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Senator Hart, Ambassador O’Malley, Ladies and Gentlemen, A Dhaoine Uaisle, It is a great privilege and pleasure for me to welcome you here to Iveagh House this evening.

I am very pleased to have this opportunity today to speak on Deputy Penrose’s Bill which proposes to introduce a quota for Irish music on the radio by way of an amendment to the...

A Cheann Comhairle, I welcome this opportunity to address the House in advance of the European Council which begins tomorrow in Brussels.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. Before starting, I’d like to pay tribute to Noelle O’Connell, Maurice Pratt and all the staff of European Movement Ireland

I’d like to start by welcoming EIB President Dr Hoyer, EIB Vice-Presidents Jonathan Taylor and Andrew McDowell, Ministers, Ambassadors...

I would like to begin by echoing the sentiments of the Taoiseach in his welcome for the opening of the new EIB Group office here in Dublin. I would like to congratulate Cormac on his appointment as...

Chairman of Barretstown’s Children’s Charity, Maurice Pratt, Chief Executive, Dee Ahearn, Ladies and gentlemen...

I thank the Seanad for giving me the opportunity to address this very important issue and I look forward to listening to the Senators’ contributions...

It is a great pleasure to be here in the Shaw Room of Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann – an institution much loved by the people of Ireland for whom it has been an artistic and cultural inspiration for more than 150 years... 

Thank you, Alastair, for your very kind welcome. Distinguished members of the Royal Irish Academy, honoured guests and...