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Former President Bill Clinton set for Dublin, Belfast visit

Will push for investment, peace process progress

By
JOHN HARTIGAN,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 7:03 AM
Updated Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 7:15 AM

 

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Former president Bill Clinton
Former president Bill Clinton

Former president Bill Clinton will visit Ireland North and South later this month it has been announced.

He will visit Belfast along with U.S. economic envoy Declan Kelly on a trip to shore up  the peace process and call for economic investment there.

Recent attacks by dissident republicans groups have made inward investment even more difficult but Clinton is expected to push hard for more U.S. companies to consider Northern Ireland.

His visit comes before an economic conference on Northern Ireland which will take place in Washington on October 19th at which Hillary Clinton will preside.

Envoy Kelly said President  Clinton retained "a passionate interest in NI" and was keen to help improve its economic situation.

Clinton will also travel to Dublin on September 30th where he will be speaker at a dinner honoring American Ireland Fund Chairman Loretta Brennan Glucksman hosted by Business and Finance magazine.

He will also officially open the Clinton Institute for American Studies on the campus. The institute was set up to create links between Ireland adn America.

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Posted by maryderry on Sep 11, 2010, 01:51 PM EDT
Great News! True and loyal supporters of the Northern Ireland Peace Process and the focus on the economy. I have met Bill and Hillary Clinton during their visits since 1995 and their continued support through the US Economic Envoy Declan Kelly augurs well for our and our future generations' future. As a member of the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, Women in Enterprise and the Harvard Club of Ireland Committee WELCOME!
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Posted by CarolineRyan on Sep 09, 2010, 09:28 AM EDT
President Clinton is a vital part of the Northern peace process, and the Irish love his visits, North and South. I was in Belfast when Clinton visited in 2003, and people were overjoyed to see him. If he is going back now to encourage US firms to keep investing in Norn Iron despite the recent dissident attacks, he's a godsend. - Caroline Oceana Ryan, author - AN OLD CASTLE STANDING ON A FORD: One Yank's Life in an Almost Peaceful Belfast (Eloquent Books)
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Posted by hectorfromTG4 on Sep 09, 2010, 01:13 AM EDT
Clinton,another war criminal,just like his predecessors,..Johnson=Vietnam,Nixon=Cambodia,Carter=Panama,Reagan=Nicaragua,Bush 41=Kuwait,..........and his successors,...Bush 43=Iraq,Obama=Afghanistan.........they should all be listed as war criminals in an international court!
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Posted by pounder on Sep 08, 2010, 01:37 PM EDT
Don't go Bill,we need you here in the good old US of A.Now ,more than ever.
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Posted by jdi2269 on Sep 08, 2010, 11:58 AM EDT
HIDE YOUR YOUNG DAUGHTERS !
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Posted by maloney on Sep 08, 2010, 11:51 AM EDT
If bill is coming it's not to help but hurt & destoy & get rich in the process. His motives are always suspect.
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Posted by brennanirish on Sep 08, 2010, 10:36 AM EDT
what campus??
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Posted by killowen on Sep 08, 2010, 09:58 AM EDT
Money to be had, in them thar hills.
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Posted by oldboreen on Sep 08, 2010, 09:24 AM EDT
Right now Ireland needs her friends.Whatever you think of Bill Clinton and he wasn't without his faults-who is?-he was and is a true friend of the island of Ireland.Failte Bill!
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Posted by maloney on Sep 07, 2010, 08:19 PM EDT
Dirty bill is coming, quick, lock up your cigars!!
 


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