Hopefully that will be seen as a response, a leadership responding to an issue and therefore one's authority, while it's not as high if you didn't ha….

I've come up through the ranks of this parliamentary party and let me tell you the principles that have guided me on that journey since my first elec….

I was reared in a pub - as a young fellow, serving in the pub I learnt far more there about human nature than I learnt in any university or school. I….

We've seen in terms of the reaction to some proposals in the Budget already how resistant that public opinion is to, first of all, a public comprehen….

I believe it is the best method to get the buy-in for the road we have to travel. I believe it is a problem-solving process about how we collectively….

There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around - and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!.

I think it is fair to say that 2007 represents a turning point for the Irish economy..

As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit... as I believe in, based on my philosophy..