Cowen moves on, but stopover is his legacy

SUCH a nice budget day photograph of Brian Cowen, his wife and their two children (Irish Examiner, December 2).

Cowen moves on, but stopover is his legacy
Thu, 16 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

Could this be the same Brian Cowen who, as minister for foreign affairs, approved the landing of 130,000 coalition soldiers at Shannon so far this year on their way to a war not approved by the UN.

The 300,000 citizens of Falluja could not return to their homes - even in the cold weather.

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