No change as Cowen spouts more of the same

BRIAN COWEN dropped the word “patriotic,” but otherwise, we could have been back in 2008.

In October that year, the Government brought forward the budget as an emergency measure and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan told the Dáil that it was “no less than a call to patriotic action”.

Two years on, it was a case of spot the difference when the Taoiseach rose to his feet to kick-start the two-day debate on the economy.