Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day visit to LondonTaoiseach and PM Cameron meet in Downing Street
The Taoiseach will today, Monday, meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron at No 10 Downing Street.
This meeting is the first annual summit to review progress on the Joint Statement that the Taoiseach and Prime Minister signed last year, which set out ambitious plans for the development of British-Irish relations in a range of key areas over the next decade.
They will also discuss the current situation in Northern Ireland, fifteen years on from the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
The Taoiseach will also brief the Prime Minister on the progress and remaining priorities of Ireland’s EU Presidency.
Following the meeting, the Taoiseach will attend the CHAMP St Patrick’s Day reception sponsored by Tourism Ireland at the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.
Prior to the Summit the Taoiseach will participate in a number of events in London.
His first engagement this morning will be in the City of London, where he will meet with the Lord Mayor, Roger Gifford before addressing an invited City audience on the Irish Economy.
He will then address leaders of Irish and British companies at a lunch event organised by the British Irish Chamber of Commerce.
Finally the Taoiseach will give address to an audience of 450 people at the London School of Economics at the invitation of Chairperson Peter Sutherland. His address will cover Ireland’s economic recovery and the EU Presidency priorities of stability, jobs and growth.
The one day visit to London is the start of a period of intensive promotion of Ireland by the Taoiseach, both before and after St. Patrick’s Day.
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Note for Editors:
CHAMP is a not-for-profit organisation which promotes peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland, and throughout Ireland and the UK. The CHAMP St. Patrick's Day Reception in the Palace of Westminster is attended by leading political figures, as well as prominent figures from the world of business, media, arts, sport and culture, and the diplomatic community. Tourism Ireland is one of the North-South bodies established under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Its role is to market the island of Ireland as a tourism and holiday destination in overseas markets, and works closely with Fáilte Ireland and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, who are responsible for product and enterprise development and marketing to tourism consumers within the island of Ireland.