Cowen portrait is still not complete ten years on

Artist Blaise Smith was awarded the €12,000 commission to paint the former Taoiseach but the Office of Public Works cannot say when portrait will adorn walls of Leinster House

Former Taoisigh Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern. The former's portrait has yet to be unveiled, while the latter's was finished in 2011.

An official portrait of former Taoiseach Brian Cowen has yet to be completed more than a decade after he left office.

While artist Blaise Smith was awarded the €12,000 commission to paint the former Fianna Fáil leader, the Office of Public Works (OPW) cannot say when the portrait will be added to the gallery wall of Taoisigh in Leinster House.