A kind friend sent me this link to congratulate me on becoming the new chair of Media Studies. It's from the Financial Times.
No honeymoon for new Irish PM
By John Murray Brown in Dublin
Brian Cowen is expected to have the shortest honeymoon of any recent Irish prime minister as he assumes the job of Taoiseach faced by an array of political and economic challenges.
One analyst invoked a rugby metaphor, dubbing the handover a "hospital pass", coming as it does with unemployment rising, tax receipts dwindling and turbulence in international financial -markets.
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