Cowen showed no anger over lavish spending at Fás

READING Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s ringing endorsement of Fás chief Roddy Molloy before he resigned a day later, one can only conclude the Taoiseach had little problem with the lavish spending at taxpayers’ expense that took place at that agency under Mr Molloy’s management.

Mr Cowen should have been outraged at the abuses that had been exposed, demanding his fellow Offaly man’s resignation for being so irresponsible.

Of course this is the same Brian Cowen who took one of the Government jets to Shannon recently for the Munster v All Blacks game, while one of his State cars was there to collect him at the airport and ferry him the 13 miles to Thomond Park. How much did that soiree cost?