http://www.newstin.com/us/BRIAN_COWEN Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91355073 AFP/DDP – Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen addresses a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel … LUXEMBORUG (AFP) – Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen began talks Wednesday with key EU leaders on the... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:24:16 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91355073 2008-12-03T19:24:16Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91425433 'Whenever we hear good ideas around the table, we will take them. No less than five times in the course of his fencing with Enda and Eamon, the Taoiseach used the word "simple". "The Government's plan is simple," "my position... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91425433 2008-12-04T00:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91295877 Ireland's unemployment rate surged to a decade high of 7.8 percent in November, surprising economists and deepening the government's struggle to contain its budget deficit. The Central Statistics Office reported an unexpectedly... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:39:40 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91295877 2008-12-03T12:39:40Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91211674 When the Irish Times opened up their Ireland.com domain to free email registration recently I quickly nabbed the novelty address of primeminister@ireland.com reckoning that would be far more beneficial to the cSource: EirePreneur Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:10:28 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91211674 2008-12-03T08:10:28Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91309355 Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said he has already had discussions with the social partners about the national pay award due in August. Opposition leaders had asked whether the Government would be honouring the deal in the light of... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:54:58 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91309355 2008-12-03T15:54:58Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91221049 LUCIA KUBOSOVA Today @ 08:24 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - But according to insiders following the meeting on Tuesday (2 December), there was little enthusiasm to commit to the commission's scheme, with many ministers describing... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:24:21 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91221049 2008-12-03T07:24:21Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91229497 The Taoiseach will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin this evening. Earlier Brian Cowen will travel to Luxembourg for talks with the Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. Both meetings are part of a series of... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:57:51 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91229497 2008-12-03T09:57:51Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91221001 PHILIPPA RUNNER Today @ 09:04 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The choice of experts for a new enquiry into the Georgia war will be a "Solomonic decision" amid efforts to guarantee objectivity, the Swiss diplomat in charge of the... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:04:29 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91221001 2008-12-03T08:04:29Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91221024 PHILIPPA RUNNER Today @ 08:56 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - With still over six months to go before the selection of a new European Commission and uncertainty on the Lisbon treaty looming over the process, speculation is mounting... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:56:17 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91221024 2008-12-03T07:56:17Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91205086 The Irish Independent reports that Taoiseach Brian Cowen paved the way for more cuts in public spending last night after his Government lost a further €2bn in taxes in just two months. The normally bumper month of November... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:18:56 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/91205086 2008-12-03T06:18:56Z