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Article: NOW we know the meaning of the word "collapse". The Government's revenues have collapsed. At the same time, such confidence as remained on the Fianna Fail back benches and in the party organisation, has collapsed. How long until the Government itself collapses?
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2009
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Cowen's dreamland is Fianna Fail's nightmare
NOW we know the meaning of the word "collapse". The Government's revenues have collapsed. At the same time, such confidence as remained on the Fianna Fail back benches and in the party organisation, has collapsed. How long until the Government itself collapses?
This question has been in the air all year; but it has become urgent with the catastrophic revenue figures, the renewed talk of bank nationalisation, the defections of Jimmy Devins and Eamon Scanlon, and the speculation about another palace revolution.
Along with it goes a second question. How seriously should we take the idea that the ...