Is Cowen about to resign at last?

Few people will lament the resignation of Brian Cowen as Taoiseach/Irish prime minister if, as the rumour mill has it, he is about to resign. How can a man who presided over the IMF bailout, and who has dragged Fianna Fail to its lowest level in the opinion polls, have any doubt but that the sooner we see the back of him the better? Could he be so self-deluded as to believe that Ireland is better with him as leader than without him? Truth comes dripping slow…