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Thu 11 Nov 2009Geoghegan-Quinn to discuss EU post with Barroso

IRELAND'S INCOMING EU commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn is to meet European Commission chief José Manuel Barroso before the weekend as he mulls the assignment of jobs on his new team.

While Ms Geoghegan-Quinn met Mr Barroso in Brussels a fortnight ago, their next meeting will be their first since Taoiseach Brian Cowen formalised her nomination to the 27-member EU executive.