Article: TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is set to face off with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the legal guarantees for the second Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Article: A taoiseach in trouble; Ireland and Europe.(Ireland and the ...
The Economist (US);  November 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... may prove terminal for the Lisbon treaty BRIAN COWEN, who succeeded Bertie Ahern ... June the Irish rejected the Lisbon treaty in a referendum. Yet 24 of ... public ignorance about the Lisbon treaty. One-third of voters believed ...

Article: Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday left the door open ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  March 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Taoiseach won't rule out early vote on Lisbon Treaty Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday left the door open for the Government to hold the second Lisbon Treaty referendum in the summer, rather than the autumn ...

Article: Cowen admits: I still have not read the entire Lisbon ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Scott Millar, Niamh Lyons BRIAN Cowen came under intense fire from Yes camp ... afterclaiming he knew precisely what was in the Lisbon Treaty even though he hadstill not read the ... saying that the EU Constitution and the Lisbon Treaty are thesame, we have a real problem ...

Article: Cowen grates; Ireland and the Lisbon treaty.(Prime ...
The Economist (US);  September 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the Irish prime minister, Brian Cowen, as well as that of his ... on the European Union's Lisbon treaty on October 2nd; the passage ... his EU partners that the Lisbon treaty will not alter Ireland ... second referendum on the Lisbon treaty is winnable. That does not ...

Article: TAOISEACH Brian Cowen yesterday announced the ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  June 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Cowen won't contemplate 'No' TAOISEACH Brian Cowen yesterday announced the second Lisbon Treaty referendum will take place at the start ... family are not in any way affected by the Lisbon Treaty," he said. "And today we have also ...

Article: BRIAN Cowen didn't read the Lisbon ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  February 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Jaws dropped as Lenihan admitted he had 'seen no evil' BRIAN Cowen didn't read the Lisbon Treaty. It cost him. Micheal Martin didn't read the report on the illegal nursing home fees. It cost him. Brian Lenihan didn't ...

Article: EVERY single 'Yes' vote in the Lisbon Treaty ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  September 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Cowen Fionnan Sheahan Political Editor EVERY single 'Yes' vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum will help towards Ireland's economic recovery, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said yesterday. Despite praising the work being done by Fine Gael and the ...