Party members call on Cowen to quit

Taoiseach Brian Cowen was tonight facing calls from within his own ranks to resign after plans for a Cabinet reshuffle almost collapsed the Government.

Party members call on Cowen to quit
Thu, 20 Jan, 2011 - 22:01

Taoiseach Brian Cowen was tonight facing calls from within his own ranks to resign after plans for a Cabinet reshuffle almost collapsed the Government.

Junior coalition partners the Green Party forced Mr Cowen into a hugely embarrassing U-turn on attempts to promote members of his own Fianna Fáil party into senior ministerial posts.

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