Cowen croons a moving apology to the Irish people (kind of)

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01/12/10 3,425 Views 2 Comments

WE’VE BEEN WAITING a while for our politicians to put their hands up and apologise for, as Joan Burton so lyrically put it, “banjaxing our country”.

Well, wait no more. Not only do they apologise here, they make a pretty convincing pitch for the Christmas No. 1.

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Cowen croons a moving apology to the Irish people (kind of)