In a November 2008 interview in Hot Press in a grim assessment of where Ireland stood, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said that many people still did not realise how badly shaken the public finances were.

The revelations, and the discovery that Hillery had stood up to pressure from former cabinet colleagues, including his close friend Brian Lenihan, back in 1982 increased Hillery's standing substantially.

Speaking about his gay marriage in Norway as part of the 2010 Liberal Democrat debate about equal marriage for gay people, Paddick said: " The real impact of marriage rather than a civil partnership, the symbolism of it, the importance of it, didn't really strike me until we stood in front of the judge in the courthouse in Oslo, and she said ... we're here today to witness the marriage of Brian and Petter.

He rose to stardom after starring in the critically lauded blockbuster biographical TV movie, Brian's Song ( 1971 ), in which he played Chicago Bears star football player Gale Sayers, who stood by his friend Brian Piccolo ( played by James Caan ), during his struggle with terminal cancer.

Adams, Mike Davis and Terry Gordy died in 2001, and the Sportatorium, which stood since 1934, was demolished in 2003, but not before Kevin Von Erich toured the damaged arena for the last time, along with filmmaker Brian Harrison.

Supporters of the campaign included Margo Kingston ( journalist ), John Valder ( previous president of Howard's Liberal party ), Brian Deegan ( former magistrate, who stood against Alexander Downer ), Andrew Wilkie ( Greens candidate ), Alex Broun playwright and Nicole Campbell ( Australian Labor Party candidate ).

Roslyn Dundas stood in the left wing of the party, along with the likes of Senators Natasha Stott Despoja and Brian Greig.

Some individual players stood out: winger David Lemi surprised many defences with his speed and agility, Brian Lima proved tough to beat at centre, fly-half Jason Strange had an impressive goal-kicking record and scrum-half Shaun Perry had been called up to captain England Saxons by the season's end on the strength of play at Bristol.

Ratchet was originally envisioned by Insomniac Games Vice President of Programming Brian Hastings as a space-traveling reptile alien who would collect various weapons as he progressed through the game ; Ratchet's final form was decided upon after Insomniac at various terrestrial creatures, such as dogs and rats, and feline features stood out to them because of the sense of agility associated with it.

After assistant manager Brian Kidd left to manage Blackburn Rovers in December 1998, Ryan stood in as Ferguson's assistant until Steve McClaren's appointment in February 1999, even taking full charge of the side for their 3 – 2 defeat at home to Middlesbrough on 19 December 1998, which Ferguson missed in order to attend a funeral.

The foyer of the Metro, designed by leading Australian stage designer Brian Thomson, features a lightweight plastic replica of the Art Deco crystal chandelier which once hung in Regent Theatre which formerly stood opposite the Metro in George Street.

" Brian Bell suggested the " in love " edit and so it stood.

By the end of Brian K. Vaughan's stint on Runaways, Chase and Victor had switched roles: Victor stood by the team without hesitation while a grief-ridden Chase carried out his own agenda without regards to the team's safety.

As a supporter of Brian Faulkner, he followed Faulkner into the newly formed Unionist Party of Northern Ireland in 1974 and stood for the party in South Down in the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election of 1975 but failed to get elected.

There was a discrepancy in the fact that at the end of the episode of That Peter Kay Thing which Brian was in, he stood up at the end after seeing the Neptune on fire.

Brian does so, but instead of writing about the assigned topic, he writes a letter to the teacher objecting to his request to describe to him who they are, and stating to him that he already has judged who they are ( an athlete, basket-case, princess, brain, and criminal ), and that he will not accept any different accounts from them about who they are.

) Some South American editions did not feature the Kelly photographs in the gatefold, instead including uncredited performance photographs of the band from circa 1964-65 ( the Beatles are clean-shaven and wearing matching suits in the photos, as Brian Epstein insisted they do in performance during this period ).

The philosopher Katherin A. Rogers argued that Anselm of Canterbury took an eternalist view of time ,, although the philosopher Brian Leftow argued against this interpretation, suggesting that Anselm instead advocated for a type of presentism.

Examples of deliberately lo-fi-type sounds in pop music can be traced to at least 1967, with the two Beach Boys albums Smiley Smile and Wild Honey, having been recorded in the home of their leader Brian Wilson instead of an actual studio.

He initially offered Beatles manager Brian Epstein top dollar for a single show but the Beatles manager had a better idea — he wanted exposure for his clients: the Beatles would instead appear three times on the show, at bottom dollar, but receive top billing and two spots ( opening and closing ) on each show.

" Stakeknife " was in danger from UDA assassination they used Brian Nelson to persuade the UDA to assassinate Francisco Notarantonio instead, a Belfast pensioner who had been interned as an Irish republican in the 1940s.

The original narrator, Brian Cant, auditioned to do the voiceover for the commercials, before the job was instead given to Charlie Higson.

He opted instead to use a whole host of less prolific strikers, including Nigel Clough of Nottingham Forest, Paul Stewart of Tottenham Hotspur, David Hirst of Sheffield Wednesday and Brian Deane of Sheffield United.

Brian pulls out Dom, with Dom assuming that he will be apprehended, but instead of arresting him, Brian hands over the keys to the Supra and lets him escape, making good on his promise to deliver a " ten-second car ".

Brian Williams co-hosted with Bob Costas instead.

Brian Lumley instead associated them with the creature Yibb-Tstll, noting that they " suckle " at the creature's " black breasts "-suggesting that they possess a mouth, which would seem to contradict Lovecraft's description of them as " faceless ", although it is possible that the creature's mouths are somehow concealed, or that Lumley was speaking metaphorically.

In the wake of the worldwide success of Monty Python's Life of Brian, the Pythons originally planned to release a film consisting of the two German shows edited together, but this proved impractical, and so Hollywood Bowl was released instead.

Whitsun-Jones was unavailable to appear, so Brian Worth was cast instead.

The board instead appointed Brian Clough, a brilliant manager but a controversial choice as he had been publicly critical of Leeds in the past and was not an admirer of Revie.

* Billy ( Brian Falduto )- Originally assigned security, the effeminate Billy requests he be band stylist instead.

According to Rene Tinner and Stefan Plank in a radio documentary about the life of Conny Plank, it was Brian Eno's idea that Plank should produce the U2-album " The Joshua Tree " instead of him.

There have been occasions where MacFarlane does not voice Brian, such as in the episode " Road to the Multiverse " ( season 8, 2009 ), where Brian was voiced by Japanese actor Kotaro Watanabe instead of MacFarlane in a scene where everything in the world is Japanese.

However, Brian did not make his flight for several reasons and Ligero instead faced British wrestler, Lionheart.

On June 8, 2012, local Windsor NDP MPs Brian Masse and Joe Comartin asked CBC president Hubert Lacroix to reconsider shutting down CBEFT, recommending instead to install digital multiplexing equipment and carry CBEFT on a digital subchannel of sister station CBET-DT.

Coach Brian Billick declared McNair the starter instead of having the two compete for the job, citing McNair's credentials, including 2003 NFL Co-MVP, and Boller's propensity to turn over the ball.

In the sketch itself Brian Kidd says they paid a lot of money to Umbro for the shirts, and suggests that at half time Southampton should wear different shirts ( instead of Man Utd changing to blue and white like in the real game ), only for Brian Kidd to hold up a shirt displaying a crowd scene.

Squier asked Brian May of Queen to produce his second album Don't Say No. May declined due to scheduling conflicts, but he recommended instead Reinhold Mack who had produced one of Queen's albums, The Game.

Two millions were added to what had been set aside for it in Mrs. Meeker's lifetime, and the proviso made that as long as Brian Thayer continued to discharge his duties as administrator of the fund to the satisfaction of the board of trustees ( hereinafter appointed by the bank administering the estate ) he was to be retained in his present capacity at a salary commensurate with the increased responsibilities enlargement of the fund would entail.

Here is the BNF for Algol60 and the ICL2900 compiler source, library documentation, and a considerable test suite including Brian Wichmann's tests.

* An Interview with Brian Kernighan – By Mihai Budiu, for PC Report Romania, August 2000

* Video interview with Brian Kernighan for Princeton Startup TV ( 03. 20. 2012 )

Set in 1485 at the end of the British Middle Ages, the series is written as a secret history which contends that King Richard III won the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be mistaken for someone else and murdered, and is succeeded by Richard IV ( Brian Blessed ), one of the Princes in the Tower.

After expressing his interest to play in the 2011 fourth edition of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ), and despite not having have played active cricket for four years, Brian Lara still managed to attract the highest reserve price of $ 400, 000 ahead of the IPL players ' auction in early January 2011 ; however, no franchise bought him.

Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell ( sh ).

Conservative backbench MSP Brian Monteith has the whip withdrawn for briefing against his leader to the Scotland on Sunday newspaper.

The greatest successes, however, came with the films of the Monty Python team, including And Now for Something Completely Different ( 1971 ), Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ) and Monty Python's Life of Brian in 1979.

Before there was an official standard for C, many users and implementors relied on an informal specification contained in a book by Ritchie and Brian Kernighan ; that version is generally referred to as " K & R " C. In 1989 the American National Standards Institute published a standard for C ( generally called " ANSI C " or " C89 ").

Also, Ditka, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, Jim McMahon, William " Refrigerator " Perry and Brian Urlacher are among Bears figures known for their appearances in TV commercials.

Two decades later, Herbert's son Brian Herbert, along with Kevin J. Anderson, published two sequels – Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ) – based on notes left behind by Frank Herbert for what he referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the Dune series.

Two decades after Frank Herbert's death, his son Brian Herbert, along with Kevin J. Anderson, published two sequels – Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ) – based on notes left behind by Frank Herbert for what he referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the Dune series.

Brian Marsden of the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams noted that the comet lay only about 4 degrees from Jupiter as seen from Earth, and that while this could of course be a line of sight effect, its apparent motion in the sky suggested that it was physically close to the giant planet.

A contemporary of Brian Aldiss and James White, Kapp is best known for his stories about the Unorthodox Engineers.

It is a main priority for me as Culture Minister to make sure children can surf the net safely at libraries ,' states Brian Mikkelsen in a press-release of the Danish Ministry of Culture.

He wrote to the newly successful washing-machine entrepreneur John Bloom inviting him to " do for us what Brian Epstein has done for the Beatles — and make another million.

Working with Brian Eno while sharing an apartment in Schöneberg with Iggy Pop, he began to focus on minimalist, ambient music for the first of three albums, co-produced with Tony Visconti, that would become known as his Berlin Trilogy.

During a relatively quiet 2005, he recorded the vocals for the song "( She Can ) Do That ", co-written with Brian Transeau, for the film Stealth.

Chris Morgan and Brian Holland, both with drug offense histories, had abruptly departed for Oceanside, California, four days after the bodies were discovered.

The Bombers were a different club when the finals came around, but some of the credit for the improvement was given to the influence of Brian Sampson and Ted Fordham during the finals.