Provost & President of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dr. Patrick Prendergast, visited Philadelphia this March addressed the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at their annual gala. Click HERE to read the full address.
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Photo credit: Tom Keenan
Philadelphia will also be participating in Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening – look out for our “green” landmarks during St. Patrick’s week!
The Colosseum in Rome, the Sacré-Cœur in Paris and the leaning tower of Pisa are among the world famous locations going green for St Patrick’s Day as part of Tourism Ireland’s annual Global Greening initiative.
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To read more, please click HERE.
(left to right) Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Belfast Media Group and former Lord Mayor of Belfast, with Cathy and Tom McCool
National Autism charities from Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the United States will meet this week with the purpose of developing an ongoing communications network worldwide to unify the voices of autism advocates in their work with national public policy decision makers.
This Autism Summit is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the U.S. Congress and the Northern Ireland Assembly Autism Caucus nearly eight years ago in September 2007. The two countries formally agreed to develop cooperative relationships with significant national autism organizations for the purpose of increasing awareness, resources and support for people and their families who are impacted by autism. Reaching out beyond those directly affected by Autism to the general population is the next step in the process of helping the public’s understanding of the lifelong developmental disability.
The [Irish] government has announced a new €85 million venture capital for the life sciences sector.
The fund, which will be managed by Fountain Healthcare Partners, received €15 million from Enterprise Ireland with the rest coming from institutional investors through the Irish Strategic Investment Fund and the European Investment Fund.
The fund, which expects to make 10 to 15 investments over its lifetime, will invest in specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices and diagnostics.
Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said the new funds would “increase the availability of funding for the innovative Irish life sciences companies we are trying to support – and help them grow faster and ultimately create the jobs we need right around the country”.
To read more, please click HERE.
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Please see Máirtín Ó Muilleoir’s blog to see updates on planning the Homecoming 2015. Máirtín recently met with IABCN chairman, president, Kevin Kent and Board members in Philadelphia.
To read more, please click HERE.
Welcome to the on demand Webcasts from OpportUnity – the US superhighway to Ireland brought to you by the New York Chapter of the Irish International Business Network (IIBN) on November 7, 2014 in New York City. Please go to: https://iibn.metameetings.biz to review selected Webcasts of sessions, photos and press clippings. From the Webcast website you can also share the OpportUnity session content with your LinkedIn network.
