Opposition tells Taoiseach: Change delayed is change denied

HAD Brian Cowen been the chief executive of a private company which failed as badly as his Government he would have been forced to resign, not rearrange his management team, according to Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.

He said any private sector boss who saddled his company with the level of debt the country was now responsible for would be forced to consider his position.

Instead he said Mr Cowen had used his luck to make two minor replacements to his Cabinet and shift Tánaiste Mary Coughlan “downwards to the Department of Education”.