A year to forget in the life of Brian

In the first of a three-part series on Brian Cowen’s 12 months as the nation’s leader, Political Correspondent Paul O’Brien asks his friends and foes for their verdicts

THE last year has been the worst time in my memory of living here in Ireland, and I think even if he was Mother Teresa, he wouldn’t be getting good publicity.”

So argues Fianna Fáil senator Geraldine Feeney, a long-time friend of Brian Cowen and his family.