Irish Examiner View: Questions still unanswered for Barry Cowen

Whatever about his fitness for high office, Mr Cowen should not be allowed to continue to characterise his actions as "a mistake".

Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen made an 'abject apology' to the Dáil, according to the Taoiseach. Picture: Niall Carson

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described Barry Cowen, the agriculture minister’s statement to the Dáil on Tuesday night, about his ban for drink driving, as an “abject apology”.