How did The Sunday Times describe Cowen's tenure as Taoiseach?
"A remarkable success"
"An average tenure"
"A dismal failure"
"A mixed bag"
Answer
The Sunday Times described Brian Cowen's tenure as Taoiseach as "a dismal failure". The newspaper accused him of presiding over a "lost decade" for Ireland, during which the economy went into recession and the country was forced to accept a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
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