Results 7,541-7,560 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator should not get so rattled.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator is entitled to her opinion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Senator White is very wise about events that took place 100 years ago.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: On this pleasant welcome-back day I am glad to join, I also wish to welcome a most exciting project. It perhaps is the biggest single tourism project in the State-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: -----due to open next year, namely, Killarney House and gardens. This is a stunning venue-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: -----located, as it is, within both the town and Killarney National Park, which is our foremost national park, and it will contain a comprehensive introduction to the national park. The gardens themselves, which are spread over 35 acres, will be a most attractive feature and I believe they will be Killarney's own St. Stephen's Green. I believe they will surpass it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: The house has a rich and interesting history and, of course, it was the home of the earls of Kenmare and Lord Castlerosse, and much of the history of the town and area is bound up with that family. It also was the home of Mr. John McShain, the man who built America. Many Members will remember him, as well as that horse, Ballymoss, and many others trained by Vincent O'Brien. He was...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Yes, but before I come to the question, I wish to state that he was the man who gifted to this nation Ross Castle and Innisfallen Island. It is thanks to Mr. McShain and others such as Lord Castlerosse's niece, Mrs. Grosvenor, and Arthur Vincent, from whom the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932 followed, that we now have this foremost national park, namely, Killarney National Park. I look...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It is good to see my colleague, Senator Ned O'Sullivan, flying again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Paul Coghlan: The other one is a more effective bell.
- Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It would not be the first time.
- Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It was organised by the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins.
- Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his comprehensive overview. I commend him for his efforts to date and wish him well in his further ongoing constructive efforts. I had hoped - I communicated with the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins on the issue - that Syria and Iraq would be included in the debate today, that we would deal with the wider Middle East region. I know that these...
- Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: We respect the Senator's position and I listened to him intently. I agree with much of what he said and it may be that I do not disagree with much of it. The situation has been caused by the indiscriminate firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel and, of course, the extreme military might of Israel in response. Of course, I accept, as has been said, that it is not proportionate. It has...
- Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I also warmly welcome the members of the Irish Deaf Society in the Visitors Gallery and concur with the remarks made by Members on both sides of House about being properly supportive of them. As Senator feargal Quinn reminded us, thankfully, we have had some good news about the economy. In that connection, I greatly welcome publication of the review of the National Asset Management Agency by...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It is meeting its objectives fully.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It is responsible for about 15,000 jobs; it is supporting greatly the building industry and more is happening in that regard.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It will have redeemed more than 80% of senior debt by 2016, two years ahead of schedule.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)
Paul Coghlan: We should remember there has been €3 billion worth development in the Dublin docklands, including residential housing, which is so important for the capital and the country. I commend it for its great work and will not say long may it last, but it will be wound up ahead of schedule.