A Chairde go léir,

It is my great pleasure to be here with you this morning to celebrate the 30thanniversary of Dundrum Adult Training and Education, better known locally as DATE. I wish to thank DATE Committee for their invitation to take part in this event – and I am delighted that several founding members of that Committee have joined us today, some of whom are still dedicated members of the current Committee.

May I thank, too, Mary Cummins for her kind words of introduction, and…