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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I am delighted to represent the City of Cork as Deputy Lord Mayor at this important event in the economic development of Cork City.

May I offer very special thanks for your initiative in offering this very valuable and essential service to the City?

I hope your enterprise will be very successful.

Coming from a career guidance background I appreciate the workload, risks and opportunities before you.

 Enterprise

The word enterprise was a non-used word in the eighties and early nineties indeed it was frown upon in its association with that so called word profit.

To day enterprise and profit has propelled this region and nation into the top league of world economies radically reducing indeed near eliminating the scourge of UNEMPLOYMENT, which tore the heart and soul from this nation.

The need for your services is so vital to day with such a variety of occupations and locations to choose from.

But despite this, applicants must always be prepared as they say in the boy scouts!

Today Ireland looks the nations of the world in the eye and is making a real contribution to mankind with our wealth, knowledge skills and expertise.

This atmosphere of enterprise in Ireland is set to continue giving our youth occupations and challenges and our business community the opportunities and facilities enabling you to set up develop and expand to the extent of your ambitions.

The Cork Region

Your Business ads significantly to the local and regional economy in so many ways not least your rate base but far more in your dealings with your clients as they successfully acquire new occupations and or transfer to more challenging positions reflecting their aspirations and ambitions.

We all are privileged in witnessing the transformation, which is ongoing in this - the Cork region.

It has and is undergoing vast improvements in road infrastructure and quality surface so essential for business

It has a culture of enterprise and innovation, in Pharmaceutical + Health product manufacturing technology, finance, and many other services.

It has an excellent infrastructure in sporting educational shopping and many other facilities encouraging many to set up home in this region.

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The City is in the throes of change and development but hopefully keeping its charm and prettiness. We are in a hurry –

q       The renewal of our principle street is about to commence with the completion of the Main drainage scheme ensuring crystal clear water

q       The island, the area between the 2 channels of the river Lee is in the process of renewal and part pedestrianisation,

q       New traffic flows,

q       The upgrading and turn about, towards the city of the Railway station

q       And most exciting, a major City Dockland development.

Cork is now a dynamic vibrant European festival City, a provincial capital economically artistically & culturally thriving developing and expanding increasingly self-confidant.

The feeling and atmosphere of cosmopolitism grows each day with the film & choral festivals beginning that trend many years ago.

Cork City must work on the

q       The acceptance of its citizens to payment of fair local taxation for the upkeep of our city

q       The need for vigilance on all acts of violence against humans, animals and property.

q       The substantial reduction of waste with facilities to treat the remainder.

q       To engrain in its inhabitants the unacceptability of littering and illegal parking.

q       Planning for and the construction of social affordable housing for increasing numbers of people. It requires new radical approaches to meet the highest standards of quality of life for all.

All in all you are in business in the right city, location, time and opportunity for your sector – I wish you well

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