Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to continue as leader of Fianna Fáil, he has announced today.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today brief government ministers from the North and Britain on the economic crisis during the latest British Irish Council summit.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s communication skills have regularly been called in to question by the Opposition and unidentified disgruntled members of his Fianna Fáil party.

The Labour party today called on Taoiseach Brian Cowen to dissolve the Dáil after the Greens called for a General Election.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen today said the Government is not on the brink of bringing in the European Commission, the IMF or any other outside agency to help run the country.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen said today that no decision has been taken on whether to hold the three outstanding by-elections early next year.

The Government has rescheduled major parts of its decentralisation programme, and shelved two large rail projects as part of its revised capital investment plan unveiled by Taoiseach Brian Cowen this afternoon.

The economy has reached a turning point with the worst now over, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said today.

MANCHESTER UNITED will make a little bit of Irish sporting history when they provide the opposition, against an Airtricity League XI, for the first football match to be hosted at the new Aviva Stadium on Lansdowne Road on August 4.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen today rejected claims that senior government officials influenced a statement by the former chairman of nationalised Anglo Irish Bank weeks after it was put into state control.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen led political tributes to Gerry Ryan, saying he will be hugely missed.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen and his party certainly did not distinguish themselves with the cabinet reshuffle during the week, but the contortions of Leo Varadkar helped to take some of the spotlight off the Government.

The Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today visit some of the areas worst affected by the recent flooding.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has confirmed seven special advisers to his department have cost almost €1.4m since the current Government's term began in May 2008.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen presented a collection of Jack Lynch memorabilia to the people of Cork yesterday.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has refused to put his political career on the line, if the Lisbon treaty referendum fails next month.

The Government has confirmed that Taoiseach Brian Cowen will travel to Boston this weekend for the funeral of US Senator Ted Kennedy.

FARMERS are furious at the Government’s decision to close the Rural Environment Protection Scheme to new applicants and are demanding an immediate meeting with Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today praised Ireland’s contribution to peacekeeping claiming the country was a dynamic presence in the international body.

Government advisors today urged Taoiseach Brian Cowen to bring in a raft of new taxes including a property tax, university fees and water bills.

A NUMBER of Fianna Fáil black spots have emerged around the country where the party traditionally enjoyed strong support but faced near wipeout at the weekend.

THE Green Party will push Fianna Fáil to clean up the political donations system after the Irish Examiner revealed controversial donations to Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s party.

TRADE unions are to lead a campaign opposing the controversial Government plan to create a National Assets Management Agency to take over €90 billion in banks’ “toxic assets”.

The number of people signing on the dole in Ireland has increased significantly again over the past month, according to figures supplied to the Dáil this morning by Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

IRELAND should not be adversely affected by US President Barack Obama’s plans to tackle tax avoidance by US companies operating overseas, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said yesterday.

Irish exports will be the focus of Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s trade mission in New York today.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said the impact on the public of next month’s supplementary Budget will be uppermost in his thoughts when tax-generating measures are announced.

The Taoiseach Brian Cowen has told the Dáil that an emergency Budget will be unveiled in the first week of April in response to the continuing deterioration in the public finances.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen played a key role in preserving the legislation that ultimately allowed the Quinn Group to build up a e1.1 billion destabilising stake in Anglo Irish Bank, it has emerged.

TEACHERS and lecturers in one of the country’s largest unions are being asked not to co-operate with school inspections or performance assessments just days after having a pension levy imposed on them by the Government.

IBEC have welcomed the Government measures to achieve a €2bn spending cut announced by Taoiseach Brian Cowen today.

The Government will reveal its plan for economic recovery tomorrow, with Taoiseach Brian Cowen and senior ministers launching what is being described as a "framework for sustainable economic renewal" at Dublin Castle.

The European Commission is today expressing concerns about the size of our Budget deficit.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen today pleaded with global leaders to rally together and tackle world hunger on the final day of a major summit in Beijing.

The Budget took unprecedented decisions to protect the current and future generations of Irish people, Taoiseach Brian Cowen today told the Dáil.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen and senior government ministers are making themselves available to discuss the economy with anyone willing to pay €2,000.

More than 60 locally and regionally elected representatives from the EU's 27 member states will gather in Athlone next week to discuss the challenges facing small and medium sized enterprises.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to address a United Nations summit for the first time as leader next month, it emerged today.

THE Government must commit to obtaining zero inflation in the public sector for the next three years.

A global ban on cluster bombs could be the first achievement of Taoiseach Brian Cowen's new Government, it was claimed today.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen would have been “quite entitled” to warn his ministers about the need for cabinet confidentiality, a Government spokesman has said.