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Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny
Irish Politician
Born: Apr 24, 1951
Country Government Ireland People Will You
Related authors: Bernadette Devlin Boyle Roche Douglas Hyde Gerry Adams John Hume Leo Varadkar Martin McGuinness Michael D. Higgins
Respectability in this country was a bad word because people did things who were in respected professions that let down the entire nation, and we're washing away their sins yet. Enda Kenny
People Word Country Nation Down Respectability Respected Bad Entire Because Were Sins Did Who Washing Let Down Professions Away Things
The re-establishment of a hard border on the island of Ireland would be a step backwards and present an opportunity for others, with malign agendas, to exploit for destructive purposes. Enda Kenny
Opportunity Backwards Others Destructive Border Would Would-Be Purposes Step Island Malign Ireland Agendas Exploit Hard Present
My genuine belief is that if we can get through the eurozone crisis from a political point of view, we've got a lot of engines that can drive our economy, that will restore confidence and get us moving on. Enda Kenny
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Emigration is always a difficulty. Enda Kenny
Difficulty Emigration Always
For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on employment and job creation. Enda Kenny
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My wife, Fionnuala, and I have been married for more than 20 years. Enda Kenny
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One of the key drivers of Ireland's future is our balance of trade surplus. Enda Kenny
Future Balance Key Our Drivers Trade Surplus Ireland
For years, Ireland used to have a philosophy of 'Get them in here to invest and develop in Ireland, and this will sort out our problems.' It is good in the sense of building a trade surplus, but we also want to develop what it is that we offer ourselves and that Irish companies export abroad. Enda Kenny
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My job is to rectify the public finances and hand the country back to the people so they can really have a future, and that is what I will do. Enda Kenny
Future People Will Job Country Back Finances Rectify Hand Public Really
You're not going to be able to deliver jobs locally unless you sort out the nation's problems, and that's why the big and difficult decisions about Ireland's economy have been so crucial and so difficult for people to have to accept and have to deal with, but the reality is the people gave this government an unprecedented mandate. Enda Kenny
Government You Reality People Problems Big Nation Difficult Gave Unless Locally Out Jobs Unprecedented Able About Crucial Deliver Economy Sort Accept Deal Been Ireland Going Mandate Decisions Why Difficult Decisions
Our revenue commissions are very happy and very clear that they showed no sweetheart deals and no preference for any company and never do and never have and never will. Enda Kenny
Happy Will Our Never Clear Deals Revenue Very Any Preference Sweetheart Company
We have a very long legal system with the European Union, and we're English speaking. Enda Kenny
Legal Long System Very Legal System Speaking English Union European European Union English-Speaking
Ireland cannot become the collector general for the world. We can only tax on profits generated in the country here. Enda Kenny
World Country Become Collector General Only Ireland Tax Cannot Profits Here
The world has changed utterly. There was a time when you couldn't marry a Protestant. There was a time when you got married that the women had to give up their job in the public service, and when they got married, they were owned by their husbands. That's all changed. Enda Kenny
Service Time You Women World Job Changed Married Marry Husbands Give Had Protestant Got Were Up Owned Public Public Service Utterly
Rather than just saying, like, 'Your economy is the be all and end all,' I go back to my three roots that I've often said about this being best country for business, the best to raise a family in, and the best to grow old in with a sense of dignity and respect. Enda Kenny
Saying Best Family Business Respect Dignity Old Three Country Sense Back About Rather Like Economy Said Go End Than Often Just Being Roots Your Grow Raise
I enjoy his concerts and OK, maybe - I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't play the guitar, but I am going to go a long way if I keep following Springsteen. Enda Kenny
Guitar Dance Long Enjoy Way OK Following Long Way Sing Concerts Am Go Springsteen His Going Maybe Keep Play
Under no circumstances will I allow the Fianna Fail party back into government. They wrecked the economy twice. Enda Kenny
Government Will Party Back Circumstances Wrecked Allow Fail Economy Twice
No politician in a European sense is happy with 26 million people unemployed. Nobody can be happy with 6 to 9 million young people unemployed. You have to give them hope and confidence and a sense of inspiration that the European process is actually about people, not about bureaucracy. Enda Kenny
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Conservation is important... water comes at a cost. Enda Kenny
Water Important Cost Conservation
I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics. Enda Kenny
Politics You Responsibility Older Think More Get Just Appreciate
I don't like to see people on trolleys in hospitals; I don't like to see old people sitting in chairs for hours. Enda Kenny
People Old See Hospitals Like Hours Sitting Old People Chairs
There will be no hard border from Dundalk to Derry in the context of it being a European border, and by that I mean customs posts every mile along the road. Enda Kenny
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What I do like is action, achievements, and results. Getting things done. Enda Kenny
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My job starts at a quarter to seven in the morning, and you go right through until whatever time is necessary to finish up. Enda Kenny
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You need to talk to people, and you need to hear what it is they have to say. Enda Kenny
You People Say Talk Hear Need
My relationship with Alan Shatter is a professional relationship: obviously worked with him over the years, complimented him for his work as a reforming minister, and move on. Enda Kenny
Work Relationship Move On Minister Over Shatter Obviously Him His Years Reforming Move Worked Professional Alan
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