Speeches
In recent months we have held discussions with all the political parties in Northern Ireland with a view to restoring the political institutions and building on the peace and prosperity which have flowed from the Good Friday Agreement.
The callous murder of Denis Donaldson earlier this week is a brutal reminder of Northern Ireland’s tortured and tragic past.
I am delighted to be with you today and I want to thank your Chairman, Dr Michael Maguire, for the invitation to address the Institute of Directors.
Forty years ago, Seán Lemass and Terence O’Neill, held a historic meeting in Belfast. Speaking on the evening of that landmark visit, Terence O’Neill commented that North and South 'share the same rivers, the same mountains, and some of the same problems'.