It's more than 10 years since he left office.
A portrait marking Brian Cowen's leadership of the country hasn't been completed more than ten years after he left office.
The Department of the Taoiseach charged the OPW with commissioning the Clara man's painting by Blaise Smith at a cost of twelve thousand euro.
However there is no firm timeline for its completion.
The Irish Examiner's Deputy Political Editor Elaine Loughlin says the painting is a work in progress:
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