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My thanks to Dara Doyle, Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News for organising today’s event...

The night before he died, Sean MacDiarmada predicted that the cause of Irish freedom would triumph, because it had been rebaptised through the sacrifice of its leaders...

Thank you Mr. President / Mr. Vice President. I am very happy to be here with you as part of this dialogue and apologies that I was unavoidably delayed in Dublin this morning on urgent Government business...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to start by thanking the organisers for the invitation to speak at this event this afternoon...

B’áil liom cead a chur in iúl, mar eolas don Dáil, gur chuir mé m’ainmniú mar Thaoiseach in iúl don Uachtarán agus gur cheap sé mé dá réir...

At the outset I must say that I very much welcome the opportunity that this debate provides to discuss the measures we've taken to tackle crime in all its forms...

Colleagues, I find it deeply ironic that this house is debating climate change today, as reports came through last night regarding a deal to support a minority Government – there was one major issue missing from the text of the documents – and that is climate change – the ‘Global Cause’ of this generation...

Good afternoon. Unfortunately, it is not possible for the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, to attend today. She has asked me to pass on her apologies...

I welcome the opportunity to address this important issue today in the Dáil and I look forward to hearing the contributions of Deputies. At a time when anti-immigration...

I thought I had seen it all but if the media reporting is accurate then we are going back to the past. If so, I believe politics is failing. The issue been a consistent...