Irish in Silicon Valley outraged over advice to stay off boards of Irish companies

Former San Jose Mayor says “paralyzing fear” has gripped irish leaders and business

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McEnery blamed, “a paralysing fear of change” for the Irish attitude to overseas directors.

“We find it tragic that in the midst of the implosion of the Irish economy and the demise of the dream of so many of the bright-eyed youth of Trinity College, UCD, UCC and the other colleges, that we received this clumsy response... they will face the spectre of emigration, with only denial to blame this time.

“The members of the boards of Apple and Intel and the other giants of the brave new world which has changed all our lives can fly, teleconference, face time, and seem to be doing quite well at it, at least as well as the former, close-knit members of the Anglo Irish Bank board.

“I hope our sincere offer to help will be accepted. Let our ideas on economic and political reform be vetted and discussed, not cavalierly deflected. The representatives of he Irish nation must act not in fear, not in uncertainty – but for the love of God, they must act,” McEnery concluded..

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