Taoiseach finally says sorry for crisis

THE Taoiseach has finally said “sorry” for the outcomes of the economic crisis – a word that has escaped him since the banking collapse, financial meltdown and recession hit the country almost two years ago.

Brian Cowen said a Dáil vote of confidence in his leadership last night reaffirmed his mandate, confirmed the Government “should continue to serve the people” and said it was time to “move on”.

But Labour leader, Eamon Gilmore, dismissed this as “the thickest exercise in hard neck politics I’ve heard for some time”.