Ireland's Economic Crisis - Time to Act.

«...a seminar worthy of Harvard, Yale or Oxbridge.» DEAGLÁN DE BRÉADÚN, THE IRISH TIMES «Without clear political leadership, the current economic crisis and the challenges of globalization might actually undermine some of the foundations of democracy.» DR DIARMUID MARTIN, ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN «As a former Chairman of AIB, the first thing for me to say in plain and unvarnished language is that some serious mistakes were made in Irish banking and there is no getting away from that.» DERMOT GLEESON SC «We have to have the best teachers teaching in the subjects vital to the country’s interests. From my perspective these are the STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.» JIM O’HARA, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, INTEL (IRELAND) «Certain professions have yet to play their part and have yet to tell us how they will reduce their fees and charges.» MARY COUGHLAN TD, TÁNAISTE AND MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE, TRADE & EMPLOYMENT «The litany of bad practice we have since learned about, pertaining to activities within the banking sector, has varied from the incompetent to the morally suspect to the illegal.» SENATOR DAN BOYLE, CHAIRMAN GREEN PARTY «The first; where did all the money go? The second; will anyone go to jail? The first is easy to answer; it was never there in the first place. The second is tricky; we do not know yet.» DAVID MURPHY, BUSINESS EDITOR, RTÉ «In the end, when it comes to day-to-day expenditure, a state is like a household, it has to live within its means.» BRIAN LENIHAN TD, MINISTER FOR FINANCE «We built a strong, open, exporting economy but it was hijacked by property developers and speculators.» EAMON GILMORE TD, LEADER LABOUR PARTY