Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is good news that Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf will be commemorated by the Government next year. I am also anxious that any celebration of the life of Brian Boru will include Killaloe and Kincora where he was based. This could be done in various ways, one of which is by issuing a commemorative coin. I am pleased the Minister for Finance will consider a recommendation to this effect from the Central Bank and I hope he accedes to it. The contribution to Irish history of Kincora and Killaloe could be acknowledged in other ways. During a period when there was much more money floating around, the Cabinet also floated around, holding nine meetings outside Dublin between 2000 and 2006. A number of meetings were also held in Farmleigh during the previous Irish Presidency in 2004. While I accept the decision of the Cabinet on financial grounds to confine its sittings to Dublin, as the economy improves, I ask that it consider holding a meeting in Killaloe in 2014 to commemorate its unique contribution to Irish history as the base and home of Brian Boru and site of St. Flannan's Cathedral, with which he was closely connected.

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