Barry Cowen

One in five TDs are landlords as Michael Healy-Rae boosts property portfolio to 25

Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property

It’s hardly surprising Maria Walsh reached for ‘male, pale and stale’ label in FF candidate row

Men who agitate about labels or being supplanted by hordes of vengeful women should look around them. Fewer than a quarter of our TDs are women

Insolvency rates not at crisis point, TDs and Senators hear

Business failures are rising but, for now, remain below levels prior to Covid crisis

Miriam Lord’s Week: Maria Walsh fires early shots in skirmish with Barry Cowen

TD for Laois-Offaly sees off Niall Blaney and Lisa Chambers to run for Fianna Fáil in the Midlands North-West constituency in the EU elections, but he won’t be riding into the sunset just yet

Barry Cowen narrowly selected as Fianna Fáil European election candidate in keenly contested convention

Offaly TD edged out nearest rival by 70 votes in Mullingar count

Cowen says Government should ask experts and industry to consider future of energy, including data centres

Cowen warns that regulator must not be arbiter of digital growth

Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen to seek nomination to run for European Parliament

Former minister for agriculture wants to contest election in Midlands North West

Further delay to Bill seen as ‘largest overhaul’ of State’s planning system in decades

Government had originally hoped the Planning and Development Bill would be on the statute books before Easter

Coalition sources admit strain of ‘keeping manners’ on overspending

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns exchequer to stick to rule limiting net spending growth to 5%

Taoiseach accused of ‘pure electioneering’ as Coalition war of words continues

Leo Varadkar should stop ‘posturing’ after doubling down on budget demands in Irish Times interview, says Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen

Cowen to change Dáil declaration to acknowledge ‘landlord’ role over farmland

TDs must list occupation of landlord or lessor if they have rental income of more than €2,600 a year

Barry Cowen defends comparison of eviction ban extension to ‘making sweets free’

Eviction ban: Offaly TD said he is sorry if people were offended by the comment meant as analogy for stopgap solution

Report calls for renewable gas options to decarbonise rural Ireland

Rural homes can achieve B1 BER for €11,000 by switching ‘renewable-ready gas boilers’ with building upgrades

Pressure mounts on Donohoe as new election expenses issue emerges

Sources acknowledge damage caused by election-spending affair to Government and Minister

Miriam Lord’s Week: Bruiser Barry’s sensible response to Paschal furore leaves Claire Byrne at a loss

Barry Cowen started off by saying very nice things about Paschal. Then moved on to say even nicer things

Decision on readmittance of MacSharry to Fianna Fáil deferred again

In letter to party officials, TD contends motion to bring him back into parliamentary group should not have been delayed because of complaint by councillor

Concern in Fianna Fáil about poor polls but no mood for early leadership change

Party struggles with lack of a clear identity as well as having no obvious challenger for the leadership

Coalition gears up for next election after unprecedented challenges

Government parties remain broadly united despite a relentlessly bleak environment

Range of proposals on criminal justice outlined to Fianna Fáil party

Tougher sentences for violent crime and sexual offences among proposals set out

Miriam Lord: ‘Votegate’ double-voting controversy rears its ugly head again

Fianna Fáil was hoping no one would mention the War of the Buttons two years later

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