Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I recently met with the Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board during my Saint Patrick's Day visit to the United States. The body provides a structure through which the thinking of the most senior and successful leaders of corporate Irish-America can be conveyed directly, and at the highest level, to the Government. My Department maintains contact with the body primarily through the Irish Embassy in Washington, as well as through visits and meetings.

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