(10 October 2008), Government comes under further Budget pressure, work: The Irish Times, retrieved: 2010-06-12
• Explaining why there were radical Government alterations to a budgetary position in October 2008, with the alterations forced by angry public reaction.
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Hopefully that will be seen as a response, a leadership responding to an issue and therefore one's authority, while it's not as high if you didn't have the problem, it does mean that people say 'well he used his authority to come up with a solution in double-quick time that met with broader public acceptance.

— Brian Cowen

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Hopefully that will be seen as a response, a leadership responding to an issue and therefore one's authority, while it's not as high if you didn't have the problem, it does mean that people say 'well he used his authority to come up with a solution in double-quick time that met with broader public acceptance." in the context of "(10 October 2008), Government comes under further Budget pressure, work: The Irish Times, retrieved: 2010-06-12
• Explaining why there were radical Government alterations to a budgetary position in October 2008, with the alterations forced by angry public reaction." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Brian Cowen

About Brian Cowen

Brian Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach from 7 May 2008 until his retirement on 9 March 2011.