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		<title>Govt to reform Tanaiste&#8217;s role as not possible to reform Tanaiste</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government is planning to completely reform Tanaiste Mary Coughlan&#8217;s department in next week&#8217;s reshuffle after concluding that the Tanaiste herself  is beyond reform.
A high level committee of civil servants looked at the options of reforming the Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment or the minister but it soon became clear that there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministers told not to mention saints or scholars on St Patrick&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government Ministers representing the island of saints and scholars at international events on St Patrick&#8217;s Day have been told by Taoiseach Brian Cowen not to mention saints or scholars under any circumstances.
&#8220;The Taoiseach has been very clear on this,&#8221; a source said. &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t want us to do or say anything that will remind our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry cabinet protests against Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traffic was severely disrupted in the centre of Dublin today as angry members of the Cabinet took to the streets to protest against the Government.
Many citizens were surprised to see Taoiseach Brian Cowen and all of his Government ministers protesting against his government but Mr Cowen said it was vital that the public realised &#8220;that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coughlan &#8216;completely devastated&#8217; by Cowen&#8217;s confidence in her</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a clear signal that he has no confidence in Tanaiste Mary Coughlan, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has stated that he has full confidence in her. Devastatingly Mr Cowen described Ms Coughlan as  an “excellent Minister, hard-working and a very good member of Cabinet”.  He dismissed suggestions that her position had become untenable.
Previously Mr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert recommends botox to tone down Calamity Coughlan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An expert on Tourette&#8217;s syndrome has told The Mire that the Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan,  may suffer from coprolalia and, therefore,  cannot help making a complete tit of herself on occasion.  
Coprolalia, which is sometimes a symptom of Tourette&#8217;s syndrome, is involuntary swearing or the utterance [...]]]></description>
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