Topic: Brian Cowen

Ireland's politicians should take cue from Obama: less blaming, more recovery

With elections approaching, Ireland’s leaders need to put the blame-game for the Celtic Tiger's downfall in the attic for now, and get on with the business of recovery. A debt-laden Ireland – and the European countries that bailed it out – require it.

After tumultuous week, Ireland hits fast track on rebuilding government

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen resigned as party leader, the ruling coalition collapsed, and six ministers quit. Some say the volatile week may actually help the country get back on its feet.

Gold buyer: Don't worry, be happy

Gold prices rise and rise. Some buy gold to protect against inflation, but many fear that something will go wrong, in China or Greece or Ireland or the U.S. housing market, or...

Irish protest – sort of – as bailout details emerge

The Irish government says a $112.5 billion bailout will come with a 5.8 percent interest rate. The public appears unhappy with the bailout, but uncertain where to direct its anger.

Crisis in Ireland tests eurozone vision of common currency, common interests

The Greece and Ireland debt crises have raised more questions about a currency that was supposed to unify Europe.

Stock prices pare losses from steep sell-off

Stock prices mostly recover from a 149-point decline that traders attributed to an FBI raid on two hedge funds and worries about Ireland's bailout.

Ireland confronts political mutiny in wake of bailout

Ireland's Green Party has said it will pull out of its coalition under Prime Minister Brian Cowen. Cowen has called for elections in early 2011, but opposition leaders want a vote now.

What a $100 billion EU aid package means for Ireland

Ireland is negotiating with the European finance officials over an aid package that could come with strings attached.

Ireland gives thumbs down to EU bailout

EU ministers continue to worry that Ireland's debt crisis will drag down financial markets. Ireland says its debts are covered until mid-2011.

A reeling bond market has EU members pushing for Ireland bailout

An Ireland bailout is possible after government bonds tumbled in recent weeks. The country is under pressure to accept a $100 billion bailout that could prove a bitter pill for the former 'Celtic Tiger.'

How Germany's Merkel convinced EU to change rules after the Greek crisis

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, together with France's government, pushed through a tough amendment to EU finance rules today.

Saville report on Bloody Sunday massacre exonerates victims

Nearly 40 years after 14 Catholic civil rights marchers were killed by British soldiers in Derry, Northern Ireland, the UK's Saville report on Bloody Sunday exonerated the marchers. But prosecutions look unlikely, analysts say.

After papal rebuke, Ireland takes stunned stock of battered church, economy, and nation

Many in Ireland are stunned that the once high-flying 'Celtic Tiger' is now just another battered economy – and by fresh revelations of coverups of sexual abuse of children in the Roman Catholic church as Pope Benedict XVI apologized directly to Irish abuse victims.

Brian Cowen is back for St. Patrick's Day. Check the teleprompter!

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen is back in town for St. Patrick's Day. Obama's staff might want to double check the teleprompter...

St. Patrick's Day at the White House. Obama welcomes Irish PM.

President Obama celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen.

Northern Ireland: powersharing dispute threatens to freeze peace process

Northern Ireland's pro-British DUP and Irish republican Sinn Féin failed Friday to agree on bringing policing and justice under local control. If a stalemate continues, it could result in the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Tempest over Thierry Henry's handball in Ireland-France soccer match: Get over it.

Irish fans should give up their hopes of a rematch and simply accept, no matter how much it hurts, that France won by breaking the rules.

Ireland embraces Lisbon Treaty. Will Blair be next EU president?

Ireland says 'yes' to Lisbon Treaty. Reforms will give European Union a unified foreign policy, and a permanent president.

Ted Kennedy tributes: World remembers 'Lion of the Senate'

The longtime Democratic senator from Massachusetts will be mourned on 'every continent,' said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday.

Obama's teleprompter hurls itself to an untimely end; the world reels

Obama's teleprompter launches a website and Twitter accounts

Chaos in the White House - Obama's teleprompter blows up

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