Cowen gives pragmatic performance during his budget gig for the elite

IF Brian Cowen’s livelihood depended on TAM ratings or JNLR figures, he’d be good and goosed this week.

Cowen gives pragmatic performance during his budget gig for the elite
Fri, 07 Dec, 2007 - 00:00
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Terry Prone

Commentators on one radio programme after another talked of his budget as “dull”.

It has certainly passed its entertainment sell-by date.

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