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09/11/2015
Taoiseach To Meet With PM David Cameron
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to meet with Prime Minster David Cameron in London today and has called on Irish people living in Britain to vote to remain within the European Union.
In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), he said: "In general, where the UK seeks reasonable and achievable adjustments, we will be sympathetic and supportive."
The Taoiseach also said that in Northern Ireland it was extremely worrying that it could be the worst hit by Brexit.
He said: "I believe that Northern Ireland can leave the past behind and become a dynamic economy that will benefit not only the UK but the island of Ireland.
"There must also be cooperation to build the island economy through overseas investment, trade, tourism, and utilising a competitive, common corporation tax rate.
"Now is not the time to weaken the cohesive, stabilising influence and outward focus that shared EU membership brings to Northern Ireland."
(CD/JP)
In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), he said: "In general, where the UK seeks reasonable and achievable adjustments, we will be sympathetic and supportive."
The Taoiseach also said that in Northern Ireland it was extremely worrying that it could be the worst hit by Brexit.
He said: "I believe that Northern Ireland can leave the past behind and become a dynamic economy that will benefit not only the UK but the island of Ireland.
"There must also be cooperation to build the island economy through overseas investment, trade, tourism, and utilising a competitive, common corporation tax rate.
"Now is not the time to weaken the cohesive, stabilising influence and outward focus that shared EU membership brings to Northern Ireland."
(CD/JP)
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