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Posts about Micheal Martin

17 Jun 2008

The Irish People Vote 'No' on the Lisbon Treaty, Globalist Cry in …

An article about Micheal Martin seen on thegrayconservative.blogspot.com

Micheal Martin said the Irish people's decision must be respected. Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said it is “far too early” to seek a solution to the Irish rejection of a European Union reform treaty. ... Continue reading »

15 Jun 2008

I Take It That's A No

An article about Micheal Martin seen on grandgesture.blogspot.com

Micheal Martin went all out to promote the Lisbon Treaty for Fianna Fail and still the only people who listened to him were in Dublin. As for the rest of the nation? It's a no. All across Ireland, the news is the same. ... Continue reading »

07 Jun 2008

That Provo Birdie

An article about Micheal Martin seen on sluggerotoole.com

Instead of meeting with Gordon Brown and Peter Robinson and the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin at Downing Street, he was at the English Market in Cork campaigning against the Lisbon Treaty (Taoiseach Brian Cowen ... Continue reading »

06 Jun 2008

Official Opening of Kyle School

An article about Micheal Martin seen on youghalonline.com

It was a wonderful day for the people of Kyle when Minister Micheal Martin, TD Minister for Foreign Affairs, officially opened their brand new school. Kyle National School is a small rural school in the parish of Killeagh, just outside ... Continue reading »

31 May 2008

Dublin Treaty To Ban Cluster Bombs

An article about Micheal Martin seen on americanirish.blogspot.com

Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin called the treaty “a real contribution to international humanitarian law.” He said it “is a very strong and ambitious text which nevertheless was able to win consensus among all delegations. ... Continue reading »

28 May 2008

Concern over EC WTO proposal – Govt

An article about Micheal Martin seen on unitedirelander.blogspot.com

“Ireland still has very serious concerns about the latest proposals from the European Commission tabled at the World Trade Organisation negotiations, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin. ... Continue reading »

22 May 2008

Dublin: the bunfight begins

An article about Micheal Martin seen on disarmamentinsight.blogspot.com

The Irish Foreign Minister, Micheál Martin, spoke. There was a video message from the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. Also addressing the Conference was Ad Melkert, Associate Administrator of the UN Development Programme ... Continue reading »

15 May 2008

UVF prisoners may be freed as ceasefire holds

An article about Micheal Martin seen on fenian32.livejournal.com

Last night, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin said recognition of the UVF ceasefire represented another important step in building a better future for Northern Ireland. “It recognises that the UVF has made ... Continue reading »

13 May 2008

Lisbon Treaty – The Campaign Intensifies

An article about Micheal Martin seen on irishmusings-markus.blogspot.com

Today, on Newstalk 106, Micheal Martin, the new Foreign Minister, was asked by George Hook why the treaty should be passed. With due respect to the minister, he was only answering what he was asked, and his reply was ''to make European ... Continue reading »

15 Apr 2008

Ballina jobs

An article about Micheal Martin seen on mayonews.ie

A much-needed employment boost of 60 jobs has been announced for Ballina by Micheál Martin.... Continue reading »

Martin opens new Cork facility for US firm Cognex Corporation …

An article about Micheal Martin seen on finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD today announced that US firm Cognex Corporation, which llisted on the Nasdaq exchange and termed by the minister as “the world’s leader in the machine vision industry,” has ... Continue reading »

09 Apr 2008

Minister to give Ballina jobs boost

An article about Micheal Martin seen on westernpeople.ie

MINISTER Micheal Martin will be in Ballina next Thursday to officially open the new office of Ballina Street Festival on Teeling Street.... Continue reading »

03 Apr 2008

Micheál Martin TD – A cute Cork hoor outfoxed by Bertie!

An article about Micheal Martin seen on paddybloggit.com

Micheál Martin has ruled himself out of the race to become the next leader of Fianna Fáil. He declared his support for Brian Cowen to replace Bertie Ahern as leader of the Fianna Fáil party while praising his former boss on RTE’s ... Continue reading »

28 Mar 2008

Political Promises, Eaten Breakfast

An article about Micheal Martin seen on kerryview.blogspot.com

“I listened to their views and assured them that I would take their concerns to my colleague Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheal Martin, TD” “I have already raised the need for practical supports for the Denny workers ... Continue reading »

17 Mar 2008

Threatening Letters sent to Harney and Martin

An article about Micheal Martin seen on inishtrahoull.blogspot.com

Mary Harney (left), Minister for Health and Children (who will be celebrating her 55th birthday tomorrow), and Micheál Martin (below right), the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, who was Harney's predecessor in charge of ... Continue reading »

15 Feb 2008

Where does "supply and demand" end and "rip off prices" begin?

An article about Micheal Martin seen on valueireland.blogspot.com

Minister for Enterprise Micheál Martin is promising further investigation into why Irish consumers continue to pay higher prices for essential goods and services than their EU counterparts. Mr Martin was speaking about a new Forfas ... Continue reading »

13 Feb 2008

Major boost as US firm offers 200 high-level jobs in Carlow

An article about Micheal Martin seen on carlow-nationalist.ie

ENTERPRISE Minister Micheál Martin elevated his status beyond one of mere mortal this week when he was dubbed Carlow’s Angel Gabriel, having once again arrived with good news!... Continue reading »

08 Feb 2008

Martin defends hospital plan stance

An article about Micheal Martin seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

Micheál Martin said he fully supports the Government’s policy of building private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals. But speaking in Cork, the former Health Minister repeated his position that the Beacon Medical Group’s plans ... Continue reading »

04 Feb 2008

Martin promises support for laid-off Allergan staff

An article about Micheal Martin seen on independent.ie/breaking-news

Enterprise Minister Micheal Martin says every support will be given to the employees of Allergan in Co Wicklow to help them find new jobs.... Continue reading »

20 Jan 2008

Martin accuses opposition of cheap political shot

An article about Micheal Martin seen on independent.ie/breaking-news

Enterprise Minister Micheal Martin has accused the opposition of taking cheap political shots at the Taoiseach.... Continue reading »

30 Dec 2007

Could Micheal be the new money man?

An article about Micheal Martin seen on independent.ie/national-news

After several years in the political doldrums, 2008 could be the year that Micheal Martin's political career perks up again. While he is unlikely to deprive Brian Cowen of the Fianna Fail leadership when Bertie Ahern resigns, ... Continue reading »

15 Nov 2007

State education on its own wont reskill the nation

An article about Micheal Martin seen on blog.siliconrepublic.com

Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD acknowledged that developing and maintaining a pool of suitably skilled workers is critical to the future economic success of the country. “Investments such as this, ... Continue reading »

05 Oct 2007

Biotech plant postponement leads to 80 redundancies

An article about Micheal Martin seen on Silicon Republic

[04.10.2007 first posted on silicon republic] Plans to build an €800m biotechnology manufacturing plant at Carrigtwohill in Cork have been postponed … . The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheal Martin, said he was disappointed... Continue reading »

29 Sep 2007

Irish firms windfall in Windy City

An article about Micheal Martin seen on Silicon Republic

[28.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic] Limerick-based company Parkmagic has secured a multi-million dollar deal to roll out technology for … in the US. Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheal Martin TD said the fact … concluded Martin. By Niall Byrne Pictured – Enterprise Minister Micheal Martin with James O’Connell... Continue reading »

07 Sep 2007

Scientific research 48m euro boost – The Press Association

An article about Micheal Martin seen on IPO - Initial Public Offering Blog

Scientific research 48m euro boost – The Press Association No Comments Posted in Economy by Vinit on September 6th, 2007 Scientific research 48m euro boost The Press Association – 13 minutes Micheal Martin, Enterprise Minister, said the investment was crucial in driving the economy forward... Continue reading »


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