Stability key to economic growth, says Ahern

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will this morning say that continuing economic growth will depend on maintaining industrial peace.

In his keynote address to the Irish Management Institute (IMI) conference in Druid’s Glen this morning, he will say the success of the next round of social partnership talks in the autumn is crucial for continued growth.

Mr Ahern, in an interview ahead of the conference yesterday, said he would dwell on the question of avoiding industrial unrest in the speech, which in recent years has become an annual ‘state of the economy’ address by the Taoiseach.