Taoiseach's Speeches 2010
I am delighted to have the opportunity to meet with you. Thanks very much to your Principal, Tony Lee, for the invitation.
I was asked to speak to you today about current issues and Government policy and their implications for your choice of career.
Economy:
As you all know, our economy has come under enormous pressure because of the global economic and financial crisis and a dramatic correction to our property market. And as a result - because economies are about people - a lot of families and individuals around the country are under pressure as well.
Remarks by the Taoiseach at Hillsborough Castle, 5 February 2010
As a signatory to the Stockholm Declaration, the Irish Government shares a commitment, along with our European partners and the wider international community, to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to honour those who took a stand against evil.
It is a great pleasure to be with you here at one of the oldest and best known clubs in Dublin - Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club - to officially open the new all weather pitch. Today's event marks the culmination of the latest chapter in the ongoing development of facilities for the club.
I am delighted to have the opportunity to be with you here today. I want to thank your National Council, Management Committee and Chief Executive of the Credit Union Development Association for inviting me here to address your Annual Conference.
WE HAVE WORKED HARD OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS TO ESTABLISH COMMON GROUND, TO BUILD DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PARTIES, AND TO RE-ESTABLISH THE TRUST NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE DEVOLUTION OF POLICING AND JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen, T.D., at the Clonmel Chamber of Commerce Economic Conference
on Friday, 22 January 2010, in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary at 1.30pm
I attended the meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, 10 and 11 December. While some weeks have passed since the meeting took place, it is worthwhile nonetheless that I report to the House on the business of the meeting, and that we have this opportunity for statements on the matter today.
I am delighted to be here today and to be associated with Citi's "Research Day".
When I opened Citi's new Research Centre in the IFSC last September, I referred to the significant role played by Citi in the Irish economy. 2010 marks 45 years of investment in Ireland by Citi - who now employ close to 2,000 people here.