Taoiseach bloodied but unbowed

IMPERVIOUS to polls and pundits Taoiseach Brian Cowen is determined to stagger into the General Election as leader of his party.

The rank and file among the soldiers of destiny are resigned to a resounding defeat at the ballot box.

But their leader, bloodied but unbowed, has raised his sword, stood up to the mutineers for a final time and committed to contesting the election as Taoiseach and president of Fianna Fáil.