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    I wouldn’t participate in a three-day photoshoot, listening to the great and the good of the Irish diaspora, a lot of whom, like Bob Geldof, don’t employ anybody in Ireland, don’t pay any tax in Ireland ... I’d happily go along for four hours on a Tuesday in Government Buildings, with no press, no photo-calls, and come up with a list of decisions, and then let’s implement them. The problem with this Government is that it’s always one forum, one high-level commission and one photo-shoot away from making a decision. Full Article at Irish Times
    I wouldn’t participate in a three-day photoshoot, listening to the great and the good of the Irish diaspora, a lot of whom, like Bob Geldof, don’t employ anybody in Ireland, don’t pay any tax in Ireland ... I’d happily go along for four hours on a Tuesday in Government Buildings, with no press, no photo-calls, and come up with a list of decisions, and then let’s implement them. The problem with this Government is that it’s always one forum, one high-level commission and one photo-shoot away from making a decision.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
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  1. More visits by ministers. They are critical. If you want to be successful in Asia, it takes time to build relationships. Asians want to see the same person, and say to that person in the eye that I understand and trust you . . . Seeing a minister come out and spend time there is going to be critical, an...
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  2. It was very open ... Everything was on the table.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  3. The network has to be brought up to next-generation status.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  4. The 1990s were great, but we’re beyond that stage now and Ireland needs a new game plan
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  5. I’ve lived in the Philippines, Japan and Korea. In these countries, Ireland doesn’t really have a very clear image or brand.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  6. There was a general consensus that culture was one thing we’ve excelled at
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  7. The easiest thing to do is to knock these ideas ... The most adventurous is to say that this can work. I think it can work. This is real.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  8. It doesn’t have to be all in one go ... It could happen incrementally.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  9. We like to think that everybody knows us and everybody loves us, but it’s just not true.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago

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