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FIANNA FAIL Minister for State, Tony Killeen was remaining tight- lipped on how he saw his future un- der the new Taoiseach.
The Corofin man who has served as junior minister in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natu-
ral Resources and the department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government for the past 10 months said he was happy to fill whatever role the new Taoiseach desired.
He said while there was a lot of speculation as to what moves would be made in cabinet and in the gov- ernment under Brian Cowan, he did
not get involved in such speculation.
He said Minister Cowan is famil- iar with the issues in Clare through his previous portfolios in health and transport and has an overview of 1s- sues as Minister for Finance.
Former Clare TD Brendan Daly, who was quite close with the Offaly man while in Dail Eireann, said he
believed that Cowan would make an impressive Taoiseach.
“T think Cowan will be less charis- matic than Bertie Ahern. He will give straight answers to straight questions and will take things very seriously and won’t underestimate the implica- tions of some of the things that might be taking place.
“Bertie tended to gloss over things that on the surface might not have been looked at but deep down were very serious,’ he said.
“He (Cowan) will be firm, he will be decisive, he will say if something can be done or can’t be done, and he wont second-guess anything,” he Sr HLOe