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Fianna Fáil

O'Rourke calls for parliamentary meeting on party leadership

FORMER FIANNA FÁIL deputy leader and minister Mary O’Rourke has called for a meeting of the parliamentary party in January to discuss the leadership of Brian Cowen, RTÉ News reports. Speaking in Athlone this morning, the three-term former minister said the party needed to make a decision on who should be at the helm in the run-up to a forthcoming general election.

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