Mr. Frank Mulrennan:

Independent News and Media has been involved in the local newspaper industry for 45 years and I managed three of its newspapers between 2000 and 2005. The company has a proud track record. We make decisions with what we have and we make the right decisions for the people with whom we work. The deal, transaction, sale or acquisition - call it what one will - with Independent News and Media is supported by my editors and management team and the staff throughout the company. On my way to this meeting which is, as the Deputy stated, a very worthwhile exercise, I received a call from a relatively new recruit employed in our pre-press area in Mullingar to wish me the best of luck. I know Mr. Dooley did not mean a certain comment in a particular way. We are a small company and I know everyone who works in it. I will be in Mullingar tomorrow. While I have great regard for the role of company representatives, we talk and there is no cajoling. This is a free country.