Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Echoing what Senator Bacik said, today “Morning Ireland” reported that the financial pages carried the headline, “Irish recovery stuns Germans” and the sports pages carried the headline, “Irish recovery stuns Germans”. In his speech to the Dáil yesterday, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin said the reform agenda must continue. We still have too many unreformed institutions. Although we have done much heavy lifting, the reform agenda must continue. I congratulate the Leader on the fact that a man from his city, John O’Shea, scored the noble equaliser in Germany. We congratulate him. The Northern Ireland team won its match yesterday and is top of its group. It was a very important night in Irish sport.