Ireland’s Cowen Is ‘Confident’ on Leadership Ballot
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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he’s “confident” he will retain the leadership of the ruling Fianna Fail party in a ballot tomorrow and lead it into the next general election.
Fianna Fail parliamentary members will decide by a secret vote whether Cowen remains party leader, he told a press conference in Dublin late yesterday. Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, among the favorites to succeed Cowen, plans to oppose him in the ballot.