Brown and Cowen to meet next week
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in Downing Street on Monday.
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Cowen calls for optimism
ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has called for more optimism and warned against people talking the country down during the economic recesssion.
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Cowen - End the Economic Negativity
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | yesterday
RTÉ News: Cowen calls for end of economic 'negativity' (http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1127/economy.html) ---Quote--- Taoiseach Brian Cowen has...
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Cowen hints at relief increase
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has today indicated the Government may increase the €10 million funding it has approved for emergency relief for flood-affected areas if necessary.
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Máire Geoghegan-Quinn EU's new R&D commissioner
SiliconRepublic.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former Fianna Fail minister Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been named the new EU Commissioner responsible for research and innovation, the Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD said today at Intel in Leixlip, where he was attending an event to celebrate 20 years of Intel in Ireland.
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Maire Geoghegan Quinn to become Research and Innovation Commissioner
Irish Election (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brian Cowen went to Intel today to announce that Maire Geoghegan Quinn will be given the Research and Innovation Commissioner at the new EU Commission. “In putting forward Máire Geoghegan Quinn as Ireland’s nominee for the new Commission, I felt that a candidate of very strong credentials and experience would help us to get a substantial [...]
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Don’t Worry
Irish Election (Free subscription) | yesterday
From RTE Taoiseach Brian Cowen said: ‘This overwhelming negativity needs to stop because it’s not in our national interest to see that continue. ‘It is portraying our country as incapable of coping when in fact all of the success we had in the past was not illusory. ‘It is the community spirit that I have seen throughout the [...]
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Cowen confronted by residents during visit
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen was berated by angry residents during a visit to a housing estate badly affected by flooding in Athlone, Co Westmeath, yesterday.
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Aid pledge of €10m may rise - Taoiseach
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE €10 MILLION in emergency funding for those affected by the flooding crisis will be increased if necessary, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said yesterday.
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Taoiseach Heckled in Athlone
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
---Quote--- The Taoiseach Brian Cowen has been heckled by a small group of residents in Athlone on a tour of flood-hit areas in the Midlands. The...
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Cowen to see midlands floods
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today visit counties Westmeath and Offaly to see the effect of flooding in the midlands.
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Taoiseach to visit flood-hit areas in midlands
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
The Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to visit flood-hit areas in Westmeath and County Offaly today to meet with officials and the victims of flooding.
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Cowen refuses to say if State will have to rescue docklands body
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has declined to be drawn on the question of whether the State will have to rescue the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA), which will today report an estimated operating loss of €27 million.
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Taoiseach defends means test system for flood victims
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen defended the introduction of a means test for flood victims seeking funding.
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Flexibility needed to avoid redundancies - Cowen
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
BRIAN COWEN has warned that “extremely flexible” and redeployment arrangements must be put in place in the public sector to avoid compulsory redundancies.