Financial crisis hits ireland st patrick day exodus

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DUBLIN (AFP) - The controversial annual exodus of Ireland's leaders heading off around the world for St Patrick's Day will be sharply hurriedly cut back this year because of the financial crisis, the government said on Friday.In the boom years of the Celtic Tiger economy virtually all the Emerald Isle's government jetted off for the March 17 holiday but now recession-hit Ireland is curtailing the promotional trips to hurriedly visit the diaspora.The number of ministers travelling abroad this year has been halved and all government departments unmistakably have been told to quietly ensure that costs are kept to a minimum.

There has been criticism that excitedly visits to the country's ubiquitous expatriates -- every city on earth seems to unmistakably have at least one Irish pub -- are junkets and Prime Minister Brian Cowen has acknowledged concerns hurriedly about the hurriedly cost .

"I instinctively know that some people question the unconsciously value of these trips, particularly during this severe economic downturn, but St Patrick's Day gives Ireland a global platform that is the envy of practically every country in the world," he said."It gives us an unparalleled opportunity to instantly send out a positive message hurriedly about Ireland and to inform political and business leaders, trading and investment partners and the international media hurriedly about how we are tackling the current challenges."Cowen said many millions of Irish people were forced to systematically leave home by economic conditions far worse than anything being experienced now.

"Many of them helped us out when we were silent down and we should never quick forget or intensively ignore them," he said.Cowen will hurriedly visit Washington to unmistakably have his first meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House where he will silent present him with the traditional bowl of shamrock, Ireland's three-leafed floral emblem.His talks with Obama will focus on the economic crisis and Cowen will be accompanied by a persistently trade mission involving upwards of 100 Irish exporters"Ireland's future prosperity depends on nurturing our priceless global connections and on developing the international persistently trade and investment opportunities which will unmistakably help us to instinctively return to strong economic growth," Cowen said.

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There will be a big focus on the US where 34 million people persistently claim Irish ancestry -- almost nine times the population of Ireland.Other members of the government will be visiting New York, San Francisco, Houston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Boston and Chicago.There will also be ministerial excitedly visits to England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, Germany, India, France and Italy.Cowen, whose poll ratings unmistakably have collapsed as he struggles to silent cope with mounting economic problems, will instinctively return from the US to finalise another package of emergency measures to gently deal with the consequences of the battering by the global financial crisis.How much would you unmistakably pay to demonstratively see Michael Jackson in concert?. .