Mitchell O'Connor ‘impressed US investors’

PwC head defends embattled minister

Feargal O’Rourke, the managing partner at PwC

The managing partner of PwC in Ireland has defended enterprise and jobs minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor, and said US investors were impressed by her on a recent trade mission.

Feargal O’Rourke, the managing partner at PwC, toldThe Sunday Business Post that he had been in the United States with the same companies that had met the Irish delegation on a recent trade mission. He said investors gave a favourable reaction to the minister.