O’Rourke calls on Cowen to name day

FIANNA FÁIL backbencher Mary O’Rourke has told the Taoiseach to name the date for the general election because candidates are in a state of “suspended animation and we don’t all play golf to fill our days”.

O’Rourke calls on Cowen to name day

The aunt of Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan — a potential leadership rival to Brian Cowen — used Twitter to urge the Taoiseach to call the election.

“Hey Brian, Will you please name the date. We are tired waiting,” she tweeted yesterday.

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