Cowen in top 10 of Newsweek’s respected leaders

BRIAN COWEN has been called a lot of things since becoming Taoiseach, and not all of them nice.

But he found an ally yesterday in the shape of a respected international magazine which had nothing but praise for him.

“The Fiscal Taskmaster” was how Newsweek labelled Mr Cowen, including him in a list of 10 world leaders who “have managed to win serious respect”.