New broom needs new ideas

Taoiseach-elect Brian Cowen will have to deal with issues that differ hugely from the ones that Bertie Ahern faced.

It was interesting that the ghost of Sean Lemass seemed to hover around Brian Cowen’s first press conference as Taoiseach-elect. In many ways, the changing of the guard between Eamon de Valera and Lemass is not unlike that between Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen. Both men were pre-selected by their former leaders and both ...