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Tue 11 Nov 2009Cowen set to name Irish EU cabinet nominee
A SPECIAL summit of the 27 EU leaders may take place on November 12th following Czech ratification of the treaty, by which time the identity of the next Irish commissioner may be known, Government sources said last night.
That view was echoed by Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, who said the Irish nomination for commissioner would be known shortly, an indication that Taoiseach Brian Cowen is close to making a decision on Charlie McCreevy’s successor in EU president José Manuel Barroso’s cabinet.
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