Stanford University.

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Jul 8th 2012, 2:22 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know this morning…

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Jun 28th 2012, 8:49 AM

# party politics

8 politicians kicking up their heels

Hillary Clinton isn’t the only politician who has practised the ‘work hard, play hard’ motto…

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Apr 17th 2012, 2:40 PM

# Bank Guarantee

Public demand for full investigation into banking crisis to be answered

The probe could see former government ministers, civil servants and banking executives account for their actions ahead of the September 2008 bank guarantee

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Apr 15th 2012, 11:47 AM

# Au Naturel

Bertie spent €441 a week on make-up. Enda has spent... €0

Figures obtained by TheJournal.ie show that Enda Kenny hasn’t spent any public cash on make-up – and nor did Brian Cowen.

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Apr 13th 2012, 7:15 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

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Mar 27th 2012, 8:34 AM

# Debt Crisis

Cowen compares banking crisis to 'multiple plane crashes occurring at once'

In a speech in Washington, the former taoiseach also attacks conventional political thinking in advance of the crisis.

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Mar 27th 2012, 6:45 AM

Voices

Column: Fianna Fáil renewed? No, the optics tell a different story

The party of Cowen and Coughlan may have apologised – but they don’t seem to have got the point, writes Philip O’Connor.

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Mar 4th 2012, 8:00 PM

# Fianna Fáil

Martin promises "swift and comprehensive" action on Mahon findings

Micheál Martin addresses the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis in Dublin this evening on plans for party reform.

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Mar 2nd 2012, 7:04 PM

# One Year On

Barry Cowen: I want to be seen as more than just Brian's brother

The Laois-Offaly TD, one of only three new Fianna Fáil TDs to be elected in last year’s general election, said he would never have ran for the Dáil if Brian Cowen hadn’t stepped down.

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Feb 24th 2012, 7:00 AM

# Politics

Mary O’Rourke: Current Dáil TDs are ‘not very bright or intelligent’

The former Fianna Fáil TD said that Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ‘nothing in the top storey’ – but people like him because he smiles all the time.

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Feb 21st 2012, 7:00 AM

# Hard Times

Former taoisigh lose mobile phone and secretarial expenses

From yesterday, former taoisigh are no longer entitled to claim expenses for secretarial work and mobile phones from the state.

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Jan 2nd 2012, 12:30 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know by 9am: Mullingar assault victim dies, warnings of black ice on roads, how former taoisigh feel the pinch… and a hint for finding a lost wedding ring…

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Jan 2nd 2012, 8:47 AM

# Review 2011

In pictures: TheJournal.ie’s winners and losers of 2011

Who came out on top, and who was bringing up the rear? Here are our picks for the winners and losers of the year.

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Dec 31st 2011, 3:00 PM

# Bye Bye

2011: The year of resignations

Undone by sex scandals, economic failures, uprisings and other controversies, an astonishing number of high-profile figures resigned from their various posts in the past 12 months.

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Dec 27th 2011, 10:00 AM

# VIPS

The most important people of the last 14 years* (slideshow)

*According to the new edition of the Chambers Biographical Dictionary, these include Brian Cowen, the founders of Twitter and Cheryl Cole.

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Dec 11th 2011, 10:00 AM

# Pensions

In full: what former ministers get after the government's new levy

We’ve gone through the list of ministerial pensions to see precisely how each living former minister is hit by the various levies.

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Nov 30th 2011, 10:08 AM

# Pensions

Higher pension levy hits Ahern and Cowen - by €80 a week

High earners will still keep the vast majority of their huge pensions, as Brendan Howlin admits there is little the government can do.

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Nov 30th 2011, 9:40 AM

# Bailout

Discussions for potential bailout happened months before announcement

IMF’s Ajai Chopra tells Prime Time special programme tonight that discussions started in summer 2010.

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Nov 28th 2011, 2:00 PM

# Drumm

Drumm defends role in Anglo collapse, says: 'Everyone was on the same team'

The former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank says he will not be returning from the US because of the “witch hunt” against him in Ireland.

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Nov 27th 2011, 11:58 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know by 9am: Reports that dole could be cut, Mayo Garda station in firebomb attack, Robbie helps Galaxy to MLS glory, and the anniversary we’d rather forget

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Nov 21st 2011, 8:28 AM