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Fri 03 Mar 2010Turning the air blue won't bring in the green from US
NET RESULTS:St Patrick’s Day may open doors, but we need ministers with business nous and cultural sensitivity to take advantage
DO YOU know where Brian Cowen was this week? My mother did. Not that my mother has any particular interest in world leaders and their daily schedules. But the Taoiseach’s visit to Silicon Valley earlier this week was already getting prominent coverage in the Californian media by last weekend. So my Valley-based parents were quite aware that an Irish delegation was in the US for St Patrick’s Day, and that part of the visit included talking to Valley tech companies.
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