Cowen’s colourful outburst is the least of our worries

We should focus on what drove the Taoiseach to say such a thing, rather than berating him for losing his rag.

You sometimes wonder why politics in this country is withering on the vine. Currently, every conceivable inch of public space along roadways is covered with mindless referendum slogans for and against the Lisbon Reform Treaty.

Yet opinion polls show that the voters in the Irish referendum, in truly astonishing numbers, have only ...