The headline in yesterday's edition said "Dáil set to confirm Cowen as Republic's 12th leader". However, the Republic only came into existence in 1949 so Mr Cowen will be the 11th leader of the Republic. As the text of the article reported, Mr Cowen will be the 12th person to be head of government since the foundation of the State.
The headline in yesterday's edition said "Dáil set to confirm Cowen as Republic's 12th leader". However, the Republic only came into existence in 1949 so Mr Cowen will be the 11th leader of the Republic. As the text of the article reported, Mr Cowen will be the 12th person to be head of government since the foundation of the State.
An editorial in yesterday's edition referred to the 11 taoisigh who proceeded Bertie Ahern. Mr Ahern was preceeded by nine taoisigh.
A report in yesterday's edition suggested that 17 European countries which are members of the Schengen-free travel area would offer visa-free travel to Serb citizens. In fact they intend to offer free visas to those eligible - the visa regime remains in place.