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    Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served...
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    2011 to 2020 and held various Cabinet offices under Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen. Born in Cork, Martin initially worked as a teacher before entering politics...
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  • Brian and Barry Cowen Brian Cowen (born 1960), Irish Taoiseach, former Minister for Finance and Leader of the Fianna Fáil party, son of Bernard Cowen...
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  • party, which was still in government under a new leader and Taoiseach Brian Cowen, was held responsible for the effects of the post-2008 Irish economic...
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    Fianna Fáil National Executive. He is the brother of former Taoiseach Brian Cowen. He is married with four children and is a full-time politician. He was...
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    Two oil paintings depicting the then-Taoiseach Brian Cowen in the nude were briefly displayed in Dublin art galleries in March 2009. The response of the...
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    Brian Stanley (born January 1958) is an Irish independent, former Sinn Féin, politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency...
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    the resignation of Brian Cowen. He lost to Micheál Martin. Martin appointed Ó Cuív as Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil, following Brian Lenihan Jnr's death...
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    Tribunal over payments received from developers; he was succeeded by Brian Cowen. Fianna Fáil proposed to expel politicians censured by the tribunal,...
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    Agreement in 2013. A proposed increase of €38,000 in 2007 was deferred when Brian Cowen became Taoiseach and in October 2008, the government announced a 10%...
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  • Brooklyn - Mr. Farrell 2015 The Hallow - Doyle 2014 The Guarantee - Brian Cowen 2014 Love/Hate (TV Series) - Chief Superintendent 2014 Calvary - Inspector...
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    interviews with former Walmart CEO Lee Scott and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen. She broke the story of Circuit City's liquidation in 2009 and regularly...
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  • Ahern to Brian Cowen. The 30th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary McAleese on 1 February 2011, at the request of the Taoiseach Brian Cowen. On 14 June...
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    Éireann following Ahern's public apology in October 2006. Lenihan denied Brian Cowen was "setting a bad example" following a 2007 Hot Press interview in which...
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    appointed as Minister for Social and Family Affairs by new Taoiseach Brian Cowen. She abolished an independent agency, Combat Poverty, by subsuming it...
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    a portfolio to be avoided by aspiring politicians, during his tenure Brian Cowen referred to the Department of Health as Angola because there were landmines...
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    American professional wrestler Brian Cowen (born 1960), former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland Brian Culbertson (born 1973), American...
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  • appointment of another member to the position. "Coughlan new Tánaiste in Cowen Cabinet". The Irish Times. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008. "Taoiseach...
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    Post-2008 Irish economic downturn (category Brian Cowen)
    (NAMA) established on the evening of 21 November 2010, then Taoiseach Brian Cowen confirmed on live television that the EU/ECB/IMF troika would be involving...
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    350 No. 6. Oireachtas. 17 May 1984. McCullough, Alan (15 June 1984). "Brian Cowen Set To Win Seat". RTÉ Archives. Archived from the original on 14 September...
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    tendered her resignation as Minister for Health and Children to Taoiseach Brian Cowen. She also stated that she would not be contesting the 2011 general election...
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    Taoiseach Brian Cowen, saying that he should have resigned after his infamous "congested" radio interview. She supported the attack on Cowen by her nephew...
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    promoted younger TDs from rural constituencies, such as Noel Dempsey and Brian Cowen, to cabinet positions. One of Haughey's oldest political allies, Bertie...
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  • Bernard Francis Cowen (29 January 1932 – 24 January 1984) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Minister of State from March 1982 to December...
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    Limerick). As a lecturer, he taught future cabinet colleague and Taoiseach Brian Cowen. O'Dea is married to Geraldine Kennedy. He writes regularly for the Sunday...
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    June 2015. Kelly, Fiach (10 November 2011). "Thanks big fellas: Ahern and Cowen get massive pensions". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on...
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    Taoiseach Brian Cowen. The 31st Dáil met on 9 March 2011 to nominate a Taoiseach and approve the new ministers of the 29th government of Ireland. Cowen had...
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    been held by Micheál Martin, following the resignation of Taoiseach Brian Cowen as leader of the party. The post of Leader of Fianna Fáil was officially...
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    Hot Press, in a grim assessment of where Ireland stood, then Taoiseach Brian Cowen said many people still did not realise how badly shaken the public finances...
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    practice and campaigned for the Guildford Four, the Birmingham Six, and Brian Keenan. He remained a vocal critic of Haughey during this period. After...
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