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TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY has told US news network CNBC that Ireland’s government is ‘stable’ and that there is no chance of an election this year.
Speaking from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Kenny was asked by CNBC International’s Steve Sedgwick whether Ireland’s government was stable.
“It is, and it means that you think differently,” Kenny said.
“It means that you reach out to other parties, that you hear other voices, that you work on a programme which is published, which is transparent and accountable and you sign deals with other parties on certain issues to keep government working in the interest of the people.”
The Taoiseach was asked twice whether he felt there should be an Irish election this year, with Sedgwick putting it to him that the Irish election showed the country’s electorate is angry along with other populations in Europe.
Not at all. The people voted in an election, and they gave their answer. The politicians responded to that, and we put a government together which is a minority partnership government.
Hard border
The Taoiseach was also asked in detail about the Irish government’s priorities for the British EU exit.
CNBC International / TwitterNo ‘hard border’ despite May’s Hard Brexit, says Ireland’s PM https://t.co/QZh8ccRv6Y pic.twitter.com/5zS0W7Dw3i
— CNBC International (@CNBCi) January 19, 2017
He reiterated that both he and British Prime Minister Theresa May have agreed that they do not want to see a return to a hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland. Kenny acknowledged there is not solution on this yet but said he was confident one would be found.
“In terms of the border, there will only be the one land border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland when Britain is removed, removes itself from the European Union,” he said.
But we’ve agreed that there will not be a return to borders of the past, customs posts along that border, and while this may present a challenge, obviously it’s a question to which we will achieve an answer.
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In Davos talking to America. Lives in Ireland doesn’t talk to Ireland
@Dave O Keeffe: Exactly Dave. Davos is the annual trip for kenny and noonan to state to the billionaires and vulture funds with a nod and a wink…”Relax lads, Fine Gaels got yer backs.”
The media trying to start something with thoes qz
Ah look at him calling the shots on EU borders, bless. Back to room now to jump up and down on the super king sized beds and a pillow fight with Noonan. These jollies are gas craic.
“you sign deals with other parties on certain issues to keep government working in the interest of the people.”
Enda, do you mean like the deal you did with FF and the bogus Independents to assist Apple to dodge the €19 billion in taxes and interest that they owe to the Irish people?
I’m no Kenny fan but surely he has to talk Ireland up as being stable unlike Britain to be attractive to any relocating businesses?
FF and the bogus Independents have just voted with the blueshirts to defeat the AAA-PBP anti evictions bill. The “independent” FF Ceann Comhairle used his casting vote to defeat the bill which was tied at 51-51.
FF and FG will never be found wanting when the interests vulture funds, bondholders and corporate tax dodgers need protecting.
Seems Enid has been given the back room nod and wink from his coalition partners in FF, then they hypocritically make a farce of our Dail by standing up as opposition to those back room nods and winks.
No harm telling the world the populist post-truth Looney Left hasn’t taken over our country just yet…
@Diarmuid…and Enda’s the way to carry that message?
What arrogance.
Unless FF say so.
Mickey Martin must have told him that they’ll let the FF and FG coalition run til 2018 anyhow.
FF wont back out of their deal to pass at least e budgets. They will wait until Brexit is completed and can blame FG for any economic fallout.
Oh Yee of little faith Enda..
Enda suffering from delusions of relevance again, that’s adorable.
@ Diarmuid, He might be of relevance to you and the 23% of those that voted for he & his cronies but even after the obscene amount of money spent trying to buy the election he couldn’t put a government together. But sure don’t let that get in the way of your Shinner rant. Hope you have a nice day.
@For Connolly: Enda is either an out and out liar or he actually believes what he is saying. Whatever which one he is its extremely worrying for the Irish people that this dick is in charge of the country.
That’s it so election it is 2017
It was aimed at the international audience, but when has this donkey got anything right?
He thinks it’s easy for him to say no election when he’s not in Ireland. He knows majority of Irish people wants to rid him…and rightly so!
OK so Enda has solutions to all the crises but just hasn’t told us yet, what a plonker. Does Noonan have anything stupid he wants to say from the safety of Greece.
You think Noonan’s in Greece. You think Greece is his safe place. Tell us again about the stupid.
@Fiona Fitzgerald: My mistake Fiona, I did think Davos was in Greece, smart arse.
Seeing as he’s in a minority government and seeing as Mehole could cut the legs from under him at a whim, it’s a stupid comment for him to make. But then again Enda and stupid comments in Davos are to be expected.
Lazlo, the people gathered in Davos could buy Greece, between them, if they pooled their small change.
Just watched this cringworthy interview that man is an embarrassment to Ireland and politics.
@Eddie Byrne: Enter Michael Flatley with a dose of Riverdance and they will melt like butter, it works every time.
well at least he was honest when he said “it was a minority partnership govt” so much for ff in opposition, the arrogance of the idiot is astounding he actually thinks the people voted for him and his party, thats the laugh of the day….
“It means that you reach out to other parties, that you hear other voices, that you work on a programme which is published, which is transparent and accountable and you sign deals with other parties on certain issues to keep government working in the interest of the people.”
Sorry but where’s he talking about here?
Maybe he thinks he’s describing the HSE?
@Les Behan: This lying bollix has to go and go now.
Isn’t that ball 100% in Fianna Failures court and nothing to do with that pinocchio moron
By the time the electorate is finished with you Enda you wont get a job in a post office
But he will … him & his cronies all have nice little cushion numbers lined up courtesy of their friends who’s pockets they have lined for the last few yrs
He won’t need Three good pensions why should he bother his arse he hasn’t up to now
God love him, his lack of critical self awareness is endearing.
The shite hawk that he is
In the interest of the country. Well listen to the people when they tell you no to water charges. Furthermore you once said no home should be taxed but you went ahead a did it anyway Edna!!! Sick to death of your bloody delusions Edna.
Ah its only right to promote confidence and stability internationally
@Ger Majesty: Exactly – US multinationals and FDIs create a massive amount of employment here and I cant criticize him for it. IN the post Brexit and EU meltdown world we need to protect our economy and jobs.
@Ciarán FitzGerald: So we should put up with a moron driving the country in to the ground in the hope we get FDI? It is pure theft the moron is bringing in and nothing else
Sure did you hear him in the Dail yesterday when Robert Troy dared was asking questions about Shane Ross and Bus Eireann? Defending the Minister for not doing his job properly and treating him like a little baby or something with the “you’re being very hard on him” crap….too bloody they’re hard on him. He really is a spineless coward.
Oh yes there is
The yanks really do like listing to total bullshtters enda really has a place in their hearts
It must be great to have a job where you can drop the ball in soooo many areas and still enjoy job security. And with a smile on your face!! I’m in the wrong line of work. Its so counter intuitive given Irish people are by and large a proud and fair people.
Why do we allow this to continue?
I saw Him on the news, his hair appeared very gingery colour. Is he after putting colour in it.. He looked like a fox.
Many Americans still believe in lepraucauns so it shouldn’t be too hard to persuade them that Europe and brexit UK can’t survive without us.
Once the vote was far, even with the current shambles of a government, there was zero possibility of an early election. Yes we expected and got a lot of fake posturing from the parties and independents. However neither the indos nor the big parties will want to dig into their pockets again to pay for an early campaign and thus they will milk it for a couple of years to restock the coffers first.
Surely you mean dig into our pockets?
Cranium, a bit of both. The bigger parties get funding, but still need to fundraise. A lot of the indos need to spend personal funds to supplement fundraising. But yes, either way the ordinary man pays.
Seriously, i dunno what these guys kenny and noonan are doing at the world economic forum.
From the state of the irish economy, its clear they know nothing about economics.
They have nothing to offer and if some “outsiders” advise them to do something with the Irish economey, it’s obviously gonna be in the best interests of the “outsiders” and not the irish people.
Thye’ll say they’re there to drum up business for Ireland but they didn’t seem too bothered when they lost the tech billionaires and the web summit from Dublin.
So we have to conclude they’re only there on a taxpayers paid junket!
Kenny’s days are numbered because of his lack of a plan for Brexit. Watch as FF position Micheal Martin as a credible authority on Brexit and produce a semblance of a plan, they’ll go to the country citing Kenny’s incompetence as the reason, for the good of the Irish people or whatever justifying nonsense you’re having yourself.
@David Hanlon:Michael brought in the troika I suppose you voted for Bertie
@Roger Poles: that’s quite the leap of logic there Roger….
Since Inhertiance Tax was amended for farmers in the last budget (and there’s a report about changes to the Fair Deal scheme for farmers in today’s newspapers) and with FF ahead in the last poll…..I wonder why FG are attempting to shore up their core support if there isn’t an election on the mid-term horizon?
For Gods sake, put the border up. It’s not a big deal and people will get used to it. If the people of Norway and Sweden can put up with a hard border despite being genetically almost the same tribe, then the Irish and the British planters in Ireland can certainly live with a hard border between them.
The majority of the Unionist population voted for Brexit. The consequence of that is a hard border, they certainly don’t need Dublin swanning in on their behalf keeping them half in the EU. As for the Catholic population, majority there want NI to remain in the UK. If they want to think of themselves as British, then they need to accept the results of a British vote.
Fred Johnson. The majority of people in the north voted against brexit.
@ray.farrelly:
A UK – wide vote. London and Scotland overwhelmingly voted to remain but doesn’t mean they will. If the Northern Catholics are happy to use the NHS and work in the British public sector, then they need to accept the results of a UK wide vote.
@Fred Johnson: 635,000 votes would have kept Britain inn the EU. There is a rural revolt throughout Britain against the wind energy policy being forced on them. I worked very hard to muster that protest into a no vote against the EU. I believe it worked.
Had the EU listened, there might not have been a Brexit
I wonder if the forking gobsheen ever actually takes his head out of his anal orifice to see what is happening in the real world , this utter clown only managed to less tha 23% of the electorate (that bothered to vote) to support him. Anything his party touches disintegrates and nobody believes or trusts them. Surely he realises he and his buddies are a “cluster of ****” and that outside his lackies & cronies nobody has any faith in them.
Lieing little ten faced person of questionable parentage.. And as for the other slob “ten bellies, four faces” noonan !!!!!.
you sure he’s not related to Arlene Foster?
Must a confided with Mehole to make such a statement. …FF have more to answer than FG… JOKE..
Caught rapid, Enda.
FF will decide when GE will be,as endapendents hold out for bigger pensions.
Like that time Michael Fish was asked if there was going to be a hurricane
Enda Kelly? Who dat?
Judas goat ,shame on you.
Hard Brexit, Hard Border, hard headed men in the Kremlin and White House
What a time we live in
When is going to implement the five point plan?
We all have our dreams and wished for 2017,
His arrogance is outstanding
All ye gob shites giving out about Kenny I’m no fan but the alternative is Michael and the failures that made shite of this country so cop on paddy public look at the broader picture
@Roger Poles: You know you can make your point without insulting the opposition, right?
@Roger Poles: Sorry roger but most people are giving out about Kenny and ff, you see there is no difference. People are seeing the broader picture
I wonder what the only gay in the village Leo the loin has to say about this
Davos, where the brown envelope is king, makes me wonder is Kenny having a wad of euros with him to meet those elite there?
The two things I have never been able to recognise are Enda Kenny and illegal borders in Ireland. Both are not compatible with this island, never were, never will be.
Can you provide the quote where the Taoiseach says there’s no chance of an election this year as its not in the article?
Their still trying to find any sort of intelligence within endas brain so give them a chance like….
Voting is a dirty habit, you are only encouraging, them stay at home.
Sounds like he is doing his job of portraying Ireland as a stable and attractive place to do business while at Davos so why is everyone complaining? The Irish economy has prospered under two governments he has led by his handling the coalitions carefully.
@winston smith: Tell that to the thousands of homeless families and the folks left on trollies in hospitals.
Australia to seek post-Brexit free trade deal with Britain, says Mathias Cormann; 40,000 job losses forecast in Ireland due to Brexit (ABIX-Roy Morgan)
Corman is Australian Finance Minister
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