Archive for : February, 2017

Joint Statement of the Labour Employer Economic Forum on Brexit

28th February, 2017

The Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny, T.D., today chaired the second meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) which brought together representatives of employers......

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Speech to the Global Business of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Class at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

22nd February, 2017

    Hello everyone – it is a great honour to be here amongst you all. Our worlds are very different, I think it......

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New EU project to help grow the fisheries industry in Wales and Ireland

21st February, 2017

More than €1m of EU funds will be invested in a new project to support the growth of the shellfish industry in Wales and......

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New EU project to help grow the fisheries industry in Wales and Ireland

21st February, 2017

More than €1m of EU funds will be invested in a new project to support the growth of the shellfish industry in Wales and......

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Minister Donohoe travels to the US to discuss jobs, the economy, global trade & immigration

21st February, 2017

3 day visit to Boston & Washington includes meetings at the World Bank, the IMF, the prestigious MIT and the White House   Minister......

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Irish Times Review of Austerity & Recovery in Ireland, Europe’s Poster Child and the Great Recession

18th February, 2017

Edited by William K. Roche, Philip J. O’Connell and Andrea Prothero Oxford University Press, pp 346, 2017. I only have one good memory of......

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Government responds comprehensively to Mulvey Report recommendations for North East Inner City

17th February, 2017

  Government accepts recommendations of the Mulvey Report for regeneration of the North East Inner City Ring-fenced funding of €5 million will support implementation......

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Speech on Motion of Confidence in the Government

15th February, 2017

Our country faces great challenges from abroad following the Brexit referendum and the new American administration.   At home we face the urgent need......

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Mulvey Report on North East Inner City Op-ed for The Herald

15th February, 2017

Dublin’s North East Inner City (NEC) is a place of eye-watering contrasts. The affluent IFSC and Docklands sit on one side with areas that......

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Statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

9th February, 2017

I am very pleased to be here today to discuss with you the implications of Brexit for the Good Friday Agreement. I am aware......

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