“We need to get a handle on this, will you ring those fuckers.”

— Brian Cowen

Brian Cowen to Mary Coughlan in the Dáil on 21 May 2008.
Cowen apology after use of f-word, RTÉ News, 21 May 2008, 2008-05-21 http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0521/dail.html,
The day Cowen will never be allowed to f-f-forget..., w:Irish Independent, 24 May 2008 http://www.independent.ie/national-news/the-day-cowen-will-never-be-allowed-to-ffforget-1385865.html,
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