BELEAGUERED Taoiseach Brian Cowen dug in last night as rebels regrouped to try and hound him from power.

A Fianna Fáil Junior Minister has said he believes none of those considered frontrunners for the party leadership will actually take over from Brian Cowen.

Policymakers should pay tribute to the memory of Michael Davitt by ensuring vulnerable people in society have access to legal advice, it was urged today.

A row broke out in the Dáil today over the length of Finance Minister Brian Cowen’s Budget speech.

The Government is to renege on a promise made to the United Nations to meet overseas aid targets by 2007, it was confirmed today.