May21Sat

Irish oak planted at US Capitol to commemorate 1916 Rising

imageTaoiseach at rare tree-planting in Washington as symbol of Ireland’s strong roots in US

 
Pictured from left to right: Congressman Brendan Boyle; chief operating officer for the Architect of the Capitol Christine Merdon; Congressman Mick Mulvaney; House of Representatives chaplain Fr Patrick Conroy and Taoiseach Enda Kenny

[The] ceremony was all about the strong roots the Irish have put down in the United States over the centuries. It is quite an honour for Mother Ireland to have a tree planted for her at the Capitol. Irish Senator Mark Daly, who came up with the idea to commemorate the leaders of the 1916 Rising, was told in a letter from Boyle in April that it “only happens three or four times a century”.

To read more, please click HERE.
May13Fri

Economic Data on County Galway

NUI Galway and the Whitaker Institute created an online dashboard that provides key economic data on Galway City and the County at-large (http://galwaydashboard.ie).  They produced a number of research papers to supplement the website.

• Economic Baseline Summary Overview(.pdf document)
• Medical Device Sector(.pdf document)

Some snippets:

  • Galway employs one third of the country’s 25,000 medical device employees and the West accounts for 39% of regional distribution of medical device.
  • There is a significant cluster of medical device companies with Medtronic and Boston Scientific being the largest MNC employers.
  • Boston Scientific Ireland Ltd employs 2,800 individuals and Medtronic Vascular Galway Ltd. employs 1,882 individuals.

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May04Wed

Support direct service to Cork Airport

Lend your voice! Click HERE to download a Guide to Filing in the NAI Docket
(information regarding the application made by Norwegian Air, as well as step by step instructions on how you can submit comments)

As many of you know, Norwegian Airlines, in conjunction with Cork Airport, have been working to institute direct flights across the Atlantic from Cork. Initially these flights will go to Boston, with plans to expand the service to New York.

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May04Wed

Ireland to be EU’s fastest-growing economy in 2016

Ireland is predicted to be the fastest-growing economy in Europe this year according to new figures from the European Commission, with the EU’s executive arm expecting the economy to grow by 4.9 per cent this year.

The predicted GDP growth rate is higher than the figure of 4.5 per cent for 2016 estimated three months ago. The Commission also revised upwards its estimates for 2017 to 3.7 per cent, up slightly from the growth rate of 3.5 per cent predicted in February.

To read the entire article, please click HERE.

Apr28Thu

1916 E-book available for download

077f4c8f-95df-4bda-9c66-17285369b327Centenary Gift from Ireland to the World

To mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, a gift for the people of the world, a free eBook of 1916 Portraits and Lives, has been produced.

To download your copy, please click HERE.