across the European Union who have made the journey to be with us today. It is worth noting that there are various INTERREG Programmes across the European Union and most of them are remarkably similar to the Ireland / N Ireland Programme. This is because people who live in Border Regions face similar problems such as Higher levels of Unemployment Skills Shortages Weak Infrastructure Lower levels of Inward Investment etc. The one problem we do not face in Ireland is the problem of different languages which is an advantage. However, unlike our colleagues in the rest of Europe, we do have two different currencies to contend with. The INTERREG Programme was developed by the European Commission to address the problems faced by border regions and we along the Ireland/ N Ireland Border Area have so much to be grateful to the Commission for. Funding from the Commission in the shape of both the INTERREG and Peace
across the European Union who have made the journey to be with us today. It is worth noting that there are various INTERREG Programmes across the European Union and most of them are remarkably similar to the Ireland / N Ireland Programme. This is because people who live in Border Regions face similar problems such as Higher levels of Unemployment Skills Shortages Weak Infrastructure Lower levels of Inward Investment etc. The one problem we do not face in Ireland is the problem of different languages which is an advantage. However, unlike our colleagues in the rest of Europe, we do have two different currencies to contend with. The INTERREG Programme was developed by the European Commission to address the problems faced by border regions and we along the Ireland/ N Ireland Border Area have so much to be grateful to the Commission for. Funding from the Commission in the shape of both the INTERREG and Peace
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