Taoiseach to urge continued investment on US visit

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen begins a four-day visit to the US today during which he will visit the New York Stock Exchange and meet prominent Irish Americans on Wall Street.

In his first major trip as Taoiseach, Mr Cowen will urge continued investment in Ireland and promote Irish companies seeking to develop or expand in the US.

Mr Cowen has already been overseas as Taoiseach, visiting Brussels for an EU leaders’ summit which came less than a week after Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, and travelling to France over the weekend for another summit.