Jan 18th 2011, by The Economist online | DUBLIN
The general elections of Ireland will soon take place; most expect them to be in March. Fianna Fáil governs Ireland in coalition with the Green Party. They will decide tonight, January 17th, whether Brian Cowen should be send away or kept as a party leader of Fianna Fáil. It looks bad for him but he has some chances to stay prime minister and lead the party into the election. Ireland still remains in bad weather as far as their economic is concerned and the problems seem to get only worse instead of better. There is a money gap of €85 billion for the bail-out agreement.
As I said it is unknown whether Mr Cowen may stay as a prime minister, though he has a good chance to pull through tonight. A recently published book revealed that previously there had been contacts between the prime minister and Sean FitzPatrick, then chairman of Anglo Irish Bank in 2008. ‘This was some months before the government introduced a blanket guarantee for the liabilities of the Irish Bank.’ Of course this sort of information gets the attention of many. It seems to have all the signs of a dirty case and perhaps Mr. Cowen is not completely innocent.
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