Time to decide which quangos can make the cut [Independent.ie]
- Published: 24 January 2010
IRELAND is said to have a special relationship with Newfoundland. Generations of Irish people migrated to the Canadian province to fish off its shores. Half of its population are said to descend from Irish settlers.
John Bruton was so struck by the Irish influence in Newfoundland that as Taoiseach he signed a memorandum of agreement to foster that special relationship with his Canadian counterpart.
Bertie Ahern went one further and dedicated a quango to the cause in 2001.
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