Taoiseach hits headlines as Europe’s top-paid politician

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is hitting the international headlines as Europe’s highest paid politician.

The story is doing the rounds of several European, American and Asian media and the blogosphere, complete with a picture of Mr Cowen licking his lips.

It quotes the Irish man as earning a cool €257,000 a year, making him not just the highest paid EU leader but the fourth highest leading politician in the world.