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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has passed the poisoned chalice of Fianna Fail’s leadership to a willing recipient, writes Ireland expert Dr Peter Stafford.
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has stepped down as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail party after a week of chaos in his party. Who are the contenders for the poisoned chalice?
Despite Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen surviving a leadership battle, he looks certain to lose the ballot when he faces the electorate later this year, writes Ireland expert Dr Peter Stafford.
As the Irish PM Brian Cowen announces his intention to stay on as party leader, Irish expert Dr Peter Stafford sees echoes of both Gordon Brown and Margaret Thatcher in his decisions.
Brian Lenihan, the finance minister who led Ireland through the financial crisis, has died at the age of 52. He passed away at home surrounded by his family after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
The Irish government was plunged into fresh chaos today as the junior coalition Green Party pulled out following the resignation of Taoiseach Brian Cowen as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail party.
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has said that he will stay on as leader of the Fianna Fail party for the best interests of the country after calls for his resignation.
Ireland’s premier Brian Cowen rules out rushing through emergency economic measures, as financial experts tell Channel 4 News that the Irish bailout could lead to more splits in the Eurozone.
The Taoiseach Brian Cowen has again denied that he has asked the EU for help to solve the Irish financial crisis. But Faisal Islam says the pressure is still on Dublin to accept support.
Voting has begun in the Irish presidential elections. There are seven candidates, more than in any previous election.
Queen Elizabeth paid tribute to Irish people killed fighting for independence at Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance as part of her four-day visit, the first by a British monarch in a century.
The Queen becomes the first British monarch to visit Ireland since Irish independence. Follow latest updates, video and comment from Dublin as the hugely symbolic trip unfolds.
Ireland’s Central Bank revealed a £61bn black hole in its banking system today, as the government announced radical restructuring plans for the sector in a desperate attempt to calm nervous markets.
Fianna Fáil will bear the brunt of an angry Irish electorate, but is a Fine Gael government more of the same, asks Dr Peter Stafford, an economic and political analyst based in Dublin.
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