Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

He uses phrases such as " stuck in the mire", " economic corpse" and "banjaxed", which are all part of the Labour Party lexicon in myriad press releases we read. It is the usual politics of the old Democratic Left non-stop, day in and day out, to keep throwing the muck in case some of it might stick.

(Interruptions).

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