Brian Cowen gave his first press conference as leader-designate of Fianna Fail this afternoon. An audio clip of a portion of his opening remarks is available below. (For technical reasons, Mr Cowen's remarks in Irish are not included in the segment. However, the full text of the speech is available at: http://www.ireland.com/focus/2008/cowen_speech/index.pdf).
Harry McGeeof The Irish Timespolitical staff also gives his analysis of today's events.