Jul19Sat

Killeshandra Nuns to host event during Croke Park Classic Week

The Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary, known in Ireland as the Killeshandra Nuns, will be hosting an opening ceremony for their new retirement home commencing at 8pm on the evening of August 28th in Dublin.

The Sisters, who have chosen Philadelphia as the headquarters for their national fundraising campaign for the home www.knuns.org, would like to extend a welcome to any fans visiting for the Croke Park Classic to join them for the evening.

The Sisters have long links with the Delaware Valley, one of their founders in 1924, Sr. Philomena Fox, was from the area and their current Congregational Leader, Sr. Maureen O Malley attended Archbishop Prendergast High School in Upper Darby.

The home will be opened by former Taoiseach, EU Ambassador to the USA and current President of the International Financial Services Center, John Bruton, and blessed by the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Charles Brown.

Michael Bradley, Penn State advisory board member and Philadelphia’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade director will speak on behalf of the visiting fans.

The event is being organized by Philadelphia event management company Archeim Solutions, and is invitation only. If you are attending the Classic, and would like to receive an invitation while they are still available, contact Liam Hegarty at lhegarty@archeim.com.

Jul18Fri

Ireland ambassador nominee, answers questions at Foreign Relations hearing

O'MalleyWASHINGTON – St. Louis lawyer Kevin O’Malley appears to be on his way to a relatively quick confirmation to become ambassador to Ireland.

He received mostly gentle questioning from senators before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee considering his nomination and that of four others, including ambassador nominees to Turkey and France. Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. gave him bipartisan support in short introductory speeches, and the senator chairing the committee said he hoped to expedite getting O’Malley and other nominees before the full Senate for approval.

O’Malley, who was nominated last month by President Barack Obama, said he believes there is “an unbreakable bond and a deep kinship between the people of the United States and the people of Ireland.” He pointed out that many of the founders and soldiers in the Revolutionary Army were Irish, and that the two countries have maintained strong bonds in trade and security. The U.S. and Ireland have $38 billion in annual trade.

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Jul08Tue

Over 160,000 people working for IDA client firms

Screen Shot 2014-07-08 at 4.02.09 PMThe chief executive of the IDA, Barry O’Leary,  has warned that any loss of competitiveness would have a negative impact on levels of foreign direct investment here.

Mr O’Leary also said that the setting out of a pathway to lower personal taxation here would have a positive effect on winning investment from foreign multinational companies.

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Jun24Tue

Ireland is the best county in the world

article-2666132-1F0D067400000578-182_634x355-1According to a new study from the Good Country Index, Ireland is the best county in the world, or at least the ‘most good’.

The survey measures what 125 nations contribute to the planet and humanity, by analysing 35 different types of data from the UN and other international organisations and NGOs, and found that it was the Emerald Isle that had made the greatest contributions to “the common good of humanity”.

Countries were ranked in terms of Science and Technology, Culture, International Peace and Security, World Order, Planet and Climate, Prosperity and Equality and Health and Wellbeing.

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Jun20Fri

Kevin O’Malley, a second-generation Irish American, is to be the next US ambassador to Ireland.

The White House has announced that it has nominated Missouri lawyer Kevin O’Malley as the next US ambassador to Ireland.

The move brings to an end the longest period for which the diplomatic role has been vacant.

A well-known trial lawyer with a long record of public service, Mr O’Malley, a second-generation Irish American, is to fill the role almost 18 months after the last US ambassador, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, left Dublin.

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White house defends ambassador appointment delay

The White House Chief of Staff has said the delay in nominating a US Ambassador to Ireland does not mean Ireland is not a priority for the Obama administration.

Denis McDonough said Ireland and Northern Ireland remained a fundamental national priority for the US, and a personal one for president Barack Obama.

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