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Irish PM quits as party leader amid calls for early elections
Four candidates have launched a battle to lead Ireland's governing party after troubled Prime Minister Brian Cowen's quit the post after a series of crises forced him to announce snap polls.Micheal Martin, the foreign minister whose departure crippled Cowen's authority, is the odds-on favourite to win the contest and take the Fianna Fall party into...
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Irish premier resigns as party leader, stays as PM
Prime Minister Brian Cowen today announced that he has resigned as leader of Ireland's dominant Fianna Fail party but intends to keep leading the government through the March 11 election. Opposition chiefs demanded his immediate ouster as premier.Cowen's surprise move capped a week of political crises that brought his coalition government to the br...
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Irish PM quits as party leader amid calls for early elections
Four candidates have launched a battle to lead Ireland's governing party after troubled Prime Minister Brian Cowen's quit the post after a series of crises forced him to announce snap polls.Micheal Martin, the foreign minister whose departure crippled Cowen's authority, is the odds-on favourite to win the contest and take the Fianna Fall party into...
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Irish premier resigns as party leader, stays as PM
Prime Minister Brian Cowen today announced that he has resigned as leader of Ireland's dominant Fianna Fail party but intends to keep leading the government through the March 11 election. Opposition chiefs demanded his immediate ouster as premier.Cowen's surprise move capped a week of political crises that brought his coalition government to the br...
