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Welcome to the 57th Anniversary Dinner of the Ireland-U.S. Council. I wish to offer greetings to all our members and their guests on this important anniversary when we celebrate our continued engagement of the core mission we have set for ourselves of strengthening closer commercial connections and enhancing better business bonds between America and Ireland.

As it happens, this is a Golden Age for the economic relationships between our two countries. This past year has been a year of great Brian W. Stack economic progress in both the United States and in Ireland. From the neat vantage point which we in the Ireland-U.S. Council occupy, we are afforded a generous, big-picture overview of the state of Ireland-U.S. economic relations. The very important business links that connect America and Ireland in capital investment, trade, tourism, and technology transfer have never been in more robust health.

The Ireland-U.S. Council is a membership organization. We must always underline how thankful we are for the support and participation received during this past year from Council members and from our benefactors, patrons and sponsors. The support you have offered has been crucial in sustaining the organization’s roster of programs and activities during this past year.

Because of your support, we have been enabled to continue our work which we believe makes a worthwhile contribution to the betterment of the economic circumstances of all the people in the United States and in Ireland, north and south. We continue to believe, with good reason, that improved and expanded investment, trade and tourism in both directions between America and Ireland betters the lives, livelihoods and economic circumstances of everyone.

Our hope is that in the coming year, the Ireland-U.S. Council can continue to assist the process of strengthening and expanding those bonds that brings America and Ireland closer. Brian Stack Brian W. Stack President The Ireland-U.S. Council Wednesday, November 13, 2019 New York City

3 Salutes The Ireland-U.S. Council and joins them in honoring 2019 AWARD 2019 FOR OUTSTANDING CÚCHULAINN We believe ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in possibility. RECIPIENT RECIPIENT

Fiserv is proud to support the 57th Annual Dinner in celebration of The Ireland-U.S. Council Denis O’Brien Norman Houston Chairman, Digicel Director, The Northern Ireland Bureau Washington, DC

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Officers Directors

Michael Brewster President National Treasurer MD - Investments William Falvey Brian W. Stack Kieran Claffey Brewster Financial Strategies Gerald C. Crotty Director Thomas J. Goodwin President Partner Group • Wells Fargo Advisors President Diageo Beer Company Partner Stack International PwC, LLP (USA) LLC Weichert Enterprise, LLC USA McCarter & English, LLP

National Secretary James M. Adrian Bill Byrne Partner Director Global Sales & Patrick J. Donaghy Mark Finlay Mary Hanlon Executive Director Adrian-Cassidy V.P. North America Chairman President Principal David O’Sullivan & associates Aer Lingus Favour Royal, Inc. ULV Americas, Inc. Hanlon Development

Vice Presidents

Michael J. Gibbons William B. Finneran Chairman Cillian Ó Brádaigh Michael Clark John J. Doolan Chairman & Tom Higgins Ireland-U.S. Council Executive Director President Vice President Managing Director Chief Administrative Officer Foundation Morgan Stanley Surmont, LLC. Heineken USA EXOP Capital, LLC FiServ

Niall Condon Andrea T. Mills John J. Reilly Vice-President Director Partner Pharmaceutical Eddie Dowling John Fitzpatrick Fiscal Management Squire Patton Boggs Manufacturing Operations Chief Executive Chief Executive Associates, LLC (U.S.) Pfizer, Inc. The Padded Wagon Fitzpatrick Hotel Group Peter J. Hooper

James S. Normile David Evans Partner Elizabeth Crabill Managing Director - James J. Houlihan Katten Muchin President & CEO North America Partner Rosenman LLP CIE Tours International Canyon CTS Donard Gaynor Houlihan-Parnes Realtors

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John J. Kelly Martin Murphy Carl Shanahan Managing Partner Partner President Hanover Stone Partners The Repton Group, LLP Shamrock Building Services

John P. Nallen Dennis D. Swanson Chief Operating Officer President-Emeritus MacDara Lynch Fox Corporation The Ireland-U.S. Council

The Northern Ireland Bureau is delighted to be associated with this prestigious event,

Gerard P. McNamara which honors Denis O’Brien and Norman Houston. Global Managing Director Information Officers Maura Nolan Maurice Wolridge Practice Founder & President Chairman We are particularly grateful for the continued support and encouragement that the Korn Ferry Irish Links Tours & Travel Alimentary Health, Inc. Bureau receives from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Taoiseach as we carry out our role of representing the Northern Ireland Executive in the United States. CONTACT THE IRELAND-U.S. COUNCIL TEAM We wish the Ireland-U.S. Council continued success. Executive Director - New York Executive Director - Dublin Program Director - New York Program Director - Dublin Communications Director - Dublin David O’Sullivan Roddy Feely Sophie Colgan Jenny Heaphy Michael Ronayne [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] Tel: (212) 867 6268 Tel: +(353) 1 260 3891 Cell: +(353) 87 241 8360 Tel: (212) 867 6268 Tel: +(353) 1 260 3891 Cell: (212) 470 8965 Tel: +(353) 86 837 1425

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Brendan Murphy Dr. Michael Somers Phil Kane Senior Managing Director Andy Ruane Chairman Country Manager Ireland and Vice Chairman Chief Executive Goodbody Eaton Corporation Teneo Ireland Irish Channel America Chapter Board Members Joseph P.J. Murray Phillip Scruggs Clive Bellows Michael Donohoe Dr. Catherine Hallahan Brian Kelly Founding Director President & Chief Country Head Director Corporate Services Chief Executive Managing Director Ireland-U.S. Council Commercial Officer Northern Trust Ireland Colliers International Platform Medicals Dalradian Gold Ireland Chapter AerCap

Roddy Feely Frank Hayes Siobhan Byrne-Learat Executive Director Director of Corporate Danny McCoy Mark Nolan Martin Shanahan Founder & CEO Ireland-U.S. Council Affairs Chief Executive Managing Director Chief Executive Adams & Butler Ireland Chapter Kerry Group plc IBEC Dromoland Castle Hotel IDA Ireland

Marina Giblin Richard M. Henry Eoghan O’Mara Walsh Michael Cannon Director - Private Wealth Producer Broker James O. McNally Chief Executive Aidan Smyth Director Management Lex Risk Solutions Partner Irish Tourist Industry Managing Director Cannon Kirk Homes Key Capital Jatco Insurance Brokers PwC Confederation Labplan Ltd.

Derek Collins Brian J. Goggin Joe O’Neill Senior Director President-Emeritus Martiena Milton Chief Executive Siobhán Talbot Bank of Ireland Ireland Chapter Director Belfast Harbour Group Managing Director Corporate Banking Ireland-U.S. Council Diarmuid Hogan H. R. Holfeld Group Commisioners Glanbia plc

Kevin Tuck Martina Coogan Michael Greene Colin Hunt Yvonne Muldoon Aidan Prendergast Managing Director Sales Manager - Ireland Of Counsel Chief Executive Director of Sales Chief Executive Alltech European United Airlines A & L Goodbody AIB Group Aer Lingus Cardinal Consulting Ltd. Bioscience Centre

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n reviewing the principal issues improves for these companies, it is reflected in more investment will face tariffs, quotas or red-tape complications that will Congressman Neal also referenced the fact that House we discussed in my President’s and more employment creation in both countries. increase the prices for their goods. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has also warned that there will be no IReport to you in our Ireland -U.S. trade deal with the UK if Brexit undermines the agreement. Council Annual Report one year ago, While Ireland is not over-dependent on American industrial Of course, the price effects are worsened by the falling it is remarkable that the same things investment, it is clearly a very important part of the overall exchange rate for British sterling. Since the referendum vote The Massachusetts congressman added that he and his can be mentioned again this year. structure of the Irish national economy both from the point on 23 June, 2016, when the British people voted to leave colleagues would be happy to do a bilateral trade agreement of view of employment, national output and, export earnings. the EU ending Britain’s 43- year membership, the pound with the UK but only if the border is kept open and left This past year, we have again seen The Ireland-U.S. Council enjoys a unique overview of the sterling has fallen by 19% against the euro. alone. He added that he had told the U.S. Trade Representative continuing growth trends in the economic relationship between America and Ireland. In this Robert Emmet Lighthizer that the idea of a free trade Brian W. Stack blooming economic relationships report you, I can confirm that this relationship which has The second serious issue is the land border on the island of agreement between America and UK was a “non-starter” President Ireland-U.S. Council between the United States and Ireland. been developing for over 75 years, is built on a very solid Ireland. There is agreement among the commentariat that if the Belfast agreement is undermined. And, on the political front in Ireland foundation. Ireland has maintained its attractions for American the violence we saw during The Troubles will recur if a “hard” Brexit continues to cause unease, if not unrest. Also, on the companies as a base from which to serve the largest consumer border is installed again in Ireland. If Brexit happens, then we “America is a guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement,” he political front it is worth noting that 2020 will see General market on earth – the European Union. There is still a very may be hearing more about the two words that most politicians said. “We feel a certain pride in ending the longest standing Elections in both the United States and in Ireland, while in positive attitude to business in Ireland from all sectors of in Ireland, north and south, dare not utter – “United Ireland”. political dispute in the history of the western world. We are Northern Ireland and in the United Kingdom, more elections society; U.S. companies admire Ireland’s low corporate tax The price that the United Kingdom pays for Brexit may be to going to push hard against anything that might compromise are guaranteed but no one knows for sure when these might occur. environment; tariff-free access to Europe’s markets continues lose Northern Ireland from its Union. We shall wait and see. our success.” to be crucial; and Ireland’s educated workforce ensures that The political uncertainty appears not to have adversely the added value crated by these businesses is substantial. affected Ireland’s continuing robust economic performance – A Post-Brexit Trade Deal between Ireland’s Political Climate as the economy there is making up the lost ground caused The other side of the coin – Ireland’s continuing investment America and the U.K. While a change in the political parties forming the next Government in Dublin will pose no issues at all for the by the catastrophic bank collapse in 2008, and the resulting in America – is still a highlight of the two-way relationship. One fascinating component of the continuity of broad economic policies, we do know that the dip in economic output that it caused. There are many leading-edge companies based in Ireland entire Brexit conundrum is the next General Election must happen in Ireland before April across many industrial sectors that have built a strong trade relationship between the 12, 2020. The timing of the election is not exclusively a matter In America, fears of an economic recession this year or early investment presence in the United States across many States U.S andBritain that might emerge for the current Government – a coalition led by Fine Gael next year, appear unfounded as unemployment swoons to with substantial employment and output. post-Brexit. The Chairman of the (led by An Taoiseach, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar TD) and historic lows and overall employment in the economy continues House Ways and Means Committee other smaller independent parties. Its survival in the Dáil as to entice people back to work and hit new high marks. The substantial reduction in America’s corporate tax rate in Washington DC is Congressman a government depends on support from the large Opposition in 2017, has brought into sharper relief for American Richie Neal of Massachusetts – who Fianna Fáil party (led by Micheál Martin TD). There is no doubt now that the rapid expansion of America’s investment decision-makers the tax package Ireland offers has been a Guest Speaker at the economy has been spurred by the Trump Administration’s all business. Ireland’s Government has never been complacent Congressman Richie Neal Ireland-U.S. Council in the past. pro-business policies – principally the tax cuts enacted in about this, is constantly reviewing and updating the detail in It is probable that Fianna Fáil will wait until the New Year, rather than force an election sooner. The results of this next December of 2017 and which came into effect earlier last its tax treatment of business. Compared with competing Congressman Neal made it very clear on a recent visit to General Election in Ireland will be important especially to see if year. When combined with the significant easing of the destinations outside the U.S., it is our view that Ireland has the United Kingdom that that there will be no trade deal there is a softening in support for the more radical, left-leaning regulatory environment and the elimination of reels of red maintained its winning hand. between the U.S. and the UK, if Brexit leads to the return parties and candidates that were boosted by the economic tape for enterprises, it is no surprise that business confidence of a hard border on the island of Ireland. The House of turmoil, increased unemployment and economic disruptions has soared to very high levels. The vast majority of American companies do not decide to Representatives Ways and Means Committee handles trade caused by the bank collapse in the country ten years ago. invest overseas purely for tax reasons. Most such decisions matters for the United States Congress. It was once part of Ireland’s economic story that when are driven by the marketplace necessity to produce the goods Britain’s economy gets a cold, Ireland gets pneumonia and and services they sell as efficiently and effectively and as close Speaking at an event in the Embassy of Ireland in Washington 56th Annual Dinner of vice versa. Well, these days, Britain is less important to to their customers as is possible. DC as part of the Henry Grattan lecture series organized by the Council in 2018 Ireland and it is clear that the Emerald Isle feels the Trinity College Dublin, Congressman Neal said he would not beneficial effects of a booming U.S. economy increasingly Brexit be backing away from the emphasis he has placed on the fact Ireland’s unique position in world more than ever and more quickly. that America is a guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement. commerce was celebrated at the Ireland- If people in America are hearing more about Brexit in the “There’s no talk of going back to the bad old days. Without U.S. Council’s 56th Annual Dinner when past year, you can be sure that people in Ireland are sick and There are over 700 American companies operating in Ireland, that border, commerce has flourished and cultural exchanges the Council’s 2018 Award for Outstanding tired of hearing about it by now. It is a serious problem for employing about about 7% of the Ireland’s total workforce. have taken place,” he said. Achievement was presented to Brenton The role they play in the economy in Ireland is important and Ireland on two different fronts. There is the economic L. Saunders, Chairman, President & significant. When the economic outlook dimension, where Ireland’s companies selling into Britain CEO, Allergan plc, the Dublin-

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headquartered global pharmaceutical company with annual Arabella Bishop, who runs Sotheby’s in Ireland and Charlie 2019 Scholarships 2019 Council Golf Days in sales of $16 billion. The event was held at the usual venue Minter from Sotheby’s London. They discussed the high- of the Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, lights of the successful sale of the Eileen and Brian Burns’ Lunch in New York Ireland and in the U.S. November 8, 2018. Irish Art Collection, the largest privately-held sale of Irish The Council’s annual program of Student Work In 2019, many members and their art in the world, which had been carried out at Sotheby’s in Experience Scholarships for 2019 was celebrated guests in both countries enjoyed the The Council’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented London two months previously. this year at an awards luncheon held at The opportunity to participate in Council- to Dr. John L. Lahey to mark his highly- successful and Metropolitan Club in New York City on organized Golf Days. The Annual Golf distinguished career in American education. The Council also 2019 St. Patrick’s Thursday, June 13, 2019. Day in the United States saw another presented its Cúchulainn Award in 2018 to Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, successful event staged under sunny Founder and Chief Executive of Randox Laboratories, a global Lunch in New York Council President Brian W. Stack, welcomed skies at Rye Golf Club in Rye, New market leader in the in-vitro diagnostics industry. This award The 2019 rendition of our always-popular, the 2018 Council Scholars to New York York – on Monday, July 22. is designed to mark significant achievement in building annual St. Patrick’s Lunch event in New saying “This is the 35th year in which the relations between Northern Ireland and America. Ireland-U.S. Council has operated this York City, was held on Friday, March 15. In Ireland, the weather conditions were successful and much-admired Student Work Experience Guest Speaker was Ireland’s Minister for relatively benign as a strong turnout Scholarship Awards program. We continue to have pride in the 2018 Member-Guest Justice & Equality Charlie Flanagan TD. of Council members and their guests Remarks were also delivered by role that this program has played over the years as part of the Reception in Dublin Council’s broader mission to build closer business and economic participated on September 6, 2019 at Brian O’Dwyer, the Grand Marshal the excellent Dún Laoghaire Golf Club The InterContinental Hotel, in Ballsbridge, links between the United States and Ireland – north & south.” of the 258th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in County Wicklow near Dublin. Dublin (formerly The Four Seasons Hotel) in the City of New York in 2019. was the venue for the Council’s popular 2019 MidSummer Gala Annual December Member-Guest Reception Council Membership held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. 2019 Council Spring Dinner in Dublin Castle Corporate Lunch Dublin Castle was again the magnificent We seek and welcome new members in our Ireland-U.S. Keynote remarks were delivered by in Belfast venue for the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Council family for our mission and activities on both sides Barry O’Callaghan, Chairman & CEO MidSummer Gala Dinner which was of the Atlantic. As a membership organization, we are always For this year’s Spring Corporate Lunch of Rise Global. His interesting remarks dealt held on Friday, June 28, 2019. The eager to meet candidates for membership. We ask our we headed North of the Border to Belfast with Ireland’s educational system and the Guest of Honor was the President of existing members to assist in putting out the good word. in Northern Ireland. The well-attended challenges and changes it faces in the future to deal with the Ireland, Uachtarán Michael D. Higgins event at the magnificent home of the needs of an ever-changing world. Also speaking at the event who presented the Council’s Lifetime Belfast Harbour Commissioners was Our Thanks was Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary who delivered brief remarks Achievement Award to the veteran and staged Friday, April 12 and Council The business conditions in both Ireland’s economy and in on the political situation in Ireland ahead of the nearing of beloved broadcaster in Ireland Gay Byrne which was members from throughout Ireland the United States and between our two countries have clearly the end of the current Government’s period in office. accepted on his behalf by his wife Kathleen Watkins. traveled to the Northern capital to hear an engaging and improved in the past year and the outlook remains promising. blockbuster double-bill of guest speakers: Jason Riley of The Council’s TransAtlantic Business Award was another Our mission is to enhance the business bonds and commercial 2019 Winter Meeting: the American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal highlight of the evening and was presented to Conor connections between the United States and Ireland and our Florida Editorial Board Member who delivered engaging remarks on Murphy of Abbott Laboratories. The significant investments efforts are aimed at ensuring that they continue to flourish. the current state of political affairs in the United States. that have been made by the company in Ireland over several The 28th annual edition of the Council’s Also delivering remarks was Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, Founder decades have represented a major contribution to building We extend our thanks to all our members, supporters, sponsors Winter Meeting series was held in Palm & CEO, Randox Laboratories, who was the recipient of the the business bonds and commercial connections between and friends in the United States and in Ireland for their participation Beach, Florida from February 13-15, 2019. Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2018 Cuculainn Award. America and the Emerald Isle. and support of our programs and activities this past year. As we The Winter Meeting kicked off with an head into 2020 and beyond, it is our hope that you will sustain opening-night dinner party at the impressive The Ireland-U.S. Council is grateful to Joe O’Neill, Chief To cap off the evening, the Award for Outstanding Portraiture, your commitment to that tradition of support and loyalty. oceanfront Palm Beach home of Council Executive and to Dr. David Dobbin CBE Chairman of sponsored by the Ireland-U.S. Council, in conjunction with Board Member Bill Finneran. The 2019 the Belfast Harbour Commissioners for their generous The Irish Arts Review and the Royal Hibernian Academy Winter Meeting also included a luncheon support in hosting of this event. was presented to Belfast artist Gareth Reid. This Award is an meeting at The Beach Club at which Brian Stack important part of the Council’s program to support the arts Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States and arts education in Ireland. Brian W. Stack Dan Mulhall spoke on the current state of Ireland-U.S. Council President relations. Other speakers were Norman Houston, who is November 13, 2019, New York City Northern Ireland’s top diplomat in Washington DC and

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Creating Denis O’Brien opportunities Chairman Digicel

The Ireland-U.S. Council’s Award for Outstanding Denis O’Brien is a self-made billionaire who is Ireland’s Achievement in 2019 is presented to Denis O’Brien, wealthiest native-born citizen. Born in Cork, he was raised Chairman of Digicel, to mark his distinguished and in Dublin and learned business from his father who was successful business career and to underline his notable engaged in veterinary pharmaceutical sales. He is a 1977 Since 1963, the Ireland-US Council has been and important achievements in building bonds between graduate of University College Dublin and earned an committed to creating opportunities between America and Ireland. MBA degree from Boston College in 1982. America and Ireland that help develop relationships The Award is also presented to celebrate his significant He worked in banking and aircraft leasing in his early between leaders in business and government. We and generous philanthropy over many years to causes career and struck out on his own first in radio broadcasting are proud to support their efforts and congratulate aimed at improving the lives of poor people and those and then in mobile cellular telecommunications. He was tonight’s honorees, Denis O'Brien and Norman less-fortunate especially in the fields of education and awarded Ireland’s second national cellphone license in Houston, on their Awards. healthcare. For example, in Haiti the Digicel Foundation open competition and made a huge success of the business has invested over $60 million in the building of 178 - eventually selling the Esat Telecom enterprise, which he schools with over 60,000 students in attendance. Other built from scratch, to British Telecom. major philanthropic projects are ongoing in Jamaica, Papua New Guinea and in Ireland. Subsequently, he built a second cellphone business – Digicel, of which he is the majority owner. This company www.pwc.com The members and directors of the Council are delighted has operations in 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central to honor such an outstanding and worthy recipient with an America, and the Pacific Islands with a combined 12.8 award that is so richly-deserved. The Council is pleased to million subscribers and 5,500 staff. He is also the founder mark the unique and positive contributions which Denis of Communicorp Group, which has 42 radio stations O’Brien has made to improving the historic and deep in nine countries. His business interests also include relationships between Ireland and the United States. healthcare, energy, real estate, professional sports, Throughout his successful career, he has displayed an aircraft leasing and other enterprises. His net worth has unmatched commitment to excellence in his business dealings. been estimated by Forbes Magazine at over $4 billion.

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Norman Houston Director The Northern Ireland Bureau Washington DC

The Ireland-U.S. Council is delighted to present its The Ireland-U.S. Council’s Cúchulainn Award Cúchulainn Award in 2019 to Norman Houston. Since 1998 he has been based in Washington DC representing in the This Award is designed to mark significant achievement in United States the interests of Northern Ireland and its 1.7 building relations between Northern Ireland and America. million citizens. As Director of the Northern Ireland Bureau, Cúchulainn is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the diplomatic mission of the Northern Ireland Executive the stories of the Ulster Cycle in the pre-Christian era. in the United States and Canada, he has spearheaded the Born Sétanta, he gained folklore fame when, it is said, he Executive’s international strategy. He was the first Northern successfully defended Ulster single-handedly against the Ireland diplomat to escort The First Minister and Deputy armies of Queen Maeve of Connacht in the famous tales of First Minister into the Oval Office to meet then President the Táin Bó Cúailnge or “Cattle Raid of Cooley”. George W. Bush. The Ireland-U.S. Council is the premier transatlantic business He has worked to bolster and promote economic, educational, organization with the dedicated mission of promoting and cultural and community links between Northern Ireland and improving the business bonds and commercial connections the United States. He has been heavily involved in building between Ireland and the United States. The organization was awareness and creating greater understanding of Northern founded in 1962 by a group of American and Irish business Ireland, especially in the 20 years since the signing of the leaders as a measure to build institutional form around a Good Friday Agreement. structure to encourage such closer economic relations.

A native of Larne in Northern Ireland, he has extensive The proximate reason for creating the Council was to assist in experience and has nourished contacts with senior political making preparations for the first-ever State Visit of a sitting figures, diplomats and business leaders. He has attended U.S. President to Ireland by President John F. Kennedy on three inaugurations, met with U.S. Presidents Clinton, Bush, those four memorable days from June 26-29 in 1963. The Obama and Trump - most recently he got a personal shout- aim was to leverage and maximize the positive outcomes out from President Trump at the 2018 St. Patrick’s celebrations that this historic occasion would generate. The Ireland-U.S. in the White House. He has facilitated meetings with President Council has been engaged in efforts to achieve this mission Obama, Vice President Biden and has strengthened the ever since. The organization, which is headquartered in the Bureau’s profile on Capitol Hill and within the larger United States, is an all-island organization with members diplomatic community. In June 2018, he was awarded an in Ireland from North and South. In the United States, the OBE by Her Majesty, the Queen of England. Council draws members from companies and institutions nationwide.

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he 2019 rendition of our always-popular, regularly-scheduled “He has spent virtually his entire legal career at O’Dwyer & annual St. Patrick’s Lunch event in New York City, staged Bernstien, a law firm founded by his late father, the legendary Tthe day before the Feast Day of Ireland’s patron saint, Paul O’Dwyer, where he serves as the firm’s senior partner. He brought a sold-out house that featured visitors from Ireland, great currently also serves as General Counsel of the U.S. Airline Pilots entertainment and a celebration by Council members and their Association, and represents pilots throughout the United States. guests of Irish heritage in America. The lunch event was sponsored by Aer Lingus, Tourism Ireland and CIE Tours International. Dr. MacCraith also said that Brian O’Dwyer “has been a consummate advocate for immigrants’ rights. He was a founder Guest Speaker at the lunch was Ireland’s Minister for Justice & of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, which is the largest Irish Equality Charlie Flanagan TD who brought Greetings from Ireland immigrant center in the United States. The center has helped many on the occasion and took the opportunity of his address to the thousands of Irish men and women as they emigrated to New gathering to update the current impasse on the decision by Britain York City. He is also chairman of a group which provides advocacy to exit the European Union which, as we all know, carries import- and services to New York’s growing Mexican community. As an ant implications for the island of Ireland. attorney he has concentrated on defending undocumented workers hurt in the course of their employment. Minister Flanagan is an elected Fine Gael TD in Dáil Éireann Jake Latchman and Marty Keating with Jim Normile. Lore Dodge and Ellen McCourt with Lise Moran. for the constituency of Laois in Ireland. He was appointed to the Concluding his remarks of introduction, he said “It is a fitting portfolio of Justice and Equality in the Cabinet of the Government tribute to his outstanding career that is characterized by such of Ireland in June 2017. He previously served as Minister for dedication to the community and to human and civil rights that the Foreign Affairs & Trade. Parade Committee have chosen such a great friend of Ireland in America to be our Grand Marshal.” Remarks were also delivered by Brian O’Dwyer, the Grand Marshal of the 258th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the City of New York in 2019. He was introduced at the podium by Brian McCraith, President of Dublin City University - Ireland’s fastest-growing 2020 St. Patrick’s Lunch university. The college has recorded better than 50% growth since 2011, has more than 17,000 students, and has added three Next year’s Ireland-U.S. Council’s St. Patrick’s campuses - DCU St. Patrick’s Campus, DCU All Hallows Campus, and DCU Alpha, the University’s Innovation Campus - in the North Lunch will be held on Monday, March 16, 2020 Dublin region since 2015. in New York. Plan on joining us at our usual venue - The Metropolitan Club! In his remarks introducing the Council’s Guest of Honor, Professor Brian MacCraith noted that Brian O’Dwyer is “a man who is rightly The Grand Marshal of the 258th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the City of Grand Marshal Brian O’Dwyer presented with a popular export from Mayo – a a popular and beloved figure in all of Irish-America. He is the New York, Brian O’Dwyer at the podium. Foxford blanket – by Peter Hynes, Mayo County Manager (left), Mayor of Grand Marshal for the 258th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the City of Mayo Councillor Michael Loftus and Eileen Hughes. New York and will proudly lead the largest civic parade on earth up Fifth Avenue.

“It is a particular pleasure to introduce him because he has devoted himself and given so unselfishly of his time to so many pro-bono causes. As an example close to home, we in Dublin City University benefit greatly from his insights, knowledge and experience because he kindly agreed to serve on our Board of Trustees.

Continuing, he said “He is a native New Yorker and was educated in the New York City public school system. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art, now known as LaGuardia High School. He is a graduate of George Washington University and of Middlebury College in Madrid. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University and his Masters in Law from The George Washington University. He was also awarded the Seen at the Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2019 St. Patrick’s Lunch in New York were Minister Charlie Flanagan (second right) with Aer Lingus colleagues Jeff Andrew O’Callaghan PwC Asset and Wealth Management Leader - Europe, degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Dublin City University. (from left) CIE Tours’ International’s Chief Executive and Council Board member, Wright, Helen Maguire and Bill Byrne. Middle East and Africa with Colette Cribbin PwC Partner New York and Council Elizabeth Crabill pictured with her predecessor, Council President Brian Stack and Treasurer Kieran Claffey of PwC in New York. his wife Anne-Marie and Jim Kelly, who also is a CIE Tours International alumnus.

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Entertainment was provided by The Choral Scholars ensemble of University Jim Doyle of Lambay Whiskey presented Michael Quinn from Waterford County Minister Charlie Flanagan delivering his remarks at the podium. College Dublin. Council lucky winner in the door-prize drawing of a bottle of their finest product.

Jeff and Michelle Cleary. Dublin City University’s Dr. Brian MacCraith and Pat Edmondson with the late Lt. Col. Peter Keenan, Minister Flanagan with the popular 2019 Parade Grand Mark Danis of American Airlines pictured with Tourism Ireland colleagues Gene McCarthy. Marshal Brian O’Dwyer and Captain John McCandless. Alison Metcalfe and Orla Carey.

William Flynn, Jr. with Anthony McNeill of Faithful & Gould and Council Vice Eugene Roddy, John Murray, Rhianna Quinn-Roddy with Council Board member President John Reilly of Squire Patton Boggs. Peter Hooper.

28 Council President-Emeritus Mike Gibbons with family and friends: Cynthia Gibbons, Ellen McCourt, Jenny Popp and Laura & Caroline Romero. 29 March 2019 St. Patrick’s Lunch in New York

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Jeff Wright, Aer Lingus; Council Board Member Michael Brewster; Helen An Aer Lingus replica of its Airbus aircraft sporting the airline’s new logo and Maguire of Aer Lingus and Kevin O’Sullivan of Times Square Construction. colors was presented to door-prize drawing winner Seamus Carroll of IDA Ireland by lunch sponsor Aer Lingus’ Bill Byrne.

30 Eugene Roddy, Rhianna Quinn-Roddy, Marty Cottingham, Councillor Daniel Butler Mayor of Limerick, Jim Kelly and Ireland-U.S. Council member 31 Pat Fitzgerald from Limerick City & County Council. Hats Off To This Year’s Ireland – U.S. Council Honorees

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Council’s 28th Winter Meeting is staged in Norman Houston, who is Northern Ireland’s top diplomat 2019 in Palm Beach, Florida in Washington DC delivered his final remarks to this annual luncheon meeting as he is scheduled to retire from his position in Washington DC later in 2019. He updated attendees on the he 2019 edition of the Council’s Winter Meeting series was held continuing failure of the power-sharing Government Executive in in Palm Beach, Florida from Wednesday, February 13 to Northern Ireland. This protracted political disagreement, he noted, Friday, February 15, 2019 and was sponsored by Aer Lingus T has resulted in a deadlock on the matter of the province’s shared and CIE Tours International. The Winter Meeting kicked off with governance. This has resulted in the management of Northern an opening-night dinner party on Wednesday, February 13 hosted Ireland from day-to-day now being devolved and is now, for the by Council Board Member Bill Finneran at his impressive ocean- most part, conducted by career civil servants. front Palm Beach home. Winter Meeting Co-Chair Bill Finneran discussed the topic of the Michael J. Gibbons President-Emeritus of the Council and successful sale of the Eileen and Brian Burns’ Irish Art Collection, Chairman of the 2019 Winter Meeting welcomed participants the largest privately-held sale of Irish art in the world which had and noted that this was the 28th successive year for the Council to been carried out at Sotheby’s in London two months previously. host a Winter Meeting in Palm Beach for Council members in the At the opening night dinner at the home of Bill Finneran in Palm Beach were Also at the opening night dinner were Mike McGrath, Lore Dodge, Sheila United States and in Ireland. Mr. Finneran introduced Arabella Bishop, who runs Sotheby’s Council Board Members Eddie Dowling of The Padded Wagon and Michael O’Malley with Council member Tom Quick. Brewster of Wells Fargo Advisors with Chelsea Handler. in Ireland and Charlie Minter from Sotheby’s London. In their As part of the 2019 Winter Meeting, on Friday February 16th, the presentation, they expertly described the sale’s highlights for the Council hosted a luncheon meeting at The Beach Club at which Ireland-U.S. Council luncheon audience. several speakers updated Council members and their guests with remarks on current topics affecting the relationships between As per usual practice, the 2019 Winter Meeting also featured Ireland and the United States. Attendees at the luncheon gathering Council support of the Ireland Funds’ Dinner in Palm Beach. And, heard from Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States Dan Mulhall time was found during the three-day event to stage the Council’s who sketched an interesting and informative update on the current usual golf day at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club which has become a state of Ireland-U.S. relations. He also spoke about the continuing steady, member-favorite during the Winter Meeting. crisis in Irish-British relations caused by the Brexit phenomenon – Britain’s exit from the European Union. He said it is clearly a situation with “no winners”. Join Us At The 2020 Winter Meeting in Palm Beach, Florida Ambassador Mulhall presented his credentials in the Oval Office to President Trump on September 8, 2017. Previously, he served as The Council’s 2020 Winter Meeting is scheduled to open in Ireland’s Ambassador in London, where he had been for four years. Palm Beach, Florida on the evening of Wednesday, February 12 and will run through Friday, February 14, 2020. Earlier postings include Germany, Malaysia and Belgium. At the Beach Club lunch event were Dore and Jim Normile with Marge Duffy. Council members Tom Quick and Gil Landy with Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States (center) Dan Mulhall.

All was ready for the 2019 Annual Ireland-U.S. Council Winter Meeting - our It’s always EZ to get there from New York. Up, up and away for the Council Bill Finneran was seen at the Opening Night dinner at his home via the CBS At the Friday lunch at The Beach Club were Marty Keating with Ireland’s 27th in a row. Winter Meeting. national television network – he was at the Villanova home game in Consul General for the Southeast United States, Atlanta-based Shane Stephens Pennsylvania - in the Finneran Pavilion there. and Jake Latchman.

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Winter Meeting Co-Chairman Mike Gibbons with Ireland-based Council Charlie Minter from Sotheby’s in London with Arabella Bishop, the chief The Golf Day part of the 2019 Winter Meeting was held under blue skies – the Winners alright: Eddie Dowling, Stefanie Beck and Connie O’Reilly. member Siobhán Byrne Learat. at Sotheby’s in Ireland with Council National Secretary Jim Adrian of team of Mike Stafford, Ed Burns, John Paxman and Frank McLoughlin. Adrian+Cassidy Associates.

Cynthia Gibbons was there with Jack McCarthy, Susan Anable and the Dore and Jim Normile. Ireland’s Consul for the Southeast U.S. Shane Stephens with Neve and Ed Cannon. hostess-with-the-mostest, Esther Murray.

Dr. James Doran with Dorothy Engels Gulden. Pat Donaghy, Jean Law and Michael Brewster. The great Tom Killarney with Sean Murrihy from Chicago (by way of Limerick) The Sunshine State in February is always nice. with Tim Iliff, Mayacoo Lakes Country Club member and Council Board Member Patrick J. Donaghy.

36 37 Please Join Us At the December Council’s 2019 Winter Meeting Member-Guest Reception in Dublin U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Edward F. Crawford To Be Guest Speaker

Please join us at our December Member-Guest Reception in Dublin on Thursday, December 12, 2019. The event will be held at The InterContinental Hotel when the newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Edward F. Crawford, will be the Guest Speaker. David O’Sullivan, the Council’s Executive Director in New York, said “We are looking forward to welcoming Ambassador Crawford and to having him engage with Council members and their guests in December in Dublin. He was nominated by President Trump to be the United States Ambassador to Ireland in October last year. He was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence in Washington DC following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate and presented his credentials to the President of Ireland on July 1, 2019.” Ambassador Crawford is a self-described serial business entrepreneur. While attending night school, he worked in sales at Inland Steel Company. Audrey Phelan of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Jay Connolly. Not that type of birdie – Mayacoo Lakes Country Club has interesting At The Beach Club lunch also were Jay Connolly with Toni and Bob Garrison In 1962, he dropped out of college to kick-start his own business. He residents. This egret kept an eye on the golfers. and Ed Callahan. launched Cleveland Steel Container, a company that produced steel pails, and grew his business from there. In 1992, he sold his company Kay Home Products, which he named after his mother Kay, to Park-Ohio Industries. As a result of the transaction, he became not only a major shareholder, but also chairman and CEO, of the corporation. At the time, Park-Ohio generated about $60 million in sales. Today the company is a major manufacturer of technology components with over $2 billion in revenue and employs more than 4,800 people in the US, China, Japan, India, Australia and Ireland. Ambassador Crawford has also been involved in several other companies. He served as CEO of Beech Technology Systems, which designs and manufactures tooling and pattern products for military, aeronautics, and commercial industries. He also served as a director at Hickok Inc., an electronic diagnostic tools and equipment manufacturer; Materion, a producer of high-performance advanced engineered materials; and Joy Global Conveyors, a manufacturer of conveyor systems. Ambassador Crawford’s parents were immigrants to the United States from Cork - his mother came from Boherbue. In 1948, his father, an electrician, together with his wife and two brothers wanted to move to California. Boston Boys: Council-member Brian Burns with Bob Morrissey. Pat Donaghy with Council President Brian Stack. Only on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach... During the move, they were traveling on Route 20 in Ohio when their car broke down. His mother found an apartment for the family in Cleveland

Heights and the family settled in Ohio. 2012_Member_Guest_invite:Layout 1 10/7/19 7:35 AM Page 1 He was appointed by President George W. Bush as a member of the USO World Board of Governors from 2007-2010. Ambassador Holiday Crawford has been honored for his entrepre- Season Member-Guest neurial and business achievements, including Reception Thur with the Northeast Ohio Business Hall of sday, December 12, 2019 6:00pm-8:00pm Fame Entrepreneurial Award; and the Small The Inte rcontinental Hotel Balls bridge, Dublin, Ireland Business Administration Man of the Year - (FORMERLY THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL) Ohio Award. He also has been recognized by Members Free several organizations for his philanthropy Guests €75 work and community service, including the Ronald McDonald House, the Mayo Society, Please bring along a Guest Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and or Two! Our Lady of the Wayside, among others. Ambassador Crawford attended John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio, SPONSORED BY: Jimmy Lynch with Greta Mulhall, Sharon Lynch and Jean Law. and served in the Army National Guard - 107th Armored Cavalry. He and his wife Book and Pay Online at Mary have one son, Matthew, who is married www.irelanduscouncil.com to Deborah, and three grandchildren, Colin, Catherine and Claire. 38 Seen at the Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2019 Winter Meeting lunch at The Beach Club were Esther Murray, Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley-Bagley, Council Board Member and Winter Meeting Co-Chair Bill Finneran and Cynthia Gibbons. Sacred Heart University congratulates this year’s honoree: Council’s 2019 Winter Meeting DENIS O’BRIEN, CHAIRMAN & FOUNDER OF DIGICEL

WHERE WILL YOUR HEART TAKE YOU?

• Students will experience Irish culture through educational experiences on SHU’s Dingle campus. John Duffy with Fionnuala Kenny. Enda Kenny and Guest Speaker John McLaughlin. • Using Dingle as the campus classroom, students live the Irish experience through hands-on seminars led by accomplished scholars and local experts.

• In addition to traditional semester-long programs in Dingle, SHU offers unique two-week sessions in January, May and early June with a variety of multidisciplinary courses for credit.

• The SHU in Dingle campus is shared by several American universities where students and faculty experience Ireland together. SHU shares its campus with Irish universities, and actively partners with several Dingle organizations.

• Programs include traditional Irish Studies topics in history, literature, language, music and religious studies and a variety of disciplines not usually associated with Irish Studies, including biology, ecology, nursing, health science, exercise science, tourism, marketing, economics, media and communications, criminal justice, social work and social sciences.

Fionnuala Kenny with Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Lore Dodge. Mike Gibbons with Guest Speaker Norman Houston of the Northern Ireland Bureau in Washington DC. THE JOHN MORIARTY INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY The mission of the Institute is to understand and consider the richness and wonder of the natural environment, and to promote a deeper reflection on human spirituality as an important and necessary element for a flourishing life of meaning and purpose. Situated at the SHU in Dingle campus, the Institute is a steward of Moriarty’s ideas, housing a collection of documents, texts, videos, and other resources, as well as offering excursions to significant places. In addition to courses for university credit, SHU in Dingle and the JMI have developed a wide variety of adult education programs and tours.

With questions, please visit johnmoriartyinstitute.org.

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The Blasket Islands are among the many sites visited by students while in Dingle. 40 Jimmy Lynch with Greta and Ambassador Dan Mulhall, Pat & Mary Donaghy with her mother and Sharon Lynch. John Reilly is proud to support the Ireland-U.S. Council and congratulates this year’s honorees, Denis O'Brien and Norman Houston.

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35th Annual Student Work Experience “Through these Work Experience Scholarships”, Mr. Stack Scholarship Awards for 2019 Presented added “we hope to highlight the excellent educational • Conor McKeon is a native of Galway • Lauryn Hollywood is from infrastructure that has been developed throughout the island and is a student at NUI Galway where Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern In New York of Ireland. This year, colleges in Ireland - north and south, are he is pursuing a Bachelor of Science Ireland and is enrolled at Queen’s represented in the program, while students from throughout degree in Chemistry. He has been University Belfast studying for a Bachelor The 2019 Ireland-U.S. Council’s program of Student Work the island of Ireland will participate.” nominated to work with Pfizer in New of Science degree in Finance having Experience Scholarships was celebrated this year at the regularly- York City. finished her final year of the four- scheduled annual scholarship awards luncheon held in the The Ireland-U.S. Council is the premier transatlantic business year degree course. This year Lauryn beautiful surroundings of the Library Room at The Metropolitan organization that encourages and promotes business between returned for a year-long appointment Club in New York City on Thursday, June 13, 2019. Ireland and the United States. It was established in 1962 by to work at Prudential Financial in American and Irish business leaders in preparation for the visit Jersey City. Council President Brian W. Stack, in announcing details of this of President John F. Kennedy to Ireland the following year - in year’s scholarship awards, remarked “This is the 35th year in the Spring of 1963. It is a thriving organization that brings which the Council has operated this successful and much- together top-level business professionals that conduct business admired Scholarship Awards program. We in the Council are in Ireland and in the United States. proud of the role that this program has played over the years as part of the organization’s broader mission to build closer Commenting on the Council’s beginnings, Mr. Stack said business and economic links between the United States and “The Council’s founding was designed as an initiative to build Ireland – north and south. I am delighted to announce details institutional form around a structure to improve business, of the recipients of the Council’s Student Work Experience economic and commercial relations between the two countries. • Dylan Willis, who lives in • Séan McMahon is a native of Scholarships for this year.” In the 57 years of our existence, we believe we have been Clonskeagh in Dublin, is studying Dundalk, County Louth and is studying successful in this mission.” for a Bachelor of Science degree in for a Bachelor of Science in President Stack added “Our 2019 student scholars traveled Financial Mathematics at University Environmental Biology with Statistics College Dublin. His work assignment and Data Analytics at University to the United States to work temporarily in American corpo- This year, the Council was delighted to again partner on this was at Prudential Financial in College Dublin. He worked in New rations. Throughout the 35 years of operating this program program with Fordham University for those Council Scholars Jersey City. York City at offices ofFirst Data many changes have occurred both in the economic structures based in New York City”, Mr. Stack also noted. “These Council Corporation now FiServ. in Ireland and in the U.S. In addition, American laws governing scholars are accommodated in the McMahon Residence Halls of workplace visa requirements have been altered considerably. the Lincoln Center campus of the college during their time staying in Manhattan. We thank Council member Dr. John Kezel, Dean “In response to these various changed circumstances the of Students at Fordham University, for his enthusiastic and Ireland-U.S. Council has pivoted in important ways in managing always-generous support of this Council program.” this worthwhile program. One big adjustment was to seek un- dergraduates in universities in Ireland, north and south, Students selected by their colleges as the Council’s 2019 who possessed green cards (work permits) or U.S. citizenship. It participating scholars are profiled on the facing page: was clear that the visa requirements over time had incrementally become too burdensome on participating companies. We also decided to open the program to longer-term internship placements • Brian McPartland who is from from • Ross Archibald is a native of in the workplace – rather than the purely Summer-long Doon, County Limerick is studying for Ballymoney, County Antrim. He is placements as had been the rule previously. The success of these a Bachelor of Business Studies degree attending Ulster University pursuing realignment efforts is reflected in the roster of successful at the University of Limerick. He his Bachelor of Science with Honors in Ireland-U.S. Council Student Scholar candidates this year.” will work in New York City at offices Business Studies with Computing. He of Mutual of America in Midtown traveled to Morristown, New Jersey In 2019, students from throughout the island of Ireland have Manhattan. where he was working in the offices of participated. This is a selective program that introduces talented CIE Tours International. students to the business world in the United States. Each scholar represents his/her University College during the time spent here. The program provides a valuable opportunity for learning, acquiring business-related skillsets and networking while working in a fast-paced corporate environment.

Pfizer’s Carmel Keane with Council member and former Pfizer bigwig MacDara Lynch with Hannah Young.

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Ruth Croke with Council National Secretary Jim Adrian and Rhianna Council-member Dan McCarron of Capital Counsel with David O’Sullivan, Sr. Seen at the presentations event were (from left): Ireland’s Deputy Consul Gen- Quinn-Roddy. Mary Turley of Flax Trust, and Mutual of America’s Anita Walker. eral in New York Dermot Fitzpatrick; 2019 Ireland-U.S. Council Scholar Conor McKeon and Carmel Keane of Pfizer.

Dermot Fitzpatrick, Deputy Consul-General of Ireland with 2019 Council Scholar Sophie Colgan with Anna Hutton of CIE Tours International. The bags, the framed citations and the envelopes with the money (each The always-elegant pair of Marty Keating and Jake Latchman. Seán McMahon and Dr. Rebecca Murphy of First Data Corporation now FiServ. scholar received $2,000) were enticingly awaiting their new owners in the Library at The Metropolitan Club.

Naomi King of Queen’s University Belfast with David O’Sullivan. Paddy McCarthy, Peter Hooper and Jeff Cleary. The Mutual of America team at the event were Michael Conway, Vincent CIE Tours International participated in our 2019 Scholarships program: Kolinsky, Anita Walker with 2019 Student Scholar Brian McPartland holding (from left) Lea Nielsen, Ross Archibald, Anna Hutton with the Ireland-U.S. framed citation, Brittany Kiernan and William Roden. Council’s Annalise Stack.

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Our 2019 Student Scholars recount their experiences

Lauryn Hollywood Queen’s University Belfast Brian McPartland University of Limerick

Prudential Financial Mutual of America I am delighted and absolutely honored to return I’d like to say a massive Thank You to to New York this summer as the first two-time all in The Ireland-U.S. Council. You have recipient of the Ireland-U.S. Council Work helped me to have the summer of a Experience Scholarship Award. I am completely lifetime! Living and working in New York indebted to the Ireland-U.S. Council for City at the tender age of 21 is an amazing facilitating this incredible experience and experience which I will never forget. helping me to maintain the valuable links that allowed me to return as a Council scholar for I had a fantastic time at Mutual of a second year. This June, I embarked on a America where I got a great insight into a corporate 12-month placement with Prudential Financial, Newark, NJ, as an Prudential Financial sponsored two of our 2019 Scholars: (from Left) environment with a busy New York-based firm. They run Brett Acker, Dylan Willis, John Godevas, Lauryn Hollywood and JoAnne Marfia. Operational Risk Management Intern in the Chief Investment Office. Thanks to the Council and their continued support throughout the an impressive intern program which includes training and year, I was able to organize an extended internship to comply with development which I’m sure will stand to me in my future the compulsory Industrial Placement year I’m required to complete career progression. as part of my degree. I can’t thank the Council and its members enough for their endless help at all times, without them this I really loved staying in the Fordham University dorms. I incredible Placement would be impossible. doubt I’ll ever live as close to Central Park again! I made lifelong friends with the other scholars who I am so lucky Staying in Fordham Lincoln Center Dorms (twice) is something I’ll to have been acquainted with. This is an outstanding never forget. I’ve made friendships both this year and last that I’ll program run by The Ireland-U.S. Council and I am eternally cherish forever. This Summer I joined Liberty Gaels Camogie team grateful for being given the opportunity to be part of it. and we won the New York County League. This is another fantastic Irish network that makes New York feel a lot more like home and a I was delighted to meet everyone from the Council at the great way to settle into the city. Presentation Awards lunch at the beautiful Metropolitan Club which was a memorable occasion. I wish you all the Already, this placement has been a totally unparalleled experience both very best, I hope we can stay in touch and hopefully cross inside and outside of work. I was privileged to return and eager to take paths again in the future. advantage of everything Prudential and New York City has to offer. Go n-éirí an bóthar libh a chairde. It’s a beautiful room - the lunch venue was the Library at our long-time Mutual of America: Brian McPartland with Anita Walker. It was a privilege to participate in such an incredible opportunity. home ground - The Metropolitan Club. I experienced real work in America’s financial sector, giving me a first-rate insight into my field of study. Also, the Ireland- U.S. Council Student Work Experience Scholarship program gave me the chance to venture out on my own. I was immersed into a hugely different culture both inside and outside of work. I got to interact with people from all around the world and had to be responsible for myself – 3,000 miles away from home. Thank you again for everything. I really appreciate all the work you did for us. Staying in Fordham was amazing! What a fantastic location and what lovely people. Thank you for looking out for us the whole time and accepting us all in the first place. I’ll be back in no time I’m sure, I had the most fantastic summer.

The Council’s 2019 Student Work Experience Scholarships awards luncheon was held at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, June 13. Seen at the 48 presentations event were (from left): 2019 Ireland-U.S. Council Scholars Brian McPartland; Sean McMahon; Ireland’s Deputy Consul General in New York Dermot Fitzpatrick; 49 Ross Archibald; Council National Secretary, Jim Adrian; Dylan Willis; Conor McKeon; Lauryn Hollywood and Council Scholarships Program Director, Annalise Stack. 2019 Student Scholarships

Seán McMahon Dylan Willis Conor McKeon Ross Archibald University College Dublin University College Dublin NUI Galway University of Ulster Prudential First Data Corporation (FiServ) Pfizer CIE Tours International I would like to thank the Ireland-U.S. My experience on the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Participating in the Ireland-U.S. Council One of the key experiences that was

Council for giving me the once-in-a- Student Work Experience Scholarship this Work Experience Scholarship Programme recommended to me during my studies as

lifetime opportunity to live and work in past summer was one of the best experiences with Pfizer this past summer has been an undergraduate; was an internship. When I

Manhattan through the Student Work of my life. It allowed me to venture out on a truly wonderful experience for me. discovered the opportunity to apply for

Experience programme. I have gained so my own for the first time and experience an internship in the United States with I cannot express enough thanks to the much from the experience that it is hard a completely different country and culture Council and especially Annalise for all the largest tour operator into Ireland, CIE to even list. From real world industry than I am normally used to. Tours International, I decided to give it a the work that goes in to maintaining this experience, to countless networking program year after year. try and go for it. opportunities, to simply learning how to look after myself I don’t mind admitting that I was nervous before I traveled in a foreign and busy metropolitan environment, the out to America as I didn’t know anyone and didn’t really It was surreal to arrive at the Fordham-Lincoln Center dorms It was a huge bonus that the position with CIE Tours also know what to expect. The Ireland-U.S. Council was extremely qualified me for the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Student Work Ireland-U.S. Council has provided me with so much in the and meet the other scholars who have since become close generous in offering help and support, and this definitely Experience Scholarship program which I learned had been short span of three months. friends from our evenings and weekends spent exploring the helped to settle any early nerves. Once I met my fellow streets and avenues of New York city. operated successfully for the past 35 years. I was fortunate enough to intern at First Data while they scholars however, we instantly clicked, and I knew I’d love To say I have learned a lot from this internship year would completed one of the largest mergers of the year with the experience. I am extremely grateful to have been blessed From the moment I arrived at Pfizer for my first ever be an understatement! I have gained a new sense of Fiserv, resulting in the combination of two Fortune 500 with the opportunity to work in the New York business internship I felt like a part of the company and the professionalism, with an understanding of what it means to companies. This was an incredible learning experience environment, and I believe that this experience will stand colleagues and mentors I’ve gotten to know in the time be in the professional business world. There was opportunity for me that few are ever able to gain, let alone an intern me in great stead immensely in the future. I worked there have made me certain of my future in the to continuously acquire new skills. A highlight for me was heading back to university the next month! My co-workers pharmaceutical industry. Prudential Financial is an amazing company to work in and shadowing colleagues to gain insight into various departments at the company were all very helpful and understanding, and roles within the organization. and I feel proud to be the first Scholarship Student to have a fantastic company culture. I learned so much from It was a privilege to be invited to the Ireland-U.S. Council’s luncheon and golf events, and get to know the ladies and work with the company. I hope that I have set some sort my time as an intern there. My time there will be invaluable I made a valuablenew network of contacts and developed of impression that will lead to the company continuing to in helping me to forge my own career path in the future gentlemen whose support made this Summer possible. The personally. Another big bonus was being assigned to a partake in this incredible and long-running programme! after graduation. Everyone in the company was so helpful culture of community and giving back was something that permanent position after my internship. My advice to and encouraging in getting me involved in their work and really stood out about the Ireland-U.S. Council and I hope I anyone contemplating an internship is to take the

I would finally like to thank those who are members of, offering advice whenever I asked. will be fortunate enough to eventually return the f avor and opportunity and go for it. and support, the Ireland-U.S. Council. It is through your support the program in the future for the scholars that will membership, sponsorship, and attendance at Council- As well as the amazing work experience, living at the come after me. I am grateful to the Ireland-U.S. Council for being able to sponsored events, that I was able to have this life- Fordham University Lincoln Center campus was a unique and participate in their scholarship program. The framed citation changing experience. I will always be grateful, and I look once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We couldn’t have wished for that came with the honor will be forever prized by me. forward to being able to help students like me, by being a a better location and are all eternally grateful for the support member of the Ireland-U.S. council in the future. of the Ireland-U.S. Council. The dorms are an incredible place to live, and we all had a truly remarkable time there.

I’d like to thank you all for providing me with such a fabulous experience this summer. I had an amazing time and made lifelong friends and would love to return to New York in the future.

50 2019 Spring Corporate Lunch in Belfast

Council’s 2019 Spring Corporate Lunch in presentation on the current political climate in the United bachelor’s degree in English from the State University of New Belfast featured Double Bill of Guest Speakers: States. Steve Harper of Invest Northern Ireland, a luncheon York at Buffalo. His first jobs in journalism were for the Buffalo sponsor, introduced the U.S. Consul-General in Belfast News and USA Today. He joined The Wall Street Journal in 1994 Jason Riley of American Enterprise Institute and Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau. Invest Northern Ireland has a as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. In April Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member, and Dr. strong presence in the United States, is a long-time member of 1996, he was named to the newly created position of editorial Peter Fitzgerald, Founder & CEO, Randox Laboratories the Ireland-U.S. Council and has been a prominent supporter interactive editor, and joined the editorial board in 2005. at many of our events in the United States over the years. The 2019 Spring Corporate Lunch of the Ireland-U.S. Council She continued, “He is the author of Let Them In: The Case for was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the magnificent home of Mr. Riley was introduced to the podium by the Consul General Open Borders (2008), which argues for a more free- market- the Belfast Harbour Commissioners. The event was staged April for the United States in Belfast, Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau oriented U.S. immigration policy; and Please Stop Helping 12 and Council members from throughout Ireland traveled to who assumed her duties in September 2018. The U.S. Consulate Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed (2014), the Northern capital to hear an engaging and blockbuster General in Belfast has an interesting history. It was established which discusses the track record of government efforts to help double-bill of guest speakers. on May 27, 1796 by the first American President George the black underclass. His most recent book, False Black Power? Washington, and is the second-oldest, continuously-operating (2017), is an assessment of why black political success has not The Ireland-U.S. Council is grateful to Joe O’Neill, Chief U.S. Consulate in the world. Ms. Trudeau’s most recent translated into more economic success.” Executive and to Dr. David Dobbin CBE, Chairman of the assignment was Lahore, Pakistan, where she served as the U.S. Belfast Harbour Commissioners for their generous support in Consul General. Prior to her role in Pakistan, she served as the hosting of this event. Department of State’s Director for Press Operations and as a Department spokesperson in Washington, D.C. She has also Other sponsors of the event were Aer Lingus, Invest Northern served previously in other roles in Brussels, South Africa, Tunisia Ireland and the law firm of A&L Goodbody. The lunch was also and Kenya. sponsored by Dalradian Gold which is investing $1 billion in a modern, underground gold mine in Northern Ireland – at Consul-General Trudeau introduced Jason Riley as “a Curraghinalt in the Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone. It will distinguished American journalist, political commentator and be designed, built and operated using the latest technology and author who is a member of the editorial board of America’s in accordance with global best practices and the most stringent largest newspaper, the Wall Street Journal. He is a senior regulatory standards. It will be a source of investment and op- fellow at The Manhattan Institute and frequently appears as a portunity for Northern Ireland, with one of the most promising commentator on American television on Fox News Channel and undeveloped gold deposits in the world. on other U.S. t.v. commentary programs on major networks such as ABC Television and C-SPAN. Traveling from New York to address the Ireland-U.S. Council gathering was Jason Riley who served up a very interesting “He is a native of Buffalo, in upstate New York, he earned a Flying Mayo’s colors at the Spring Corporate Lunch in Belfast were Catherine Guest Speaker Jason Riley at the podium. McConnell and Martina Hughes both of Mayo County Council.

Michael Robinson, Port Director, Belfast Harbour and Dr. David Dobbin CBE, It was good for the Ireland-U.S. Council to be back in Belfast. Chairman, Belfast Harbour Commissioners.

52 Dr. Michael Somers, Guest Speakers Dr. Peter Fitzgerald and Jason Riley with U.S. Consul General in Belfast Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau and Joe O’Neill, Chief 53 Executive of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners. 2019 Spring Corporate Lunch in Belfast

Dr. Michael Somers with Council member Anthony McNeill of Faithful & Gould. Gordon Milligan, Institute of Directors Northern Ireland with Leigh Meyer of Brian Kelly of Dalradian Gold was a sponsor of the event. U.S. Consul General in Belfast Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau at the podium. Citibank and Ciaran McCreanor Dalradian Gold who was a sponsor of the lunch.

Richard Williams, NI Screen, Jay Roewe (HBO), Elizabeth Roewe and Dr. David Joe O’Neill, Chief Executive of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners welcomed Dr. Peter Fitzgerald of Randox Laboratories. Attending from Dublin was Council Board Member Michael Greene of the law Dobbin CBE Chairman of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners Ireland-U.S. Council members and guests. firm of A&L Goodbody.

Dr. Michael Somers with U.S. Consul General in Belfast Elizabeth Kennedy Jason Riley with Naomi Shaefer Riley and Richard Bullick. Invest Northern Ireland was a Sponsor: Steve Harper, Executive Director Padraic Jordan of Charles Tennant & Co. with Dr. Michael J. Somers and Dr. Trudeau and Jason Riley. International Business, Invest Northern Ireland was a speaker at the event. Robert Peden of Charles Tennant & Co. (Northern Ireland).

54 55 Sketch Portraits by Belfast Artist During the Council’s Spring Lunch in Belfast We in the Ireland-U.S. Council have always liked to support the arts. Tom Goodwin and McCarter & English, LLP A fun and innovative way we did this in the past year was to hire Brian John Spencer, a talented local sketch artist who completed are proud to support sketches of some of our guests and speakers at the lunch. Brian is an artist and writer in Belfast. In Ireland’s warmer The Ireland - U.S. Council months Brian spends time at his studio in Bushmills. At other times in the year when not in Belfast he visits Brooklyn in New 56th Annual Dinner York to make art and get inspired by the Big Apple. This is a at its neat idea for parties, weddings or special occasions. You can contact him at [email protected] (no typo!) or phone at 0044 7445173750. and join in congratulating Brian Spencer - at work at his table in the Belfast Harbour Commissioners’ office boardroom. Denis O'Brien and Norman Houston

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2019 Gala MidSummer Dinner in Dublin Castle Gay Byrne began his career in broadcasting on radio in 1958. diagnostics, and nutrition products. Its annual revenues are Honors Abbott – a Long-time American In his television career, he hosted the The Late Late Show, a $30 billion and the company is valued on the stock market Investor in Ireland weekly television event that was the most popular broadcast at $130 billion. Because of the vision, leadership and on television in Ireland for 37 years spanning 1962 until generosity displayed by Conor Murphy and his colleagues Legendary Broadcaster Gay Byrne Receives 1999. It was the world’s second longest-running chat show. at Abbott, the bonds between America and Ireland continue Lifetime Achievement Award Award for Prior to that he had spent some time working in Britain with to be immeasurably enhanced. Outstanding Portraiture also featured Granada Television during which he was the first person to introduce The Beatles on the small screen. From 1973 until Abbott is one of Ireland’s leading healthcare company The last Friday night in June has become the traditional 1998, he presented a highly-popular weekday morning radio employers, with almost 4,000 people. The company date for the Ireland-U.S. Council’s MidSummer Gala Dinner broadcast. The Irish Times newspaper described him as operates eight manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, which this year was held on Friday, June 28, 2019. The Guest “unquestionably the most influential radio and television Cootehill, Cork, Donegal, Longford and Sligo. It also has of Honor was the President of Ireland, Uachtarán Michael D. man in the history of the Irish State”. commercial operations in Dublin and shared services in Higgins who presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to the Dublin and Westport. veteran and beloved broadcaster in Ireland Gay Byrne which Throughout his career, his broadcasting platforms were was accepted on his behalf by his wife Kathleen Watkins. used by him to connect his audiences with American artists, The evening also featured remarks from the departing Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: Accepting the award on behalf of writers, political figures, business people and so many others Chargé d’Affaires and acting Ambassador at the United Gay Byrne at the Council’s Midsummer Gala Dinner in Dublin Castle were his daughter Suzy O’Byrne and his wife Kathleen Watkins. The Council’s TransAtlantic Business Award was another – reflecting the strong cultural bonds between the United States Embassy in Dublin, Reece Smyth. In remarks highlight of the evening and was presented to Conor Murphy States and Ireland. Throughout his career he hosted several introducing him, Roddy Feely, the Council’s Executive of Abbott Laboratories. The Council’s members and directors broadcasts from the United States. Director in Ireland said “I have a very happy task tonight were delighted that both these awards were going to such which is caused by a sad event – sad at least for us in Ireland outstanding and worthy recipients. In presenting the Council’s TransAtlantic Business Award generally and, more narrowly, for us in the Ireland-U.S. it was noted that the significant investments in Ireland that Council family. We always feel a tinge of regret when we say In making its Lifetime Achievement Award the Ireland-U.S. have been made by Abbott Laboratories in Ireland over farewell to a good guy. And for sure, Reece Smyth is one of Council noted that the Council’s members and directors wished several decades has represented a major contribution to the good guys. He has been the Chargé d’Affaires and acting formally to recognize the substantial contributions made by Gay building the business bonds and commercial connections Ambassador at the United States Embassy in Dublin for the Byrne to building connections between Ireland and the United between America and the Emerald Isle. past three years. States in his highly-successful broadcasting career. Through an enduring professional commitment to excellence he enhanced Abbott Laboratories is an American health care company He continued “In the framed citation we present him tonight dialogue and understanding between the two countries in with headquarters in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The company was we note that he “has earned the enduring gratitude and politics, the arts, civic discourse and the humanities. Because founded by Chicago physician Wallace Abbott in 1888 to admiration of the Ireland-U.S. Council for his sustained of his vision, leadership and generosity, the bonds between formulate known drugs. Today, Abbott has a broad range and energetic efforts to successfully enhance and deepen America and Ireland have been immeasurably enhanced. of branded generic pharmaceuticals, medical devices, relations between America and the Emerald Isle during Roddy Feely making a presentation of a Citation of Appreciation to Reece Smyth, Chargé d’Affaires and Acting Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin.

Aer Lingus was the sponsor for the evening. Seen at Dublin Castle were (from Dr Michael Somers; Sabina Higgins; Kathleen Watkins; President Michael D. left) Alan Molloy, Colette Murphy, Eilis Gallagher, Leah Stephenson, Suzanne Higgins; Suzy O’Byrne and Ronan O’Byrne. Carpenter and Sarah Lee-Fabi.

60 Prudential Financial is the principal sponsor of our Award for Outstanding Portraiture. Seen at the presentation of the award at Dublin Castle to the winning 61 artist (from left) Brigid Mulcahy of the Irish Arts Review; David Roche from Prudential Financial (Pramerica); Council President Dr. Michael Somers and the artist Gareth Reid. 2019 Gala MidSummer Dinner in Dublin Castle

his service in Dublin. His always-professional attitude and clinical attention to detail went above and beyond the high standards set by illustrious predecessors.

“His tenure in Ireland was marked by uniquely-challenging developments in international affairs affecting relations between America and Europe which he navigated with skill and aplomb as they impinged in important ways on his mission here in Ireland. While we are sorry to see him move on from here we know he is pursuing goals that are dear to him. We hope that he enjoys his time on sabbatical in Stanford University in Northern California – surely one of the nicest places in the world if you can’t be in Ireland. We wish him God Speed and we thank him for his many kindnesses during his time here.” Martin and Carmel Naughton were there. Fiona Naughton, Donogh Lysaght with Nuala Naughton. Edward and Trish Johnston with Edelle and Ronan Mellett.

During the evening, the Award for Outstanding Portraiture, sponsored by the Ireland-U.S. Council, in conjunction with The Irish Arts Review and the Royal Hibernian Academy was presented to Belfast artist Gareth Reid. This Award is an important part of the Council’s program to support the arts and arts education in Ireland.

The evening also included an excellent music recital by rising young stars from the Royal Irish Academy of Music introduced by the Academy’s Deborah Kelleher who updated the audience on Academy activities and priorities. The Royal Irish Academy’s Chamber Music Ensemble featured outstanding young performers who dazzled the audience with their skillful and exciting recital.

Lorraine Higgins and Rose O’Donovan. Council Board Member Martiena Milton with Richard Holfeld. Abbott Laboratories’ Conor Murphy at the podium.

Photographed at Dublin Castle were Marina Giblin and Martina O’Sullivan. Pat Edmondson of Dublin City University.

62 TransAtlantic Business Award in the Throne Room of Dublin Castle (from left) Daragh Fallon; Paul Hennessy; Deirdre Mullins; Honoree Conor Murphy of Abbott 63 Ireland; Reece Smyth, Chargé d’Affaires and Acting Ambassador U.S. Embassy Dublin; Declan Woods and Dan Evans. 2019 Gala MidSummer Dinner in Dublin Castle

Aidan Smyth with Anne-Marie Crowley and Aidan Prendergast. Kathryn White with Meaghan Fitzpatrick. Maura and Martin Walsh. A sponsor of the evening’s proceedings – Aer Lingus’ Donal Moriarty addressed the Dublin Castle dinner.

Conor Murphy of Abbott Laboratories accepting the Council’s TransAtlantic Declan and Caroline McAree enjoyed the occasion. Ireland-U.S. Council Board Member Dr. Catherine Hallahan with Tom O’Sullivan. Brendan and Mary Buckley. Business Award with Dr. Michael Somers and Donal Moriarty of Aer Lingus.

Carmel Naughton with Suzy O’Byrne, Kathleen Watkins and Martin Naughton. Michael Mulcahy and Veronica Gates. Ed Murphy with Tom Banville and John Doherty. Jack and Xenia Brabazon, The Earl and Countess of Meath.

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Dr. Tomas McDonagh with Dr. Esperanza Duran. Dr. Mona McGarry with Roddy Feely and Anne Doyle. Dave and Michelle Walsh. Dalradian Gold’s Ciaran McCreanor with Donna Gallagher.

Kilkenny County Council colleagues Sean McKeown and Mary Mulholland. Anne Doyle with Michael Ronayne.

Pictured at the MidSummer Gala Dinner in Dublin Castle were (Back Row) Andrew Tolan; Tara Collins; Ailbhe Mullen; Mary Anderson; Róisín Fitzpatrick; Siobhán Byrne-Learat; Aidan Prendergast and Henry Anderson. (Seated) Dr. Laurence Crowley with Roddy Feely.

66 Pictured in front of the portrait of Charles, the Marquess Cornwallis, were: Peter Anderson, Sarah Hartnett, Deirdre O’Connor with AerCap’s Phillip Scruggs. 67 Award for Outstanding Portraiture

The Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2018 al competition and prize, now in its 14th year, has been an Award For Outstanding Portraiture important career marker where many of today’s successful The Ireland-U.S. Council’s believe is a quarterly print and online publication that Presented to Artist Gareth Reid portrait painters in Ireland and elsewhere received their initial is of the very highest professional quality. In our view, support and encouragement. It is a tradition that we are support of the arts and arts its design, editing and presentation achieve excellence delighted to sustain with the Irish Arts Review on the in every way. This is one of the key reasons we partner prestigious platform of the Royal Hibernian Academy’s education Ireland in with the Review. Annual Exhibition“. collaboration with As part of our joint programs, every Ireland-U.S. Council The Irish Arts Review member in the United States and in Ireland receives a copy The Award program is undertaken with generous financial of this excellent publication. We frequently receive regular Belfast artist Gareth Reid is the winner of this year’s Award for sponsorship from Council-member firm, Prudential Financial, The Ireland-U.S. Council is a transatlantic business and favorable comments from our national membership, Outstanding Portraiture, sponsored by the Ireland-U.S. Council a U.S.-based life insurance company which is not affiliated organization whose principal function is to build business throughout the United States on the high marks they give in conjunction with the Irish Arts Review and in association with Prudential plc, a company incorporated in the United between Ireland and the United States. Established to the magazine and its contents. We are proud partners with the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). The Award is Kingdom. The Irish Arts Review, the quarterly publication in 1962 by American and Irish business leaders with with the Irish Arts Review in bringing the news of the presented in Ireland to an artist whose submission is judged devoted to Irish culture, art and design throughout the this aim, the organization’s founding was designed as a exciting things that are happening in the visual arts and to be of outstanding merit. The Award is an important part of ages, manages the judging process and is chaired by Brigid measure to build institutional form around a structure arts education in Ireland. the Council’s program to support the arts and arts education Mulcahy, publisher of the Irish Arts Review. to improve business, economic and commercial in Ireland. connections between the two countries. The Royal Hibernian Academy is an all-island institution that A key component of the Council’s many The winning painting is a portrait entitled Girl in a Red Room is celebrating its 189th Anniversary. A television program is activities is to encourage support for the and was chosen from all exhibits at the RHA’s 189th Annual being made around this year’s RHA Annual Exhibition to be arts and arts education in Ireland and in the Exhibition, opening in Dublin today. At the prize-giving broadcast on Ireland’s national TV network, RTÉ. transatlantic context of relations between ceremony at the RHA on May 19, Mr. Reid was presented America and Ireland. The principal platform with the Ireland-U.S. Council’s €5,000 award bursary. As part of the sponsorship program associated with the of the Ireland-U.S. Council’s engagement Award, every Council member in the United States and in in this area has been a long-standing and Born in Belfast, Gareth Reid studied at the University of Ireland receives a copy of Ireland’s premier visual arts and highly-successful collaboration with the Ulster, the Glasgow School of Art and the Florence Academy of heritage quarterly journal, 35 years in publication, the Irish Irish Arts Review. For over a dozen years, Art in Italy. He now lives and works in Glasgow. He has shown Arts Review. Other benefits for Council members include a the Irish Arts Review has participated in a on five occasions at the BP Portrait Award in the National program of discounts available through the Irish Arts Review variety of programs designed to broaden Portrait Gallery in London. In 2007, he won the BP Travel to many arts events in Ireland. Also included are calendars support for the visual arts in Ireland. These Award. Having travelled to Finland, he gave talks on his work in of upcoming arts activities throughout the year plus online activities have occurred in various locations the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh and the National information on prices of Irish art and results of auction sales. including in Dublin, New York, Belfast and Portrait Gallery, London which has also published his work. Palm Beach, Florida. One practical manifestation of this joint In 2017, Reid was selected as the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the program work together is the Ireland-U.S. Year which resulted in a commission of the BBC TV presenter Council’s much-admired Annual Award Graham Norton, now hanging in the Portrait Collection of the for Outstanding Portraiture, which is National Gallery of Ireland. Previous commissions include: sponsored in conjunction with The Irish Retiral portraits of Sir George Mathewson and Stephen Arts Review with support from the Royal Hester for RBS, Lord Gill and Billy Connolly. His work is held Hibernian Academy and important in the collections of RBS, Ralph Lauren, the Old Bailey and financial support from the U.S.-based life the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. insurance company Prudential Financial. This award, now going into its 14th year, He has been a tutor of portraiture and life drawing at Glasgow is presented in Ireland to an artist whose School of Art and currently at Strathclyde University. He also work is judged to be of outstanding merit. conducts drawing classes in Glasgow. Several solo exhibitions The Award forms an important part of the Council’s program to support the arts and of his work in the past 20 years have been staged in Dublin, arts education in Ireland. We, in the Ireland Belfast and Glasgow. -U.S. Council are proud of our collabora- Sabina Higgins and President Michael D. Higgins with the Ireland-U.S. Council’s tions with the Irish Arts Review, which we In remarks with the announcement of the winning portrait 2019 Portraitist of the Year Gareth Reid standing beside the winning portrait 2019 Winning Portrait – Girl in a Red Room work, Council President Mr. Brian W. Stack noted “This annu- titled Girl in a Red Room.

68 69 56th Annual Dinner in New York Honors Brent Saunders

57th Annual Dinner in New York Celebrates sold to Valeant) to the top job at Forest Laboratories (until it led its compliance business advisory services group. He was a Ireland’s Unique Position In World Commerce was sold to Actavis) to the leadership of Actavis, until it bought senior executive of Schering-Plough from 2003 to 2010 rising to as Allergan’s CEO is Honored Allergan in a $66 billion deal in 2014 and assumed its name. It become its President of Global Consumer Health Care. He led is a bold, global pharmaceutical company with annual sales of the integration task when Schering-Plough merged with Merck $16 billion. Allergan focuses on developing, manufacturing and & Co. From 2010 to February 2013, he was President of Bausch & reland’s unique position in world commerce was commercializing branded pharmaceuticals, devices and biologic Lomb. Later, he was an advisor to Valeant Pharmaceuticals and celebrated at the Ireland-U.S. Council’s 56th Annual products for patients around the world. was in the top job at Forest Laboratories from late 2013 thru 2014. IDinner when the Council’s 2018 Award for Outstanding Achievement was presented to Brenton L. Saunders, Chairman, With commercial operations in approximately 100 countries, A native of Arizona he is a graduate of the University of President & CEO, Allergan plc, the Dublin-headquartered Allergan employs 18,000 people and is committed to working Pittsburgh and earned an MBA and a JD from Temple global pharmaceutical company with annual sales of $16 with physicians, healthcare providers and patients to deliver University Beasley School of Law in 1996. He is a Board billion and a leader in a new industry model – Growth Pharma. innovative and meaningful treatments that help people around Member of the Overlook Hospital Foundation and has been a The event was held at the usual venue of the Metropolitan the globe. Allergan markets a portfolio of leading brands and Member of Upstate New York Regional Advisory Board at The Club in New York City on Thursday, November 8, 2018. best-in-class products for the central nervous system, eye care, Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 2010. medical aesthetics and dermatology, gastroenterology, women’s The award was presented to mark his notable and important health, urology and anti-infective therapeutic categories. Mr. Stack concluded by noting “Because of the company’s long achievements in building bonds between America and Ireland. history of operating in Ireland – their first facility opened in the The Award was the centerpiece of the Council’s 56th Annual In Ireland, the company currently employs 1,700 people and Emerald Isle over 40 years ago - Allergan has undoubtedly made Dinner. Brian W. Stack, the President of the Council based operates three facilities there. These include manufacturing a major contribution to building Ireland’s reputation as a viable in New York, said “We are delighted this year to present the operations at Clonshaugh, Dublin, and Westport, Co Mayo, as and effective base of operations from which to serve European Ireland-U.S. Council’s Award for Outstanding Achievement to well as an international supply chain office in Earlsfort Terrace, and world markets. In some ways, the company has been a Brent Saunders. The members and directors of the Council are Dublin. The Westport and Clonshaugh facilities develop and trailblazer for Ireland and undoubtedly has played a big role in delighted to honor such an outstanding and worthy recipient manufacture a range of branded medicines primarily for the helping make Ireland a world-renowned home to a world-class with an award which he greatly deserves. Allergan is a dynamic export market. Last year, the company announced a major $60 pharmaceutical industry.” and fast-growing corporation which in many ways is emblematic million expansion plan which expanded capacity at its eye-care of Ireland’s unique position in world commerce as a global leader manufacturing operations and its ocular implant manufacturing Mr. Stack concluded “This Council’s mission is to promote closer in enterprise development and maintaining a welcoming facility in Westport. commercial connections and deeper business links between environment for business.” Ireland and the United States. Our 2018 Recipient of the He was a Partner and Head of the Compliance Business Council’s Award for Outstanding Achievement has made such a Mr. Stack added “Brent Saunders’ upward career trajectory has Advisory Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) from huge contribution in this area. It is a pleasure for the Ireland-U.S. taken him from the CEO chair at Bausch & Lomb (until it was 2000 to 2003. He joined Schering-Plough from PwC, where he Council to acknowledge and celebrate his achievements.” The 2018 Cúchulainn Award.

The West Lounge of The Metropolitan Club pictured just before to the arrival Council President Brian W. Stack was joined by Tony Quinn (left) and of guests for the cocktail reception at the start of the 56th Annual Dinner. Tourism Ireland’s Billy Condon.

70 The Council Board members pictured after the Council’s 56th Annual Meeting of Members and Directors held just prior to the 2018 Annual Dinner. 71 56th Annual Dinner in New York

Derek Gleeson with Svetlana Smolina. Áine Sheridan with Judy Lahey and Lynn Bushnell. Council President Brian W. Stack delivering remarks from the podium. 2018 Award for Outstanding Achievement Honoree Brent Saunders and his wife Amy.

Turlough McConnell with Brian O’Dwyer and Peter Hynes. Council Board Member Cillian O’Brádaigh of Morgan Stanley with Brendan The Ireland Funds’ Kyle Clifford with Audrey Phelan from the Royal Irish Farrell and fellow Board Member, Eddie Dowling of The Padded Wagon and Academy of Music and PwC’s Kieran Claffey. Council Treasurer Kieran Claffey of PwC.

Waterford Crystal has not lost its allure. Our 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. Marty Keating, Jake Latchman, Lynn Bellows, Mark Finlay, President of ULV Seen at the presentation of the Award for Outstanding Achievement for Presentation of 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award: (from left) Council Board Americas in Washington DC with Clive Bellows of Northern Trust Bank in Ireland. 2018 were (from left) Ireland-U.S. Council Board Member John Reilly, Member John Reilly looking on as Dr. John Lahey receives the award from Brian W. Stack, Council President, Honoree Brent Saunders and Council Brian W. Stack, Council President with Dennis Swanson, Council President-Emeritus Dennis Swanson. President-Emeritus.

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KPMG’s Shaun Kelly (left) and his wife Mary (right) with Lifetime Achievement Council Board Member Peter Hooper (right) with his wife Jill and Norbert Lisa Wall and Mary Kelly Kehoe. Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree Dr. John Lahey of Quinnipiac University Honoree Dr. John Lahey and his wife Judy. Galligan of AIB Group. delivering his remarks from the podium.

Mayo Rules: Ireland-U.S. Council Board member Gerry Crotty with Mayor of The Executive Director of the Council in Ireland Roddy Feely with Brian O’Dwyer, Board members who traveled from Dublin - Andy Ruane and Michael Greene. Marty Keating, FiServ’S Tom Higgins and Irish America Magazine’s Patricia Harty. Mayo Councillor Blackie Gavin and Peter Hynes, Mayo County Manager. Partner in the New York law firm of O’Dwyer & Bernstien.

Mutual of America’s Joe Hummel pictured with Sister Mary Turley, Kathleen Team Aer Lingus: Kate Kiernan with Helen Maquire and Ken Karchinski. Murphy and Ed Kenney.

74 Sheila Lynott, Fjolla Isufaj, Council Board Member Michael Brewster of Wells Fargo Advisors and Chelsea Woods. 75 th 56th Annual Dinner in New York 56 Annual Dinner – 2018 Cúchulainn Award

Cúchulainn Award Honoree Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of Randox Ben Kaufman with Alison Metcalfe Executive Vice President in North America Laboratories addressing the dinner gathering. for Tourism Ireland, Michael Mathis and Ann Liguori.

Dennis Swanson with Council President Brian W. Stack presenting the Council’s Cúchulainn Award to Dr. Peter Fitzgerald of Randox Laboratories and John Reilly, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs.

he Ireland-U.S. Council presented its Cúchulainn Award As a biochemistry researcher at Queen’s University Belfast in 2018 to Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief in the 1980s, Dr. Peter Fitzgerald decided that the only way TExecutive of the Randox Laboratories, a global market to take his studies in the direction he wished was to set up a leader in the in-vitro diagnostics industry. The company company. It is named after a road in the village where he was develops innovative diagnostic solutions for hospitals, clinical, born. Its first order was for blood tests from Aberystwyth research and molecular labs, food testing, forensic toxicology, University, and its first international customer was in the Michael Higgins, Marie O’Connor, Patrick Higgins and Martin Kehoe. veterinary labs and life sciences. It develops, manufactures U.S. in 1983. It has since grown into a major business, mainly and markets diagnostic reagents and equipment for laboratory based in Northern Ireland. The company expects sales for medicine, with a distribution network serving 145 countries. this year will surpass $1.5 billion.

Randox was established in a chicken shed at the back of his parents’ home in Northern Ireland in 1982 by Dr. Peter Fitzgerald. It manufactures more clinical diagnostic products than any The Ireland-U.S. Council’s Cúchulainn Award other company in the world. Starting with a team of six employees and important support from Invest Northern This Award is designed to mark significant achievement Ireland’s predecessor, the company now employs 1,400 work- in building relations between Northern Ireland and ers around the world. Its main manufacturing and America. Cúchulainn is an Irish mythological hero research and development sites are in the village of Crum- who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle in the lin in Northern Ireland and across the border in Dungloe in pre-Christian era. Born Sétanta, he gained folklore County Donegal. It also operates sites in Bangalore, India fame when, it is said, he successfully defended Ulster and in Washington DC in the United States, with offices in 20 single-handedly against the armies of Queen Maeve of countries selling 2,000 discrete products around the world. Connacht in the famous tales of the Táin Bó Cúailnge or “Cattle Raid of Cooley”. Honoree Brent Saunders, Chief Executive of Allergan, delivering his Council Board Member Dr. John Fitzpatrick with Katherine Guinee. The company invests heavily in research and development and thoughtful address at the podium. has rapidly expanded its portfolio of reagents.

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Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree Dr. John Lahey of Quinnipiac University receiving the award from Ciaran Madden, Ireland’s Consul General in New York

he Ireland-U.S. Council presented its 2018 Lifetime including the inauguration of the University’s signature Achievement Award to Dr. John L. Lahey to mark polling franchise which has built name-recognition This highly-successful and distinguished career in nationwide. Under his leadership, the college’s annual American education. The Council presented this much- budget rose from $20 million to $450 million while growing deserved accolade in recognition of his enduring and student enrollment by 350 percent. He has transformed a sustained commitment to enhancing the educational bonds small local college with 1,900 students and three schools and cultural connections between America and Ireland. into a major national university with 11,000 students and nine schools. John Lahey was raised in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. A graduate of Fordham Preparatory In addition to his distinguished career in American education, This message sponsored by Ireland-U.S. Council Director School, he earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the he has also made significant contributions to the Irish- Michael Clark University of Miami, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in American community in the United States. It was his vision President & CEO Philosophy from the University of Dayton and a second to create the seminal Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which Surmont LLC master’s degree in Higher Education Administration from holds the world’s largest collection of art and artifacts devoted Columbia University. to Ireland’s most distressing era. He also skillfully steered the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade through a period Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Operating Officer which rescued the world’s oldest and largest civic parade from at Marist College. For the past 30 years he has been ruinous controversy. The Ireland-U.S. Council is delighted President of Quinnipiac University. He embarked on a to honor such an outstanding and worthy recipient with an Communicating your message in Washington, D.C. plan of unprecedented growth over the past three decades, award which is richly deserved. 1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NORTHWEST, SUITE 700 • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 PHONE: 202.204.2500 • FAX: 202.789.7349 • [email protected]

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Key Topic: Ireland’s Educational System Learning Company and Broderbund. He then took Riverdeep private in 2003 and used it as the platform to build Houghton Keynote Speaker: Barry O’Callaghan, Mifflin Harcourt, the world’s largest K-12 publisher. In 2007 Chairman & CEO of Rise Global he founded Rise China which, while successfully sold to Bain Capital in 2013, was the predecessor to Rise Global, his latest The InterContinental Hotel, in Ballsbridge, Dublin (formerly global, education venture. Prior to launching Riverdeep, Mr. The Four Seasons Hotel) was the venue for the Council’s popular O’Callaghan worked in the Equity Capital Market divisions of Annual December Member-Guest Reception held on Wednesday, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse in various locations including December 12, 2018. The President of the Council’s Ireland London, Hong Kong and New York. He graduated from Chapter, Dr. Michael Somers, welcomed the Guest Speaker Trinity College Dublin with a degree in law. for the occasion. Keynote remarks were delivered by Barry O’Callaghan, Chairman & CEO of Rise Global. His interesting Also speaking at the event was Fianna Fail’s Dara Calleary remarks dealt with Ireland’s educational system and the who delivered brief remarks on the latest political situation challenges and changes it faces in the future to deal with in Ireland ahead of the nearing of the end of the current needs of an ever-changing world. Government’s period in office. A General Election must be Adam Winkelman and Stuart Reid – guests of Lex Risks Solutions. Elaine Ralph of SuperDisty pictured with Phil Kane of Eaton Corporation. held in Ireland before May 2020. Mr. O’Callaghan is a visionary in the world of education. He has spent almost two decades driving the creation, development and distribution of some of the world’s most widely-used education products and cutting-edge technologies for the classroom and the broader K-12 market. Since 1999, he has been guiding innovative and industry-leading efforts in education throughout the world. From founding Riverdeep, to building Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and more recently Rise Global, he has been passionately promoting the need to offer 21st-Century learners more dynamic, current and relevant learning experiences.

Initially, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Riverdeep, a company that revolutionized the way in which technology could work in tandem with traditional pedagogical methods. Under his leadership, the company went public on NASDAQ in 2000 and acquired seven companies including Edmark, The Seen at the Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2018 December Member-Guest Reception in The Ireland-U.S. Council 2018 Annual Report was available for members and Yvonne Corcoran-Loftus from the Michael Davitt Museum with John O’Mahony Dublin’s InterContinental Hotel were (from left) were two of the Council’s their guests. of Lex Risks Solutions with Justin Sammon of the Mayo NE Partnership. 2018 Student Work Experience Scholars Richard Clogher and Sean Kilgarriff.

Brendan Cahill of Fry Solicitors with Michael Quinn of Waterford City and Also at the event were (from left) Kevin McGowan and Patrick Howard of David O’Sullivan with Council President-Emeritus Brian Goggin of Apollo Mark Canavan of Johnson & Johnson with Stuart O’Brien from Northern Trust Bank County Council and Michael Kelly who is a Financial Consultant. Bellevue Creative Solutions. Global Management with Bernard Collins. and Dara Calleary of Fianna Fáil who delivered Guest Remarks at the event.

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Cathal O’Daly of Northern Trust with John Whelan of The Linkage-Partnership. Karl Manning from Bank of Ireland with Ireland-U.S. Council Board Member Siobhán Walsh and Rick Earley from Council-member company GOAL. Nicky Logue, General Manager at the Intercontinental Hotel with Dr. Sonya Brendan Murphy of Teneo Consulting with Tim Forsyth from the U.S. Embassy. Perkins of Trinity College Dublin - Alumni & Development.

Paul Prute of Nord Anglia International School with Colliers International Ciaran Larkin and David Cantrell of the law firm of Eugene F. Collins with Noel Nigel Jones of Twil Limited with Ireland-U.S. Council Board Member Martiena Steve Buggy of Dublin Airport Authority with Clay Thomas and Barry Barker, colleagues Paul Sherry and Michael Donohoe. McSweeney. Milton of Holfeld Group, Alan Butler of McDonnell+Dixon Partnership and also from the Dublin Airport Authority. Richard Holfeld of Holfeld Group.

Dr Laurence Crowley with Róisín Fitzpatrick - The Artist of the Light with Dr Michael Casey with Louise Lemass. Noeleen Lynch of Atlas Travel and Maureen Delmar from Delmar Travel. Audrey Phelan from the Royal Irish Academy of Music with Justin Van Der Spuy Aidan Smyth of Labplan. of Saros Consulting.

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Pat Edmondson of Dublin City University pictured with Bridget Mulcahy, Siobhan Byrne Learat of Adams & Butler; Audrey Phelan; Orla McElhinney and Publisher of the Irish Arts Review and Michael Ronayne. Ciara Hanley.

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Gene McCarthy – longtime supporter of the Ireland-U.S. Council Gene McCarthy

It was with deep regret and much sadness that we learned this year of the passing in New York of longtime member and devoted supporter of the Ireland-U.S. Council Eugene (Gene) McCarthy. Born in the South Bronx in 1943 of Irish parents from County Kerry, he was a graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He had a distinguished business career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and later Monarch Life Insurance Company. He was a noted life insurance industry expert and lectured frequently on the topic at New York University and at Notre Dame University.

He was a proud Irish-American who served as Chairman of the Knights of Saint Patrick, an organization which over many years has been so helpful to the annual staging of the largest and oldest civic parade in the world – The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the City of New York. He will be greatly missed. Fé bhraith Dé go raibh a anam dílis. Nár laga Dia é.

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2019 Council Golf Day in New York Supported Annual Student Work Experience Scholarships Program Council’s 17 th Annual Golf Day Event Sponsored by

Another successful golf day was neatly tucked away into the archive record books in 2019 – our 17th consecutive annual golf event at Rye Golf Club in Rye, New York. The event helps with funds to support the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Student Work Experience Scholarships Program.

A highlight of the event was again staging The Connie Doolan The Padded Wagon is a big supporter of the Ireland-U.S. Council The weather was perfect and the course was in superb condition. The Connie Doolan Memorial Trophy was again a centerpiece of the occasion Memorial Trophy, sponsored by Council Board Member Bill (their premises was spied by our photographer from the train) celebrating the memory of Ireland-U.S. Council Board Member Connie Doolan. Falvey of Guinness & Diageo. Eddie Dowling of The Padded Wagon was the Chairman of the event. The award commem- orates Council member and long-time Guinness executive Cornelius F. Doolan. This marked the 17 th successive year when a full field of Council members and guests teed it up at Rye Golf Club in Westchester County, a short train or car ride north of Manhattan on July 22, 2019.

The Council’s 2019 Student Work Experience Scholarships Program, which benefits from the New York Golf Day surplus revenues, was a centerpiece during the presentations at the post-golf dinner. All the student scholars participating in the 2019 program attended the evening reception and dinner. Program Director Annalise Stack spoke about the program and introduced this year’s crop of students who each spoke briefly of their work experience sojourns in America. Since 1926, a friendly welcome always awaits. Notorious For Fun: The fourball of Michael Miller, Council member Gil Landy CIE Tours International was again a sponsor. with Steve Hirsch and Conor Landy.

Repeat Champions Take Home The Cup: The winning team taking home the Connie Doolan Memorial Trophy was hosted by Council member Bill Falvey of Diageo 2019 Student Scholars: The Ireland-U.S. Council’s Student Work Experience Scholarships Program is a beneficiary of the Council’s various Golf Day Programs held in 92 Guinness USA - a very popular winner. Seen with all the goodies (from left) were Kevin Burke, Council Board Member Bill Falvey, Keith Cussmano and Philip Sheridan. New York, in Florida and in Dublin. Some of this year’s participants joined us at the Golf Day. Pictured were (from left): Council President Brian Stack, and 2019 93 Ireland-U.S. Council Scholars Brian McPartland; Sean McMahon; Ross Archibald; Dylan Willis; Lauryn Hollywood; Conor McKeon and Council Scholarships Program Director, Annalise Stack. 2019 Council Golf in New York

Weather Luck: There was good weather during play – a nasty storm barreled We have the best sponsors. Annalise Stack with prize-winner National Secretary Jim Adrian. The Donaghy Fourball: Pat Donaghy and his guests. through just after the golf finished.

Picturesque .... but don’t hit it in the reeds. Always lots of prizes – just ask Steve Checca, Rosemary Pomer and John Reilly. Edmund Cleary, John Leavy, Sergio Zecca and Aidan Fitzmaurice. Billy Condon, Maura Nolan, Dessie Carey, and Paul Hopkins.

Golf Day Chairman Eddie Dowling did a great job and his guests were happy Tourism Ireland Guests: Peter Muldowney, Maura Nolan, Tourism Ireland’s Billy too. Prize-winners Dave Appell, Eddie Dowling with Sean Abbott and Sedji Condon and Paul Hopkins. Husenaj.

The Ireland-U.S. Council’s Student Work Experience Scholars addressed the gathering telling about their experiences in America – here Lauryn Hollywood 94 from Queen’s University Belfast had the microphone. 95 2019 Council Golf in New York Pfizer Inc proudly supports The Ireland-U.S. Council and congratulates Denis O’Brien and Norman Houston

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2019 Golf Day in Ireland Held Near Dublin in The course is located in the lower range of the Dublin Full-field turnout of Council Members and Guests Mountains, just below the majestic twin Sugar Loaf Mountains in County Wicklow. Dublin Bay sits in the distance and is Two great Sponsors Supporting visible from many parts of the course.

The Council’s Golf Day in Ireland this year was generously supported by Aer Lingus and Northern Trust Bank. The Council’s Ireland Golf Day is a regular September calendar he Greek philosophers held that time is the element of event. Our annual Ireland golf day occasion features lots of change. As we all get older day by day and year by year, great prizes, a memorable venue plus great fun – usually Twe become all too well-acquainted with the concept ingredients for a successful outcome. that we live in an ever-changing world. One of the secrets, we think, to keeping our members and their guests comfortable Ireland Golf Day 2020 with our annual calendar of events is to invoke change as little Next year’s event has been set for Friday, September 11, 2020 when as possible – people like (no – crave) constancy. We attempt to Clarendon Properties’s Team: Tony Leonard, Paul McDonnell, David O’Flanagan There were lots of prizes handed out – Ciaran McCreanor of Council achieve this by not changing the spot on the calendar where we will return to Dún Laoghaire Golf Club. Mark your calendars now. and Enda Luddy. member-company Dalradian Gold from Northern Ireland with Jenny Heaphy. they routinely fall. We also like to stick with the same (excellent) venues for our events from year to year (if possible).

Thus, we returned in 2019 (as we will in 2020) to the always- welcoming and photogenic Dún Laoghaire Golf Club for our annual Ireland Golf Day held on the week following America’s Labor Day – this year it was Friday, September 6th. We enjoyed spectacular early-Fall weather.

The club’s facilities – a beautiful clubhouse and a course featuring three separate nine-hole layouts – are in many ways a brisk reminder of the Celtic Tiger days before the boom went bust. The old Dún Laoghaire Golf Club sat on some of the priciest real estate in Ireland. A developer agreed to buy the course and as part of the transaction build a brand new 27-hold course a few miles away in County Wicklow. Tosach maith, leath na hoibre: The Gaelic saying applies – it starts here and Team Goggin: John Collins, Brian Goggin, Kyran McStay and John Clifford. Team Aer Lingus: Yvonne Muldoon, Olwen McKinney, Jenny Rafter and with a good start you’re half-way there. Ivan Beacom. This explains why the new Dún Laoghaire Golf Club is not in the fashionable town of Dún Laoghaire at all. Postscript to the story is that the complex transaction was completed successfully and some of the new apartments were built on the old course – but then the developer went bust when the banks in Ireland collapsed. PPS: The developer eventually worked his way out of the financial fix (not of his making) and all’s well that ends well.

This relatively new course combines the most attractive elements of both American and Irish golf course design – it is eminently walkable but fashioned to generously accommodate golf carts (or “buggies” as they are known in Ireland). The layout features intelligent bunkering, “deceit of the eye” from the teebox and greens that are challenging but not unfair. It is a popular venue for our annual golf day in Ireland with Council members and their guests. Northern Trust was a sponsor again this year and its goodie bags are very popular.

The Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2019 Golf Day was held at Dún Laoghaire Golf Club near Dublin on Friday, September 6. The event was staged and enjoyed by the 100 full-field contingent of members and their guests and was sponsored by Northern Trust Bank and Aer Lingus. Seen at the post-golf dinner event were (from left) 101 Roddy Feely, Executive Director of the Council with Bill Byrne (Aer Lingus), Brian Hegarty (Northern Trust), Yvonne Muldoon (Aer Lingus) and Dr. Michael J. Somers, President of the Council’s Chapter Ireland. Council’s 2018 Golf Day in Ireland

Dr. Deirdre Somers with Bacchus Vinos’ Henry Anderson. David O’Sullivan with Council Board Member Andy Ruane. A&L Goodbody Fourball: Jack O’Keeffe, Adrian Wrafter, Michael Greene and The practice putting green was popular before the start. Alex Fahey.

Brian Hegarty from Northern Trust Bank – a sponsor of the event - delivered Aer Lingus’ Bill Byrne was a sponsor of the occasion. Northern Trust Fourball: Patricia Kelly, Daryl McGrath, Brian Hegarty and Team Limerick City & County: Vincent Murray, John Sheahan, Brian Kennedy remarks to the group. Liam Óg O’Heinecháin. and Gerry Naughton.

Nearest-the-Pin: There was only one nearest-the-pin prize so Aer Lingus’ Pat Finn with Council member Declan O’Brien of the New York-based Destination Some of the full-field roster of Council members and their guests pictured CIE Tours International Fourball: Long-time Council supporter CIE Tours Jenny Rafter’s splendid tee shot on the difficult (and long) Par 3 beat the Golf & Leisure. before the shotgun start. International were there: David McArdle, John McNally, Seamus McMahon with entire male and female field. The Council’s Program Director in Ireland – Stephen Cotter. another Jenny - Jenny Heaphy made the presentation.

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2020 Events Calendar Council’s 2018 Golf Day in Ireland JANUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Wednesday, February 12 1 2 3 4 1 – Friday, February 14, 2020 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Council’s Winter Meeting 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Palm Beach, Florida 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 MARCH Monday, March 16, 2020 MARCH APRIL Saint Patrick’s Luncheon The Metropolitan Club, New York City S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 APRIL 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Friday, April 24, 2020 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Spring Corporate Lunch 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 InterContinental Hotel AerCap Guests: Eoin Fitzpatrick, Joseph McGinley, Joe Venuto and Jonathon Saros Consulting Fourball: Helen Duffy, Justin van der Spuy, Gary Byrne and 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Dublin, Ireland McNamara. Ray Armstrong. JUNE MAY JUNE Thursday, June 13, 2020 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Scholarships Awards Lunch 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Metropolitan Club, New York City 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Friday, June 26, 2020 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Midsummer Gala Dinner 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 Dublin Castle 31 Dublin, Ireland

JULY AUGUST JULY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Monday, July 27, 2020 1 2 3 4 1 Council Golf Day in New York 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rye Golf Club, Rye, New York Faithful & Gould Fourball: Michael Prenty, Barry McDonagh, Ronan Lenihan Kevin Tuck of Alltech also won a prize. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 with Jonathon Kirwan. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SEPTEMBER 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Friday, September 11, 2020 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 31 Council Golf Day in Ireland Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Ireland S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 NOVEMBER 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Thursday, November 12, 2020 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 58th Annual Dinner of the Council 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 The Metropolitan Club, New York City 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DECEMBER Thursday, December 17, 2020 NOVEMBER DECEMBER Member-Guest Reception InterContinental Hotel Runner-Up Fourball: From PwC the team of Paul Martin, David Pickerill, John Winners Alright: Two of the winning fourball team from AIB Group with the S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Solar and Sean Guilfoyle. Ireland-U.S. Council’s Jenny Heaphy were Vinny Lacey and Colm Davenport. The 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 Dublin, Ireland Winners’ Prize Baskets were sponsored by Council member Kevin Tuck of Alltech. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 104 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 RIAM_AD_Annual_report:Layout 1 10/20/18 12:58 PM Page 1

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