Cowen calls to eliminate negativity

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has called on all sectors of society to accentuate the positives in the economy and eliminate negativity.

He said the country had to sell itself abroad and its stability could not be restricted by indigenous efforts to hammer down the recovery.

He was particularly critical of last week’s analysis of the Merrill Lynch report which the Government received in the hours leading up to the 2008 banking guarantee, a copy of which was recently released to the Public Accounts Committee.