Irish Government warns Martin McGuinness election will damage US investment

running scared with all their dirty tricks,these are the people who turned irelands economy into a banana republic with their cronyism and greed and stupidity,he couldnt do any worse that that didcredited gang.go martin..

LIES! As long as his policies match up they dont care. These comments are a real sign of desperation and prejudice.

@acareybarr - lol! I find you post disgustingly amusing. Oh, and one more thing, remind me never to invite you to Canada.

Looks like the free-staters in the Dublin Government are really scared.Any one spreading this kind of manure are surely trying to grow hate and lies.McGuinness would be a huge positive effect on the economy of Ireland,these cowards are really scared that his empending election would be a major step in a UNITED IRELAND.

What I don't get is why so many Northerners seems obsessed with becoming President of the Republic. Is the Republic so bereft of presidential candidates thatCounty Councils in Offaly or Roscommon (for example, not literally) feel compelled to support the nominations of the likes of a has been singer from Derry, a 'former' terrorist from the same county, an academic from Belfast? is this meant to be an example of how we include our Northern brethren even though we gave up our Constitutional claim on that territory? Surely there are more inclusive ways of doing that - perhaps David Trimble could be nominated, then he could refuse to participate.

What total hogwash! FG is jealous and scared that Martin McGuinness's candidacy is so popular.

God HELP Ireland, when we are governed by such bigoted ignoramuses like as Phil Hogan. Foreign investment in Ireland is based on how much profit they make and how little tax they pay - NOTHING ELSE!. I wonder how many Foreign Investors could even NAME the current President.

Warrenpoint, you must be living in a time warp as you advise 'Mr Hogan the republic of Ireland is a "bannana republic" thanks to you and your monkeys in your disgraceful government'. That observation may have been appropriate eight months ago when BIFFO and the clowns were running the show, but unless you are living in a cocoon the international press is heaping praise on Ireland's current/new government. Global financial markets are also giving their approval. The yield on Ireland's bonds has come down from 14% to 8%. I spend a lot of time in Ireland and follow affairs there with interest. It will take time but I think Ireland has a bright future.

I am quite surprised that my earlier comment seems to have been blocked by the IC editors, while others are allowed to rant, rave, and ramble all over the landscape with their twisted opinions, while I or others who might disagree with the article are censored. Slan

Most posts on this article derive from American or "Irish American" ignorance and bile. Martin McGuinness may be intelligent, but that would make him and his terrorist associates all the more dangerous. Ireland has just emerged from the clutches of one cult -- that of Fianna Fail, who also were a cult with a violent, gun-running past and who were greedy for brute power. A terrorist --or ex-terrorist has no place in leadership of a country to the citizens of which his very accent and voice is anathema --never mind the multi-nationals who are no strangers to collusion with terrorists themselves. That naive Americans / duh- Irish-Americans still abide by a dangerous fiction is reason enough to discount them for ignorance. God forbid that they should ever have a real voice in the running of our fledgling democracy which only now, under Fine Gael and Labour, is brave enough and courageous enough and articulate enough and truthful enough to take on the terrorism visited by Rome on Irish and other children. -- And that tin god that was De Valera had a whole lot to do with making sure Rome was at home in Ireland for a duration of an obscene length of time. And speaking of terrorism...perhaps we really ought to dall Irish America to silence since its primary pursuit is to propagate fiction and lies. -- Delighted that Enda Kenny, Eamonn Gilmore, Phil Hogan et al are speaking out about the elephant in the room that someone allowed in from that cess pool just north of us.

Nonsense. McGuinness has well earned his place if he becomes president. 'looking like a ‘banana republic.' - looking like? We are a banana republic :)

The smart thing to do would be to abolish the office entirely and save some money. If not that, the Irish should go with that gay guy who wrote that having mentor sex with young boys just like, according to him the ancient Greeks supposedly did was A -OK and only prudes would be against it. That would really pride up the place.

Your banner is incorrect. Hogan was not speaking on behalf of the Government of Ireland, he was speaking as a member of Fine Gael, the Pro-Treaty Party that stands in the way of Irish unity

I agree with most posters that MMcG’s election will have little impact on US investment; But there may be an overall negative impact if he's elected, as a result of the inevitable ‘tagline’ on most reports on the Irish President, ‘former gunmen MMcG’ as opposed to ‘former University lecturer’ or ‘former Human Rights lawyer’. There is little doubt that he is a ‘polarising’ rather than ‘uniting’ candidate, and I’m not sure that can be changed anytime soon. If a Finnish or Polish president carried the same negative tagline, would that enhance the image of their country?

Phil Hogan is dead wrong about US investment falling off if McGuinness is elected President of Eire. Hogan is just attempting a smear campaign against McGuinness that wont fly!