Taoiseach
The Irish for prime minister. The Taoiseach is elected by the members of Dail Eireann and then appointed by the Taoiseach. The current Taoiseach is Brian Cowen.
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# taoiseach - Yesterday’s News
Taoiseach backs Shatter in penalty points row with Wallace
The Wexford TD will lodge a complaint to the Standards in Public Office Commission today over comments made by the justice minister.
# taoiseach - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Taoiseach to lay wreath at bombing memorial during Boston trip
Kenny will also be presented with an honorary doctorate from Boston College while on his US trip.
# taoiseach - Sunday 12 May, 2013
FLASHBACK: Brian Cowen became Taoiseach five years ago this week
Cowen succeeded Bertie Ahern at the helm of government on May 7, 2008. Here he is, leading a hometown singsong.
# taoiseach - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added awkward text messages
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# taoiseach - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Taoiseach has ‘no intention of playing party politics’ over abortion issue
Enda Kenny responds to calls for a Constitutional referendum on abortion during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today.
# taoiseach - Monday 6 May, 2013
Taoiseach and Tánaiste off to Brussels for ‘top level’ talks on €960 billion Budget
Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore will hold talks on efforts to push through the EU’s gigantic budget for the next six years.
# taoiseach - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
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# taoiseach - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Kenny to meet German finance minister in Spain
The Taoiseach will also hold meetings with Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy.
# taoiseach - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Kenny: “Failures in regulation cost this country dearly”
The Taoiseach made the comment as he launched a public consultation on a new Government policy statement on economic regulation.
# taoiseach - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
Chief Justice: ‘There are currently issues of serious concern’
A forum for discussion about matters of “mutual concern” to the judiciary and government has been established, on the request of Susan Denham.
# taoiseach - Monday 15 April, 2013
Your Taoiseach Watching The GAA Pic Of The Day
Enda Kenny was in attendance as Dublin beat Mayo 2-16 to 0-16 yesterday.
Queen Elizabeth gave a nice bottle of whiskey to Enda Kenny in 2011
Find out what presents Enda Kenny has received since taking office… including a €5k famine painting from Michael Flatley.
# taoiseach - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Taoiseach: No one will be forced to quit job if childcare exceeds salary
It disputes comments made by Minister Leo Varadkar who said that childcare costs would have to be taken into consideration in insolvency arrangements.
# taoiseach - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
Proud day for designer of ‘Gathering Bowl’ presented to Obama
Taoiseach Enda Kenny presented the shamrock bowl to President Barack Obama this evening at a St Patrick’s Day reception.
# taoiseach - Monday 11 March, 2013
Kenny asked if Ireland will rejoin Commonwealth
The Taoiseach described his visit to London to meet Prime Minister David Cameron as “a symbolic and important day”.
# taoiseach - Friday 1 March, 2013
100 protest as Kenny attends Kells ball
The Taoiseach was attending the Kells and District Chamber President’s Ball in the Headfort Arms Hotel.
# taoiseach - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
President won’t say if he would take further pay cut under Croke Park II
Michael D Higgins already voluntarily cut his pay by 23.5 per cent to just under €250,000 in 2011 but Áras an Uachtaráin will not say whether he would take a further pay cut.
# taoiseach - Friday 22 February, 2013
Government to pay employers to recruit unemployed people
The Government also wants to increase the number of ICT graduates and get 2,000 more small businesses online
# taoiseach - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
In full: Enda Kenny’s State apology to the Magdalene women
“I, as Taoiseach, on behalf of the State, the government and our citizens deeply regret and apologise unreservedly to all those women for the hurt that was done to them…”
# taoiseach - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Magdalene survivors “expect apology next week”
Meanwhile, the Justice for Magdalenes group has published a redacted version of its principal submission on the laundries online.
Micheál Martin: I still keep in touch with Brian Cowen
The Fianna Fáil leader said he had a “good chat” with his predecessor at a recent funeral but neither Cowen nor Bertie Ahern have any input to party policy.
# taoiseach - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Shatter drops strong hint that Taoiseach will apologise to Magdalenes
Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said the Government wants to bring closure to the issue.
# taoiseach - Monday 11 February, 2013
Taoiseach extends ‘best wishes’ to Pope, President writes Pontiff a letter
Enda Kenny clashed with the Catholic Church in the last two years, slamming the “the dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism that dominates the Vatican today” after the Cloyne report in 2011.
# taoiseach - Friday 8 February, 2013
Taoiseach and Tánaiste to meet with Magdalene survivors
Eamon Gilmore said the government is eager to listen to the women about their needs and about what its response to the report should be.
# taoiseach - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Magdalenes ask Enda Kenny to meet with them
Magdalene Survivors Together said they were left “devastated” after the Taoiseach stopped short of apologising to them on behalf of the State.
# taoiseach - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Column: Why are Ireland’s first lady and family so invisible?
In comparison to the US, first spouses and first families are well outside the political fray here in Ireland – but why so, asks Larry Donnelly.
# taoiseach - Friday 1 February, 2013
Taoiseach reveals how Action Plan on Jobs is progressing
The Taoiseach has launched the plan’s fourth report, saying that the rate of unemployment “remains unacceptably high” in Ireland.
# taoiseach - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Irish Mail on Sunday apologises to Brian Cowen over California picture
The paper has also acknowledged that the former taoiseach attended a course at Stanford University at his own expense, with no public funding involved.
# taoiseach - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
Enda Kenny and Michael Noonan to attend Davos
The Taoiseach and Minister for Finance will join other world leaders at the influential meeting to discuss issues affecting the global economy.
# taoiseach - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added Beyoncé miming
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Bill Gates to meet with Taoiseach, Tánaiste and President tomorrow
The Microsoft founder and philanthropist is also reported to be meeting Bono on his visit to Ireland tomorrow.
# taoiseach - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Kenny: Irish have borne weight of bank debt with “courage, patience and dignity”
The Taoiseach said that Ireland is “taking steps on the road to recovery”, while speaking at the European Parliament today.
# taoiseach - Saturday 29 December, 2012
How much was a round of drinks in 1973?
Let’s look at the Taoiseach’s drink bill to find out…
# taoiseach - Thursday 27 December, 2012
PICS: A year in the life – Enda Kenny
What was 2012 like for the Taoiseach?
# taoiseach - Friday 21 December, 2012
VIDEO: Here’s Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s Christmas message to Ireland
In his annual Christmas message the Taoiseach praises the people of Ireland for their efforts to get the country back on track.
# taoiseach - Friday 14 December, 2012
Gerry Adams urges Taoiseach: put pressure on for full Pat Finucane inquiry
The Sinn Féin leader said the Irish government ‘needs to shift into a higher gear in support of the Finucane family, who want a public inquiry into the death of Pat finucane.
# taoiseach - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Dáil votes down Sinn Féin’s motion of no confidence in the government
The motion was defeated with Labour TD Pat Rabbitte calling it “parliamentary farce”.
Government “strongly disagrees” with decision not to conduct public Finucane inquiry
Speaking in the Dáil today both Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said they would continue to seek a public inquiry.
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