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Brian Bernard Cowen is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and s
Cowen in 2010
Brian Cowen (centre) at the launch of the Capital Investment Plan in 2010
Brian Cowen presenting President Barack Obama with a bowl of shamrock for Saint Patrick's Day at the White House.
Cowen meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez in 2010.
The post-2008 Irish economic downturn in the Republic of Ireland, coincided with a series of banking scandals, followed the 1990s and 2000s Celtic Tiger period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by
A 'ghost estate' in Ireland
Brian Cowen
Workers march through Dublin against the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis, 2009
Joe Higgins, MEP, speaking during 2010 banking crisis protest against bailout of Anglo Irish Bank, Dublin