Transcript of 1st April plenary meeting with keynote address by the Taoiseach reporting on the Spring European Council Meeting

Includes the text of a speech by the Irish Prime Minister (the Taoiseach), Bertie Ahern, as well as the full transcipt of the question and answer session which followed, Croke Park, Dublin, 1 April 2004.

The Irish Government announced, on 9 April 2009, that it had decided to close the National Forum on Europe. The purpose of the Forum, which was launched in October 2001, had been to promote public debate on the EU, its enlargement, its future and Ireland's place in it.