The Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen Is Seriously Ill This Afternoon

He was rushed to hospital last night

He has a suspected bleed on the brain, and remains at the Beacon in South Dublin.

The 59-year-old was treated for fluid on a lung in April, having become unwell at a golf event.

Mr Cowen was first elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for Laois/Offaly in 1984, on the death of his father Ber.

His brother Barry succeeded him on his retirement from politics in 2011. 

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