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I wish also to express thanks for the support and participation we have received during this past year – my first year as Council President - from Council members and from many benefactors, patrons and sponsors. The encouragement, assistance and Who could ask for more? Brian W. Stack support you have offered has been crucial in continuing the organization’s programs and activities during this past year. Except, perhaps, a way to achieve it. Because of your help, we have been able to engage in a meaningful way with the core At Mutual of America, we have the tools to mission of the organization, namely promoting business ties between the U.S. and help get you there – retirement plans and Ireland. In working to enhance and strengthen those important business bonds and individual savings products – and have been commercial connections between the United States and Ireland, we hope to make a guiding people like you for over 60 years. worthwhile contribution to the betterment of the economic circumstances of all the people in the United States and in Ireland, north and south. Your goals are our goals. Count on it. Tonight, we are honored to welcome Ireland’s Prime Minister An Taoiseach , Enda Kenny TD who will receive the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award . We are also delighted to present the Council’s Award for Outstanding Achievement to a distinguished American Gerald C. Crotty, who is pioneering private sector investment in Ireland’s energy sector infrastructure.
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President Michael Brewster Patricia A. Cunningham Brian W. Stack Managing Director National Account Manager William Falvey Peter J. Hooper Chief Executive Officer Executive Director Credit-Suisse Securities Leisure Sales Sales Director - Chairman CIE Tours International David O’Sullivan (USA) LLC United Airlines Diageo North America New Ireland Fund, Inc.
National Treasurer National Secretary Kieran Claffey James M. Adrian William B. Finneran James J. Houlihan Partner Partner Michael Clark Patrick J. Donaghy Chairman & Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ford, Marrin, Esposito President Chairman Managing Director Houlihan-Parnes LLP & Witmeyer Surmont, LLC. Favour Royal, Inc. EXOP Capital, LLC Realtors, LLC
Vice Presidents Niall Condon Vice President John J. Kelly Michael J. Gibbons John P. Nallen Established Products John Doolan John Fitzpatrick Managing Partner President-Emeritus Chief Financial Officer Operating Unit Vice President Chief Executive Hanover Stone Partners, The Ireland-U.S. Council 21st Century Fox Pfizer, Inc. Heineken USA Fitzpatrick Hotel Group LLC
Joe Connolly Diarmuid Hogan Cillian Ó Brádaigh Executive Vice President Eddie Dowling Jack Foley Donald Keough Chief Executive Executive Director Bank of Ireland Chief Executive Executive Vice President Chairman Global Excess Partners, LLP Morgan Stanley Global Markets U.S. The Padded Wagon Aer Lingus Allen & Company, Inc.
Barbara G. Koster Christina G. Kirshbaum Senior Vice President & John J. Reilly Gerald C. Crotty Alan T. Ennis Thomas J. Goodwin Director Chief Information Officer Partner President Former President & CEO Partner Freedom from Fistula Prudential Financial, Inc. Squire Patton Boggs Weichert Enterprise, LLC Revlon, Inc. McCarter & English, LLP Foundation/U.S.
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Martin Murphy Daniel P. Tully Partner Past-President MacDara Lynch The Repton Group, LLP The Ireland-U.S. Council
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Gerald C. Crotty Enda Kenny TD Chairman, President & CEO Ireland’s Prime Minister Mayo Renewable Power An Taoiseach PRESIDENT ’’S REPORT
f you like your economic news to "The government remains committed to building upon and The current political fad in the United States and in Europe “If you simply acquire a small company in Ireland or some be good then you must have liked sustaining this recovery and we will do nothing that will put favors high tax-and-spend policies. This partly explains the other country to take advantage of the low tax rate [and] Ithe past year. Because in the past it at risk." bright day-glo target that has been painted on Ireland’s back you start saying, ‘we are now magically an Irish company’, twelve months Ireland has finally in this discussion about corporate tax. despite the fact that you might have only 100 employees returned to the top spot on the The Irish government will meet its target of reducing its there and you have got 10,000 employees in the United leaderboard as the fastest-growing budget deficit to 3% of GDP in 2015. That’s down from Ireland has the lowest corporate States, you are just gaming the system,” he said. economy in Europe - the economy a peak of more than 30% of GDP in 2010. It has now could expand by close to 5% for all received Europe’s thumbs-up to repay early a large portion income tax rate in the industrialized In his speech at a Los Angeles college, President Obama of 2014. of almost $30 billion of loans from the IMF by selling new world while the U.S. has the highest said that these comp anies were t echn ically renouncing their Brian W. Stack bonds to private investors. This move will save €375 U.S. citizenship, even though most of their operations were All key indicators of economic million annually in interest payments over the coming five Ireland, 12.5% in the United States. “I don’t care if it’s legal – it’s wrong,” Chief Executive Officer I CIE Tours International health are flashing green in Ireland years. Borrowing costs have plummeted in the past couple Slovenia, 17.0% he told an audience. “You don’t get to choose the tax rate
right now – unemployment is falling of years - it is now less expensive to borrow from the bond Poland, 19.0% you pay. These companies shouldn’t either.” fast; exports are surging; tax revenues are rising as the markets than from the IMF. Iceland, 20.0% Government in Dublin continues (rightly) to keep a lid Ireland is one of the more popular countries for U.S. on spending; tourism is booming and foreign direct Switzerland, 21.1% companies seeking foreign acquisitions in recent years investment, most especially from the United States, Corporate tax United Kingdom, 23.0% because of the Irish corporation tax rate of 12.5%, which is about a third of the U.S. rate of 35%, the highest in the So, is it only good news on the Ireland-U.S. economic Korea, 24.2% Western world. front? Not really. During the past year there has been a Economic growth in Europe Israel, 25.0%
growing chorus of criticism – much of it ill-founded - of Canada, 26.1% Ireland Italy Portugal Spain UK Ireland’s corporate taxation policies. Talk of low tax rates, The OECD Joins the Fun 3.0 “inversions”, the “double-Irish” – all form part of a trending Italy, 27.5% argument that has Ireland at its center. The Organization for 2.0 Germany, 30.2% Economic Cooperation France, 34.4% 1.0 For those of you who have been following this story closely, and Development
United States, 35.0% 0.0 it will come as no surprise to learn that Ireland’s philosophy (OECD) also this year on corporate tax is illustrated by a consistent set of policies released its latest -1.0 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% that predate even this Council’s 52-year history. proposals on corporate -2.0 Top Statutory Corporate Tax Rate by OECD Nation, 2013 • SOURCE: OECD Tax Database tax. The Wall Street r e
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t -5.0 h Ireland’s views on enterprise, business and the broader In July President Barack Obama specifically named masters at the G-20 -6.0 investment climate have been shaped by a bedrock Ireland as he criticized American companies for “gaming are alarmed that large
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 foundational belief in low corporate taxes. the system” by relocating their headquarters to countries companies are able to www.economicshelp.org • SOURCE: OECD June 2013 growth forecast such as Ireland where corporate tax rates are lower to avoid use entirely legal ac - Clearly, Ireland is not a low-tax country. Sales taxes are taxes in the U.S. counting and corporate- continues to pile into the Emerald Isle at a very fast rate. wickedly high – Value Added Tax (VAT) of 23% (yes – organization strategies twenty-three per cent) is the standard rate for most goods In his high-profile name-check on Ireland, he slammed a to shield themselves from the highest tax rates governments It seems a very-far-away moment back in 2008 when a and services such as electronics, jewelry, alcohol, washing practice known as “inversions” that many U.S. companies try to impose. They mean to stop it. All of which is great property-market crash and banking collapse forced the machines, toys and so on. Tax rates on personal income are have recently used to reduce their tax bills in America. news for Ireland, the poster child for a low corporate government in Ireland to seek financing from the also very high. But the Government in Ireland has always U.S. corporations were exploiting an “unpatriotic tax tax rate.” International Monetary Fund and the European Union. held the view that business investment (and therefore loophole” by moving their head offices overseas in takeovers employment) can only flourish in an environment where of smaller foreign companies, he said. The President, in an America’s largest newspaper continued in its editorial this "These figures show that the Irish economy is in a very profits are not subject to such punitive tax rates. interview broadcast on CNBC the business news TV network, way “By structuring mergers and acquisitions so that a new strong position for the remainder of 2014 and as we enter named Ireland as a location that U.S. companies are using company is headquartered in a low-tax country, managers 2015," Ireland’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan said. to take advantage of “technically legal” tax arrangements. can save money on taxes. They can also save by vesting
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valuable intellectual property in business units situated in The “Double-Irish” 51st Annual Dinner for Social Protection Joan Burton. jurisdictions where profits arising from those patents will be of the Council in 2013 The entertainment program featured a spectacular program taxed at less punitive rates. The extra money can then be An indication of the pressure Ireland has come under from of music by the talented solo violinist Greg Harrington. The 51st Annual Dinner of the Council used to invest in job-creating expansion, or pay dividends to the U.S. and Europe arrived in the recent Government saw another full house in attendance for the middle-class savers who own shares via retirement Budget when plans were announced to end a corporate this important event in the Council’s 2014 Council Spring funds.” structuring mechanism that some international companies annual calendar which was a great have used to maximize tax efficiency. Corporate Lunch in Dublin success. The Ireland-U.S. Council’s “The OECD's solution to this "problem" boils down to A truly transatlantic double-bill Guest Award for Outstanding Achievement was suggesting that governments tax the profits arising from Nicknamed the “double-Irish”, it is a strategy that uses Speaker platform was featured at the presented to Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, operations in their jurisdiction, regardless of where the business payments between related entities in a corporate structure Spring Corporate Lunch hosted by the President & CEO of Mutual of America. The Ireland-U.S. unit that earned those profits is legally headquartered. to shift income from a higher-tax country to a lower-tax Council on Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to The OECD also proposes that companies be required to jurisdiction. Irish tax law does not use U.S. transfer pricing Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin. The lunch Congressman Peter King (R-NY). report to each government on the geographic breakdown rules - Ireland has territorial taxation, and hence does featured two guest speakers Dr. Gerald of profits, the better to catch earnings some other country not levy taxes on income booked in subsidiaries of Irish Farrell of Eli Lilly & Co. and Richard might not have taxed enough. companies that are outside the state. The strategy requires 2013 Member-Guest Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. two Irish companies to complete the structure. One of “This is a recipe for investment-stifling compliance burdens these companies is tax resident in a tax haven, such as the Reception in Dublin and regulatory uncertainty, especially when determining Cayman Islands or Bermuda. There were two Guest Speakers at the 2014 Scholarships Program where the "substance" of a business unit's activities takes Council‘s Member-Guest Reception at The Lunch in New York place. It's also pointless. Corporate tax revenue as a Ireland’s Government announced it is abolishing the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin in December, The Council’s 30th annual program of proportion of GDP has remained stable for years, at ability of companies to use the ‘double Irish’ by changing 2013. The Chargé d’Affaires Ad Interim at the Student Work Experience Scholarships for between 2% and 3% for OECD members. The main residency rules to require all companies registered in U.S. Embassy in Dublin Stuart Dwyer and 2014 was celebrated this year at an awards determinant of revenue is economic growth, not a global Ireland to also be tax-resident. The change will be phased Simon Coveney TD, Ireland’s Minister for luncheon held at The Metropolitan Club in hunting expedition for every last potential tax dollar. in and will not take full effect until 2020. Agriculture & Food . New York City on June 12, 2014. Students from colleges in Ireland, North and South, “Which brings us to Ireland. Existing tax rules have been However, while this change was unveiled, the Government attended and were presented with their a counterintuitive boon to high-tax countries because has made it abundantly clear that it will not budge on the 2014 Winter Meeting: Florida bursary checks and framed award citations. companies can shield themselves from the worst excesses low corporation tax rate of 12.5%. This year’s Winter Meeting of the Council of the tax man while still running R&D centers, corporate was held in Palm Beach, Florida in February, In addition to the presentation of the Council scholarships, offices and the like — and hiring workers to staff them — Clearly, the low business tax concept, which has been a 2014 and our Guest Speakers featured a Guest Speaker at the lunch was Ireland’s Consul General in places like the U.S. and France. hallmark of Ireland’s economic management strategy for Ireland’s Consul General in Atlanta, Paul Noel Kilkenny who bade farewell to Council members as he over half a century, has been a key difference for Ireland in Gleeson and Council Board Member James is leaving New York having spent four years here to take up “Irish leaders have been quick to point out that if tax laws boosting economic growth. Maintaining that low-tax J. Houlihan. Mr. Houlihan is Chairman of his appointment as Ireland’s new Ambassador in Athens, focus on where substantive business activity occurs, the environment is just one part of the recipe to keep Ireland’s the New York-based Irish Arts Center and Greece. surest way to qualify for Ireland's attractive 12.5% corporate economy on the fast side of the growth curve. President of New York-based real estate tax will be to move more activity and jobs to Ireland. investment company Houlihan-Parnes . He There are other ingredients too, such as a tight rein on new updated members and guests on the details 2014 MidSummer The Journal piece concluded by noting “As for high-tax rules and regulations for business. Governments everywhere, of a planned $50 million cultural center in New York. countries, the result of implementing the OECD's but especially in Europe, seem to love to routinely add new rules Gala Dinner in Dublin recommendations would be lower tax revenues and fewer for business – usually with bad consequences for the economy. A unique and attractive mix of business jobs. If more employment and better public finances are 2014 St. Patrick’s and the arts was on offer at the what the leaders of the G-20 really want, they can start But, the 800-pound gorilla in the living-room must be Luncheon in New York MidSummer Gala Dinner hosted by by renewing their commitment to free trade, deregulation avoiding major economic management trapdoors, such as The Council’s March luncheon held to the Council on Friday, June 28, 2014 at and pro-growth tax reform at their November summit in failing to address the property price bubble as happened celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and staged just Dublin’s Clyde Court Hotel. Providing Australia.” seven years ago with such devastating consequences. A before the big day was again a sold-out the compelling business element was bad move on corporation tax policy in Ireland is the leading occasion. The Government of Ireland Council Vice President Diarmuid Hogan, candidate for the gorilla role these days. was represented by Tánaiste & Minister Chief Executive of Global Excess Partners, a successful
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New York-based insurance industry company. Also Council Partners in the Global Excess Partners addressing the Council gathering was Ireland’s Government Cabinet Minister Fergus O’Dowd. Arts in Ireland and in U.S. The Council continues to Congratulate At the event the Council also presented its Annual Award partner with outstanding arts for Outstanding Portraiture sponsored by Prudential organizations. We believe that Financial to Oisin Roche while the evening also included by showcasing excellence in the an excellent music recital by members of the Royal Irish arts, our Council activities Academy of Music’s Chamber Orchestra . are enhanced by the artistic performances this collaboration 2014 Council Golf Days in encourages. Ireland and in the U.S. The Council has In 2014, many members and their guests offered support during in both countries enjoyed the opportunity Gerald C. Crotty 2014 to the Royal Irish to participate in Council-organized Golf Academy of Music ; the Days. The Annual Golf Day in the Abbey Theatre ; the Irish Repertory Theatre , United States saw another successful and Enda Kenny on their the Royal Hibernian Academy and the event at Rye Golf Club in Rye, New York. Irish Baroque Orchestra among others. well-deserved Awards. On the other side of the Atlantic, there was a strong turnout of Council members The Last Word and their guests on September 5 at the Even as challenging economic conditions continue to con - splendid Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in front us, the economic ties that connect the United States County Wicklow near Dublin. and Ireland continue to be durable and dynamic.
2014 New York May Lunch Here I wish to thank all our members, supporters, sponsors and friends in the United States and in Ireland for their par - for Randox Laboratories ticipation and support this past year. We hope you will con - In mid-May the Council co-hosted a lunch tinue that tradition of support, loyalty and commitment Diarmuid M. Hogan in New York City to hear about an exciting during the coming year President & CEO and fast-growing company from Northern Ireland - Randox Laboratories. The company is involved in the international clinical diagnostics business offering Brian Stack innovative solutions to laboratories Brian W. Stack worldwide. The event was co-hosted by Council President John Reilly, a partner at the international law firm of Squire November 13, 2014 Patton Boggs LLP who also serves as a Vice President on the Council’s Board.
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2014 Student Scholarships Program • Mariesa Dolan who hails from Fermanagh in • Cian O’Shea hails from Ennis, Is Council’s 30th Year Presenting Work Northern Ireland is studying for a Bachelor of Co. Clare and is studying for a Bachelor Experience Awards In New York Science degree in Actuarial Science and Risk of Arts degree in International Business at Management in Queen’s University Belfast. the University of Limerick. He worked in The 2014 Ireland-U.S. Council Scholarships Program was She spent the summer working at Prudential New York City at the world headquarters of celebrated at an awards lunch held at The Metropolitan Club in Financial in Jersey City . 21st Century Fox . New York on June 12, 2014. Students from colleges in Ireland, North and South, attended and were presented with their bursary checks and framed award citations.
In addition to the presentation of the Council scholarships, Ireland’s Consul General in New York Noel Kilkenny addressed the gathering. He described the progress made by Ireland’s Government in dealing with the financial crisis and consequent Carol, Rachel and Colm Kelly, PwC Global COO with Council member Attracta economic problems. Mr. Kilkenny, who has been a popular Lyndon from Dan Dooley Car Rentals and Marie O’Connor, PwC Partner in Ireland. Consul General for Ireland in New York for the past four years, has been appointed as Ireland’s Ambassador to Greece in Athens. • Megan O’Brien , who is a native of Clonee, • Catherine Shalloe is a native of Los Council President Brian W. Stack, in releasing details of this a suburb of Dublin, is studying for a Bachelor Angeles, CA and is a student at University year’s scholarship awards, said "This is the 30th year in which of Science degree in Genetics and Cell Biology College Dublin where she is pursuing a the Council has operated this successful and admired at Dublin City University. She was nominated Bachelor of Commerce degree. She traveled Scholarship Awards program. We in the Council are proud to work with Pfizer Inc. in New York City. to New Jersey to take up her work assignment of the role that this program has played over the years as at Council member-firm Prudential Financial part of the Council’s mission to build closer business and in Jersey City. economic links between the United States and Ireland.”
President Stack added “Our 2014 student scholars traveled to the United States and worked temporarily in American corporations. The scholarships provide work assignments linked to the fields of study and academic disciplines which the undergraduate scholars are pursuing in Ireland. Typically, the Council's scholarship candidates are undergraduate university Pfizer Vice President Niall Condon with Consul General Noel Kilkenny and students in their next-to-final or junior year – usually, the third year Pfizer colleague Huynh Long. of their four-year bachelors' study programs.”
Mr. Stack also noted “The Council was delighted to again this • Jillian Brett is from Dalkey, County Dublin • Wesley Patten was chosen by University year partner on this program with Fordham University for those and is enrolled at Trinity College Dublin College Galway to participate as a Council Council Scholars based in New York City. These Council scholars studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Scholar this year. He was in the third year of are accommodated in the residence halls of the Lincoln Center Computer Science & Business having finished his studies pursuing a Bachelor of Science campus of the college during their time staying in Manhattan. her third year of the four-year degree course. degree in Financial Mathematics and We thank Council member Dr. John Kezel, Dean of Students at She made the trip to New York City to take Economics in the J.E. Cairnes School of up her appointment to work at Council Business & Economics at the National University Fordham University, for his enthusiastic and always-generous member-company Mutual of America . of Ireland Galway . He traveled to Morristown, support of this Council program.” New Jersey where he worked in the offices of CIE Tours International . He added “Through these Work Experience Scholarships it is our intention to highlight the excellent educational infrastructure that has been developed throughout the island of Ireland. Universities in Ireland, North and South, participate. This year colleges in Belfast, Dublin, Galway and Limerick were Council Vice President John Reilly of Squire Sanders & Dempsey ; Council represented in the program". Membership Chairman, Peter Hooper; The Flax Trust’ s Sister Mary Turley; Johns Luebs of Mutual of America and Marianne O’Dwyer who serves on the Board of Trustees of Dublin City University . 22 23 2014 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS PRO GRAM
Team 21st Century Fox: Britney Dimick, Danielle Thompson, 2014 Student Mutual of America’ s Kira O’Grady and colleague John Luebs with 2014 Council New Council Member David Nevins of the University of Arizona with Mariesa Dolan; Catherine Shalloe; Annalise Stack and Noel McSweeney. Scholar Cian O’Shea and Amy Wiss. Scholar Jillian Brett.
Council Member Bob Pedersen with Consul General Noel Kilkenny. Council Board Members Bill Finneran and Rhianna Quinn-Roddy with Council Vice President John Reilly helmed the podium proceedings. Niall Condon, Megan O’Brien and Bill Finneran. Eugene Roddy.
Prudential Financial ’s John Fox; Council Scholar Mariesa Dolan; Consul General 21st Century Fox’ s Britney Dimick; Cian O’Shea; Consul General Noel Kilkenny; Noel Kilkenny and Christine McGillan also from Prudential Financial. and Amy Wiss also from 21st Century Fox.
24 Mariesa Dolan with Consul General Noel Kilkenny; Prudential Financial ’s Christine McGillan and Catherine Shalloe. 25 Promising Ireland
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Our 2014 Student Scholars recount their experiences.
Ma Cia riesa Dolan - Q ueens University Belfast n O’Shea - U niversity of Limerick
When I This sum received the news that I had gained a mer, I received the opportunity to place work a on the I reland-U.S. 2014 Student Work t 21st Century Fox in New York City. Experie It was nce Scholarship Programme I was both an honour to receive the Ireland-U.S. shocked Council and delighted. Having spent time in Student Work Experience Scholarship Americ award w a previously, I was eager to return and hich gave me this amazing could no opportun t have hoped for a better opportunity ity. to do so. I w Noel Kilkenny, Huynh Long, Megan O’Brien, Marianne O’Dwyer and Bill Finnneran. Kira O’Grady; Noel Kilkenny; Jillian Brett; Sister Mary Turley; Bill Finneran and ould like to thank the members and The 10 weeks I spent work directors of the I reland-U. John Luebs. ing in P rudential Financial in Newark, S. Council for this award and for their NJ and living in Manhat efforts in making this va tan was unforgettable. Not only did I luable program possible. An early gain invaluable work e highlight was the Coun xperience but I also got to enjoy the cil Student Awards Presentation lunch fast-paced New York l which was thoroughly ifestyle and make many great friends enjoyable. and contacts along the way. At 21st Century Fo x I got to work with a great group of I loved the city and a professionals and oth long with my fellow student scholars er interns. I met new and interesting enjoyed the endless things people and learned much a to see and do. Walks in Central Park, bout a variety of work disciplines Broadway shows, shopp within a business enviro ing, museums, city views and concerts nment. The company held many made me the envy of my workshops which I foun friends back home! d beneficial and rewarding. I also very much enjoyed the inter n events where we visited some of the Working at P rudential F media companies owne inancial was fantastic and presented a d by 21st Century Fox. completely different env ironment than working in Ireland. I settled in straight away a The accommodation at Fo nd was made to feel welcome by my rdham University was comfortable and co-workers. I surely would extremely convenient. It al welcome the opportunity to return. lowed me to see the sights within the This summer was one I will city and commute to work e never forget and I am extremely very morning with ease. I made many grateful to the Council an friends both in my stay a d to Prudential for making it possible t Fordham University’s MacMahon and providing me with Residence Halls at Linc such a wonderful experience. oln Center in Manhattan and at 21st Noel Kilkenny presents the Scholarship citation to Council Scholar Wesley IDA Ireland ’s Pat Howlin with Mariesa Dolan. Century Fox. I had a brilli ant summer in New York and I hope to Patten with John Reilly on the assist. return to the United States again sometime in the future. I want to take this opp ortunity to say that the I reland-U.S. Council Student Work Expe rience Scholarship is a very important programme. It has ope ned my eyes to the world beyond my university. I return to com plete my studies in Ireland with much greater understanding and insights which I know will help me in my remaining undergraduate year.
28 Some of this year’s Council Student Scholars with Consul-General Noel Kilkenny and and Ireland Chapter Director Marie O’Connor of PwC. Seen (from left) 29 Cian O’Shea; Jillian Brett; Consul General Noel Kilkenny; Catherine Shalloe; Marie O’Connor; Megan O’Brien; Mariesa Dolan and Wesley Patten. 2014 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS PRO GRAMM
Megan Cathe Jillian Wesle O’Brien - D ublin City University rine Shalloe - U niversity College Dublin Brett - T rinity College Dublin y Patten - U niversity College Galway
It was i Putting During The Irel ncredible when I arrived in New York. this summer into a few words is an the summer 2014, I had the and-U.S. Council’s S tudent Work It was m extreme opportu Experien y first time to visit the United States ly hard thing to do. T he Ireland-U.S. nity to work for eight weeks as an ce Scholarship program in 2014 and I w 2014 St intern w offered as completely in awe of this amazing udent Work Experience Scholarship ith M utual of America on Park Avenue me a chance to meet leaders of city. Progr in Ne busin I quickly got used to travelling on the am allowed me to live in F ordham w York City. This was thanks to the ess in both the U.S. and Ireland and subway a University Ireland-U the chanc nd finding my way around. Living less ’s McMahon Residence Halls in New .S. Council’s Student Work Experience e to sample life working in America. than fiv York Cit Scholars I have t e minutes away from Central Park was y and work for Prudential Financial’s hip programme. o say on both fronts the experience fantas New B was ex tic. It was my favourite place to visit usiness Development team in Newark, tremely satisfying. afte NJ. Whe r a long day. This opportunity was exciting and n I applied for the scholarship I said challenging and I learned that my objective was to e I attended with other Cou so much through it. xperience the Irish-American cultural ncil Student Scholars both the My first day going to wo mix and to better unders Scholarship Presentation rk in P fizer I got caught in my first tand the way business works and the s Lunch held in New York City in June New York rain shower and I When I arrived in the Lincl business connections that and the Council’s Golf Day got completely drenched! P fizer on Center Campus residence facilities operate in the world. Having returned in Rye Golf Club in Rye, New York organized for me to make I was immediately stunned home to finish my final ye later in July. We were mad visits and tour three P fizer facilities in by the location: just two blocks from ar in university in Ireland, I can e to feel very welcome by all the the North East. I visited Pea Central Park and next-door n honestly say that I have ach members of the Council. I e rl River, NY; Andover, MA and Groton, eighbors with Lincoln Center. I could ieved this plus so much more. njoyed talking with many of the CT. The tours were most in not have asked for a bette members about the busine formative and interesting. It was also r place to live in New York. sses and other organisations they very nice to see the cont New York became my seco were involved in. rast between a big city like Manhattan nd home, staying in F ordham and visit smaller towns in At the beginning of the pr University’ s campus in Linc America. I was able to discover so ogram we were invited to lunch at the oln Center which is so near to Central many different aspects of Metropolitan Club in New Park West, within walking Working for CIE Tours Inte the company’s operations and I York City for the Ireland-U.S. Council’s distance of where I worked and many rnational in Morristown, New Jersey, learned so much. Scholarship Awards lunch famous New York landma a town about 40 miles fr . This event was probably my favorite rks. I have made many friends both om New York City, I worked in three part of the scholarship as through the course of the different departments over we were finally able to put faces to work and the other students on the course of the three months I was The Scholarship Awards lunc names and meet the membe the programme. there. My colleagues were fr heon hosted by the I reland-U.S. rs of the Council. iendly and welcoming and I felt I was Council a t The Metropolita part of the family almost i n Club was an experience I will never mmediately. I learned a lot about how forget. I got to meet some w This experience taught me s I have to say that I was ma the business worked and the onderful people and make some o much about business and life in de to feel so welcome by my operations of an office environment. very helpful contacts. Se general and I am extrem work colleagues, at all le eing that magnificent building alone ely grateful to have received this vels of the organisation. I came to was just extraordinary. scholarship. I would like to understand their day-to-da Living in Morristown I got say a huge thanks to the Ireland-U.S. y working activities. It was truly a a feel for small-town life in the U.S. Council, everyone in Pruden fantastic experience. I wou and since I was so close to tial Financial, and the scholars ld really like to thank the I reland-U.S. NYC I visited it most weekends. It Leaving New York was sad I was living with for mak Council and M utual of Am is a microcosm of the wor for me but I had a very exciting ing this summer truly unforgettable. erica for affording me this once-in-a- ld and unlike any city on the planet - internship waiting for me lifetime opportunity that everyone should go there in Pfizer’s site at Grange Castle back has been so valuable for my personal at least once to see the skyline, get in Ireland as part of m development and my c lost in the atmosphere y Summer Work Experience organized ontinuing university studies. of the city and meet people from all through the Ireland-U over the world. .S. Council. I began working with the Global Biotherapeutics Technologies research team. I had my own project to work on w It truly was a summer I’ll hich was a great experience for me. never forget and I thank the I reland- I used techniques that U.S. Council and C IE Tou really coincided with my university rs International for the opportunity to studies for my degree. Ove travel to America and learn rall, the experience was definitely one so much during such an enjoyable to remember. I am grateful time abroad. I have tried t that my work colleagues, at all levels o keep this note very short but, in of the organisation, made truth, there aren't enough w me feel so welcome. My thanks to the ords to describe the great time I Ireland-U.S. Council had there. and to Pfizer for giving me this great opportunity. I will never forget it.
30 31 From the university that houses the Book of Kells, AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT to the search for the perfect pint, in Ireland it’s all in a day’s play.
The best way to see Dublin may just be with your feet! Stroll through historic Trinity College. Take in Temple Bar. Admire the city’s architecture – both old and new. Raise a glass at the famed Guinness Storehouse. Peruse the legendary Gerald C. Crotty Writers Museum. Or just wander down a cobblestone street and make a discovery of your own. To fi nd out more, visit Ireland.com Chairman, President & CEO Mayo Renewable Power
The Ireland-U.S. Council is pleased to present its Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2014 to Gerald C. Crotty, Chairman & CEO of Mayo Renewable Power to mark his important contributions to building business bonds between America and Ireland. The members and directors of the Council are delighted to honor such an outstanding and worthy recipient with an award that is so richly- deserved.
The Council is pleased to mark the proposed bellwether €150 million ($200 million) investment in a state-of-the-art bio-mass electricity generating station in County Mayo being undertaken through Mr. Crotty’s endeavors. Private investment in public-sector infrastructure such as electricity generation is an important initiative that represents innovation and confidence-building in He successfully managed the very timely sale Ireland’s economy. of ITT ’s Golden Pages unit for what was Trinity College considered a premium price just as the Internet Mr. Crotty is also President of Weichert era was dawning. The Republic of Ireland Enterprise, LLC, a U.S.-based private equity nominated Mr. Crotty as a Visiting Fellow of Temple investment firm, since 2001. From 1991 to The European Union in 1989. He also served Bar 1998, he held various executive positions with previously as Counsel and then Secretary to ITT Corporation and its affiliates, including the Governor of New York. He is a graduate Chairman, President and Chief Executive of Fordham University and serves on that Officer of ITT Information Services Inc. institution’s Board of Trustees. He is also a with operations in Ireland as part of its graduate of New York Law School and is Vice global business. Chairman of its Board of Trustees.
33 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Cong ratulati ons to Ireland’s Prime Minister An Taoiseach An Taois each Enda Kenny TD End a Kenny TD On receivi ng the The Ireland-U.S. Council is pleased and greatly honored to present its Lifetime Achievement Life time Achi eveme nt Awa rd Award in 2014 to Ireland’s Prime Minister, & An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD to mark the substantial, important and enduring leadership Gerald C. Crot ty contributions he has made to Ireland and Ireland-U.S. relations. On rece ivi ng the Outstan ding Achi evement Award Enda Kenny became Ireland's Prime Minister at a most difficult time. The economic crisis which had seen Ireland's banking system From John Fitzpat rick & crash and burn was still raging. Government The Fitzpat rick Hote l Grou p finances were seriously damaged by the economic collapse which had caused unemployment to soar and emigration to make a comeback. Since he was first installed in March 2011 as Ireland's leader, Enda Kenny has piloted the ship of state through the most dangerous waters the country has ever experienced. With the benefit of the hindsight afforded by some years' distance from the darkest days of NEW YOR K He has shown remarkable political skills the crisis, it is clear that Enda Kenny deserves fitzpat rickhotels.c om combined with the deftest and most sure- great credit for the successful leadership he handed negotiation of a myriad of domestic has shown. At this 52nd Annual Dinner of 1-800-367-7701 and international constituencies in shaping the Ireland-U.S. Council, we are greatly a much-admired response to this most honored to present to him our 2014 Lifetime dangerous of economic problems. Achievement Award .
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Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, President & CEO enhancing the economic and business bonds between Ireland of Mutual of America receives the Council’s and the United States. We are delighted to honor a person who Award for Outstanding Achievement. certainly meets these high standards. Through his leadership, the economic and business bonds between America and Ireland he Council’s 51st Annual Dinner was held at the have been greatly enhanced.” Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, October “During Tom Moran’s more than three decades of service, Mutual 30, 2013. The Council’s 2013 Award for Outstanding T of America has grown from a small retirement association to Achievement was presented to Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, a highly-rated life insurance company with over $13 billion in President & CEO of Mutual of America. assets. In addition to his long-time and distinguished service on Council President Dennis Swanson welcomed Council members the Board of the Ireland-U.S. Council , Mr. Moran also serves on and their guests to the occasion. He introduced a Guest the Boards of Aer Lingus , the Smurfit Graduate School of Business Speaker, Richard Bruton TD, Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, at University College Dublin, Thirteen WNET , the National Enterprise & Innovation who updated Council members and Committee on American Foreign Policy and the Irish Hunger guests on Ireland’s program of economic recovery management Memorial in New York City.” The Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2013 Annual Dinner Awards and Presentation items Mark Finlay, President of ULV Americas, Inc. with Roddy Feely, Executive Director following the financial crisis that hit Ireland’s economy – as well Mr. Swanson continued “His record of humanitarian activism is on display during the pre-dinner reception. of the Council in Ireland and Council President-Emeritus Michael J. Gibbons. as most countries in the Western world – in 2007. accomplished, admirable and formidable. He has served with great The Council also presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to success and much distinction as Chairman of Concern Worldwide Congressman Peter T. King, who serves New York’s 2nd (U.S.), an international humanitarian relief organization operating Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. in 28 of the poorest countries in the world. Throughout his career, he has been an important, consistent and generous friend of Earlier in the evening of October 30 at the Council’s 51st Ireland, Ireland-U.S. relations and the Irish-American community. Annual Meeting of Members and Directors held immediately For this extraordinary and selfless support over such an extended prior to the Annual Dinner, Brian W. Stack, a longtime Board period, he is owed a deep debt of gratitude.” Member and Vice-President of the Council, was elected President of the Council to succeed Mr. Swanson who had “This Council’s mission”. Mr. Swanson added, “is to encourage served as Council President since 2009. closer and deeper links between Ireland and the United States. Our 2013 Recipient of the Council’s Award for Outstanding In presenting the Council’s Award for Outstanding Achievement to Achievement is the embodiment and personification of this ideal. Mr. Moran, Mr. Swanson said “Each year the Council presents His extraordinary service to Ireland is exemplified through his this Award for Outstanding Achievement to a person who, in the timely and consequential support for the Northern Ireland Peace Council’s view, has made substantial, significant and singular Process which has brought so many blessed benefits to all the Olivia Hayden of PwC with colleague and Council Board Member Marie O’Connor Tourism Ireland’ s Billy Condon; John Murray; Hank Bunnell; Council Board contributions to building commercial connections and people on the Emerald Isle.” and Council Membership Chairman Peter Hooper. Member Pattie Cunningham of United Airlines and Council President Brian Stack.
The ladies and gentlemen of the Council pictured at the close of the Council’s 51st Annual Meeting of Members and Directors held just prior to the 2013 Annual Dinner. Council Board Members Andrea Mills of Fiscal Management Associates, LLC and Christine Reilly with Anita Edwards, Joe Quinsey of CMRF, Inc. and Jill Harvey. Rhianna Quinn-Roddy of Tinderbrook Associates, Inc.
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Marty Keating and Deo “Jake” Latchman. Council Board Member Niall Condon of Pfizer, Inc. (right) and his wife Majella Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States Her Excellency Anne Anderson with Congressman Peter King with Loretta Brennan Glucksman and Tom Moran. with Fergus O’Sullivan (left), Beth Kelly and John Kelly. Minister Richard Bruton.
Aer Lingus ’ Jack Foley with CIE Tours International’ s Stephen Cotter and Brian Sheila and Gene McCarthy with Helen Maguire of Aer Lingus. Cynthia and Mike Gibbons with Congressman Peter King. Council Board Member Michael Brewster with Trevor Madigan. Stack.
Council Member Jay Connolly and Peter King. Council member Bill Mahoney with Kim Staples.
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40 Council Board Member Gerald C. Crotty, Chairman of Mayo Renewable Power (left) and his son Joseph P. Crotty (right) with Mutual of America’ s Edward P. Kenney. Congratulations on your achievements
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Eugene J. Sullivan President of the Ireland-U.S. Council from 1983 to 1988
t was with the deepest regret and the In an interview with lawrence Van gelder in the greatest sadness that we learned of the New York Times in 1982 , Mr. Sullivan noted how when he Ipassing on August 31, 2014 of Eugene left the united States navy at the end of World War II, he was a 25-year- J. Sullivan who served as President of the old lieutenant, a husband and a father, and he needed a job. “I went to Ireland-U.S. Council from 1983 to 1988. look for a job alphabetically,'' he said, noting that he had decided to go At that time, Mr. Sullivan, known to all as into sales because he had enjoyed being a salesman at Macy's and Gene, was Chairman & CEO of Borden abraham & Straus while in college, working toward the bachelor's degree he had received from St. John's university in 1942. ''I went to Inc., a U.S. conglomerate which produced american airlines, Borden and Coca-Cola,'' he said. ''Borden's offered me food and beverage products, consumer a job, and I tore up the rest of my list. I could have ended up at Xerox.'' products, and industrial products. The company operated Mr. Sullivan has been at Borden's ever since. But he and the corporation several plants in Ireland. The year was 1988 and this Council lunch was staged in Dublin’s Westbury Hotel The Council hosted a black-tie dinner on June 28, 2001 at The Guinness have changed. Borden Inc., then doing $460 million in annual sales, is to award that year’s Student Work Experience Scholarships – future Council President Storehouse in Dublin. Gene and Gloria were there to join in the fun. now a multinational giant of the food and chemical industry, doing $4.5 Brian W. Stack (left) joined Gene Sullivan and Gerald Egan at the event. During Gene Sullivan’s tenure as its Chief Executive, Borden billion in sales around the world. Mr. Sullivan, who started out as a sales was the largest U.S. producer of dairy and pasta products. trainee, has ascended to the position of chairman and chief executive Mr. Sullivan led many Council missions to Ireland with Gloria, officer. In an era when executives of large businesses sometimes give the his beloved wife of over 70 years who passed away last October. impression of hopping from one corporation to another with immense They were childhood sweethearts and were married at the rapidity as they search for advancement, the 61-year-old Mr. Sullivan, who lives in Manhasset, seems to be a model of consistency. height of World War II in 1943. Gloria was a volunteer at St. Francis Hospital at a time when it was a sanatorium for ''You might say I'm a real Big apple person,'' said Mr. Sullivan, who was children with rheumatic heart disease. Over the next 25 years, born in Brooklyn and grew up in the astoria section of Queens. ''I've she continued her volunteer work, eventually taking over the never lived outside the state even though my entire career has been with a multinational company.'' job of coordinator of volunteers, a position she held for 20 years. Gloria also served as President of The Guild of St. Francis as the head of Borden's since november 1979, he has led the way Hospital from 1976 to 1979. She was a Dame of the Sovereign through a major restructuring that has seen the corporation sell off more than 25 companies to phase out its interests in basic commodities and Order of Malta and a Lady of the Holy Sepulchre. raise $500 million. ''the $500 million in cash,'' he said, ''has kept us out of having to borrow short-term money at high interest rates. We've had a Gene Sullivan was known for his genial wit, his insightful strong balance sheet. now we've been reinvesting those funds into two management style which always sought smart consensus, and At the 1988 Scholarships Awards lunch Council President Gene Sullivan was in At the 1988 Scholarships Lunch in were (from left) Noel Curley, Manager of areas of our business which are going to grow - the chemical business his enduringly courteous demeanour. He was 94 years of age. animated conversation with the late Albert Reynolds who later served as Borden Inc. ’s plant in Mallow; Gene Sullivam; Student Scholar Patrick O’Donovan and the food business.'' Ireland’s Prime Minister or Taoiseach . from University College Cork and Brendan O’Brien from Borden’ s plant in Athy. He was a graduate of St. John's University and also received an as a self-described Big apple person, Mr. Sullivan has not confined M.B.A. from New York University. himself solely to Borden's concerns. about a year and a half ago, his old classmate from St. John's, Hugh Carey, who grew up to be the governor He served on numerous hospital boards and other of new York, asked him to take the nonsalaried post of chairman of the organizations. He was a Trustee of St. John's University governor's Council for International Business. and was Chairman of its Board of Trustees from 1999-2000. ''the idea,'' he said, ''is to try to encourage the growth of international In 1987, he was appointed Chairman of the Commission on business in new York and to try to encourage exports of products from Catholic Health Care Ministry in the U.S. , which is sponsored by new York. there are about 400,000 jobs in new York State which are directly tied into international exports, and the export activity in new York the Catholic Hospital Association and the National Conference of has been growing two or three times as fast as the rate of the economy of Catholic Bishops . He served on the Board of Trustees of St. the united States as a whole. as far as long Island is concerned, there Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, for 28 years, beginning are a lot of high-technology firms from overseas that have moved into in 1974, and he was chairman of its Board from 1978 to 1981, long Island, and we feel we've encouraged them to come to new York.'' a pivotal time in the hospital's history. He had five children, Mr. Sullivan's voluntarism has extended to serving as a trustee of Eugene Jr., Edward, Robert, Elizabeth Hansler and the late Catholic Charities on long Island and as chairman of the board of St. Ann. He had 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Francis Hospital in roslyn,. He quotes oscar Wilde as saying, ''a fool The 1989 Annual Meeting of the Ireland-U.S. Council held at The Metropolitan Club: knows the price of everything and the value of nothing,'' and he adds, (Back row from left) : Patrick J. Sullivan; James P. Moriarty; James J. Brown; ''Being a volunteer has great value, and you can't put a price on it. '' Nár laga Dia é. Fé bhraith Dé go raibh a anam. David O’Sullivan; Martin Murphy; Michael Binchy. (Front row from left) : Brian Stack; J. Kenneth Hickman; Gene Sullivan; Michael Alexander; Donald P. Kenney. Gene Sullivan pictured with 1988 Student Scholar Majella Dooley of what was 44 then called the National Institute of Higher Education Dublin now known as 45 Dublin City University with Tony Smith of Schering-Plough Ireland , which is now part of Pfizer. AN APPRECIATION
Council event held in Dromoland Castle, County Clare in June, 1989: Seen at the Council dinner held at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin back in June Gene Sullivan pictured with the Bishop of Killaloe, Willie Walsh. 2001 then-President of the Council Michael J. Roarty was pictured with his wife Lee (left) and Gene and Gloria Sullivan.
Michael Alexander; Gloria & Gene Sullivan; Allied Irish Banks ’ Wyndham Williams Gene Sullivan was always a Master of podium duties. and the late great James P. Moriarty.
Presenting the Council Award for Outstanding Achievement to John J. Phelan, Jr., then - Chairman & CEO of the New York Stock Exchange: were (from left) 46 Ambassador Robert McDonough, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United Nations; Governor of the State of New York, Hugh L. Carey; Gene Sullivan; John J. Phelan, Jr.; Amabassador Padraic MacKernan, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States. 2013 D ECEMBER MEMBER --GG UEST RECEPTION IINN DUBLIN
Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Simon Coveney TD is Guest Speaker at Council’s 2013 December Member-Guest Reception in Dublin U.S. Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires Stuart Dwyer also a Speaker
he Council’s popular Annual December Member-Guest Reception was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin Tin 2013. It was sponsored by Aer Lingus and by Alltech, Inc. For the occasion, the Council had two speakers - the keynote speaker was Simon Coveney TD who is one of the up-and-coming Ministers in the current Government Cabinet The Council’s Executive Director in Ireland Roddy Feely with Aer Lingus’ Seen at the 2013 December Member-Guest Reception were (from left) Michael Liam Clancy of Halfpenny Bridge Holiday Homes with Raivo Krumins of Capel in Ireland serving in the portfolio of Agriculture, Food and Director of Communications Declan Kearney and senior cabin crew Orla Harnett Ramy, Co-Founder/Director EIDA Solutions ; Richard Holfeld, Chief Executive of Abbey Ltd. the Marine. and Jamie Lee Arthurs (right). The Holfeld Group ; Dan McAlister of EIDA Solutions and David Skerritt.
The gathering was also addressed by the U.S. Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires Stuart Dwyer who thanked the Council for its role in contributing to the dynamic growth of Ireland-U.S. economic relations.
Simon Coveney represents Cork South Central constituency in Dáil Éireann to which he was first elected in a by-election in October 1998 following the untimely death of his father, Hugh Coveney TD. He was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009. He is also a former member of Cork City Council. He was born in June 1972, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture and Land Management from Royal Agriculture College, Gloucestershire. Council Member Dan Feaheny of Feeney Consultants with Brian Goggin, Council Joanne Davidson with Gerry Cahill and Una McQuillan. He was also educated at Clongowes Wood College, County President-Emeritus and Bernard O'Rourke of Perform Management Consultants. Kildare; University College Cork, and Gurteen Agricultural College, County Tipperary. He played Rugby for Garryowen, Cork Constitution and Crosshaven Rugby Clubs.
In his remarks to Council members and their guests he displayed a remarkable command of his portfolio, which may not be surprising given his educational grounding in the science and management of agriculture. His remarks, edited highlights of which can be seen on the Council’s website www.irelanduscouncil.com , scoped out the Government’s vision for Ireland’s food industry and the important role played in this by the United States.
The President of the Council’s Ireland Chapter, Dr. Michael Somers, made presentations of Tiffany Crystal Apples to Minister Coveney and to Stuart Dwyer as mementoes of their Minister Simon Coveney TD delivering his remarks at the event. Our 2013 Student Scholars also attended: Roddy Feely with 2013 Student Scholar Elaine Beirne from Dublin City University who worked with Mutual of America ; Dr. Michael Somers; Student Scholar Craig O’Connor from University College Cork who worked with Merck & Co. in New Jersey; and Sara Morahan from University visits with Council members at the event in Dublin. College Galway who worked with Global Excess Partners in New York.
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Aer Lingus’ Orla Hartnett with Council members Willie McCarter, Sean O’Dwyer Council Board Member Michael Greene, who is Of Counsel with the law firm of At the podium addressing the Council members and guests was the U.S. Alltech Inc. was a sponsor of the evening. The company was represented by and airline colleague Tianna Nouri. A & L Goodbody ; Dr. Michael Somers; the U.S. Embassy’ s Stuart Dwyer with Ireland’s Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires Stuart Dwyer. Kevin Tuck seen here with Minister Coveney. former Consul General in New York and loyal Council member Tim O’Connor.
Some of Our 2013 Student Scholars also attended: Dr. Michael Somers with 2013 Student Scholar Sara Morahan from University College Galway who worked with Senator Catherine Noone with Simon Coveney. Council Board Member Nicola Byrne and her colleague Pauline Keogh of Call 11890 Global Excess Partners in New York; Minister Simon Coveney; Elaine Beirne from Dublin City University who worked with Mutual of America ; and Student Scholar with Magnus Ternsjo, Chief Executive Officer of UPC. Craig O’Connor from University College Cork who worked with Merck & Co. in New Jersey.
Eugene Moore, Managing Director ADS Ltd . with Council Member Siobhan Joanne Grehan, Chief Executive of the Mayo County Enterprise Board pictured Byrne-Learat. with Roddy Feely.
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Albert Reynolds, the former Taoiseach and Prime Minister, who died in August of this year, was a long-time friend of the Ireland-U.S. Council . He attended many Council events throughout the years in Ireland and in the United States.
Eddie Dowling is pleased to join in Congratulating He played a crucial role in Ireland’s economic life and was instrumental in sustaining and improving the important corporate tax Gerald C. Crotty and Enda Kenny policies which have been a hallmark of Ireland’s economic landscape for three quarters of a century. He was also a key player in forging on Receiving the Council's 2014 peace in Northern Ireland. He was 81. His Cabinet roles in the various Governments in Ireland in which Achievement Awards he served were mostly economic ones. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a TD for Longford–Westmeath in 1977, and was re-elected at each election until his retirement in 2002. He served as Minister for Finance (1988–91), Minister for Industry & Commerce (1987–88), Minister for Industry & Energy (1982), Minister for March 16, 1998 at the Council’s St. Patrick’s Lunch in New York with the late great Tom Kennedy. Transport (1980–81) and Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1979–81). He led the Government in Ireland as Taoiseach from 1992 thru 1994.
Apart from being a pragmatic politician he was also a successful businessman. He understood clearly the dynamics of the marketplace and the compelling calculus imposed on business decision-making.
The high point of Albert Reynolds’ political career came in 1993 when, as Taoiseach , he signed the Downing Street Declaration in London with his British counterpart, John Major, paving the way for an IRA We are proud Supporters of the Ireland-U.S. Council cease-fire the next year and a Loyalist cease-fire shortly afterward. Albert Reynolds was born in November, 1932, in Roosky, a village on the River Shannon in the Irish Midlands. He attended a college in County Sligo. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, and seven children, Philip, Miriam, Emer, Leonie, Abbie, Cathy and Andrea.
Fé bhraith Dé Go Raibh a Anam. In May 1988 Albert Reynolds was Guest Speaker at the Council’s Student Work Experience Scholarships Awards lunch in Dublin – seen here presenting Fergal Quinn of University College Galway with his award citation and check.
USA Main Office: The 163 Exterior Street, In April 2002 the Council hosted an Election Forum in New York to preview the May “Specialists in the 2002 General Election in Ireland. At the event held at The Union Club in Manhattan Padded Bronx, NY 10451 were Dr. Garret FitzGerald (Ireland’s Taoiseach : 1982-84; 1987-88); Council Fine Art of Moving” Tel: (212) 222-4880 or (718) 585-9444 President Michael J. Roarty; Mutual of America ’s William J. Flynn and Albert Reynolds. Wagon www.paddedwagon.com Seen with Council President Gene Sullivan and all the Council’s 1988 Student Work Experience Scholars in Dublin. 55 COOUUNNCCIILL ’S 2014 W INTER MEETTIINNGG IINN FLORIDA
he 2014 edition of the Council’s Winter Meeting series ‘Northern Irish Connections’ is a channel through which we was held in Palm Beach, Florida from February 12 can engage directly to draw strength from the influence, Tthrough14, 2014. As usual, the Winter Meeting was knowledge and networks that you possess. We want you to be opened in style with a magnificent opening-night dinner part of a network of advocates that can talk about, and help party on Wednesday, February 12 hosted graciously at his promote, the good work happening back in Northern Ireland.” oceanfront Palm Beach home by Council Board Member William C. Finneran. Also addressing the Council gathering was James J. Houlihan, Chairman of the New York-based Irish Arts Center who said Brian W. Stack, Chief Executive of CIE Tours International that $37 million of the targeted $50 million has been committed and President of the Council in welcoming members noted so far. Mr. Houlihan is a Palm Beach resident and is President that this is the 23rd year for the Council to host a Winter of New York-based real estate investment company Houlihan - Meeting in Palm Beach for members in the United States Parnes Realty. and in Ireland. The Center, founded in 1972, is a New York-based arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Eileen Devlin with John and Diane Fitzsimons. David Cronin, Chief Executive of the University of Limerick Foundation and his At the Council’s Friday 14 Valentine’s Day Luncheon Meeting , wife Renate. guests were also welcomed by Council President-Emeritus Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, building Michael J. Gibbons who introduced the Luncheon Speakers. community with artists and audiences of all backgrounds, Ireland’s Consul General for the Southeast United States, forging and strengthening cross-cultural partnerships, and Paul Gleeson Consul General of Ireland in Atlanta, was the preserving the evolving stories and traditions of Irish culture first to address the gathering. He is Ireland’s first Consul for generations to come. General in Atlanta, the first new Irish Consulate in the United States since the 1930s. A graduate of Trinity College The 2014 Winter Meeting also featured our usual golf activity Dublin and the London School of Economics, Mr. Gleeson at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club which has become a popular joined Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in 2001. occasion staged during the days when the Meeting occurs.
In his remarks, Mr. Gleeson noted that Ireland’s economy has begun to recover from its worst-ever recession which was Join Us For The 2015 Winter Meeting caused by the global financial cataclysms that started over six The Council’s 2015 Winter Meeting is scheduled years ago. to open in Palm Beach, Florida on the evening of Wednesday, February 11 and will run through Also addressing the gathering was Roy Adair, Chief Executive Friday, February 13, 2015. Maureen O’Hagan, Mr. & Mrs. Danny Murphy, Mike Gibbons and Len O’Hagan. Brian Stack, Chief Executive of CIE Tours International and President of The Ireland- of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners who addressed the U.S. Council with Roy Adair, Chief Executive of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners , Ireland’s Consul General in Atlanta Paul Gleeson and our host Bill Finneran. Council gathering held on Friday, February 14 at The Beach Club in Palm Beach. Mr. Adair in his remarks spoke about a new initiative Northern Irish Connections which is a not-for- profit virtual organization. It aims to develop and grow the support of people with a connection to Northern Ireland by birth, family, education or business. This Diaspora community of people living outside Northern Ireland are a key audience for organizations focused on developing and growing the Northern Ireland economy through business, tourism, education or trade.
Mr. Adair said “One of the key tasks for Northern Irish Connections is to develop and maintain a global network of advocates who can help facilitate growth in foreign direct investment, trade, education, investment and tourism in Our host Bill Finneran with Jean Law of University College Cork and Kieran And the pipes played a welcome for Council members and guests where the Bill Finneran and Carol Rohrig. Northern Ireland. McLoughlin of The American Ireland Fund opening night of the 2014 Winter Meeting was graciously hosted by Bill Finneran.
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Mary Hanlon, Mary Donaghy and Mary-Pat Houlihan at The Beach Club event. Council member Declan O’Brien, President of Destinations Ireland & Beyond Ireland’s Consul General in Atlanta Paul Gleeson with Val Kennedy at the Council Anne McNally (right) with the President of University College Cork Dr. Michael with Jim Adrian and Peter Hannigan. luncheon at The Beach Club. Murphy and his wife Sioban.
Claire McCrudden and Anne-Marie Stack. Council Board Member Pat Donaghy of Favour Royal , his wife Mary with fellow Our Florida gathering even had the shaker of salt!! Charlie McCabe with Mike Gibbons. Board Member James J. Houlihan, President of the Irish Arts Center and President of Houlihan-Parnes Realty who was a speaker at the Beach Club luncheon.
Claire McCrudden RIP
The Council lost a dear friend who attended our Winter Meetings for the past several years. Claire McCrudden was killed when she was hit by a car while walking in Sea Girt, N.J. this past August. She is fondly remembered by Winter Meeting attendees as a warm, engaging and interesting conversationalist. Claire was a former New York City School principal and was the founding principal pf P.S. 207 in the Bronx. She was a long-time supporter of the American Ireland Fund andof the Irish Georgian Society. She was a graduate of Elizabeth Seton School, the College of New Rochelle and Fordham University Graduate School of Education. She was 79 years old and At The Beach Club Luncheon: Eddie Dowling, Chief Executive of T he Padded Wagon with Lorraine Turner from the N orthern Ireland Bureau with Roy Adair, lived in Manhattan. Chief Executive of the B elfast Harbour Commissioners. Fé bhraith Dé go raibh a anam.
58 On the golf course: Ireland-U.S. Council National Secretary Jim Adrian with Mayacoo Lakes 59 Golf Club member Tim Iliff, Roddy Feely Executive Director of the Council in Ireland and Mike Gibbons, Council President-Emeritus. Find us on SSaavvee tthhee DDaattee www.facebook.com/IrelandUSCouncil
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St. Patrick’s Festivities at 2014 Council Lunch Helps Dispel Memories of Coldest New York Winter
The St. Patrick’s festivities in New York came at the close of the coldest and most vile Winter weather New York City has seen in its entire history, or so it seemed for those of us who endured it. The occasion was celebrated in great style as the Council again hosted its sold-out March luncheon. The Government of Ireland was represented at the event by Joan Burton, Ireland’s Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Social Protection. Brian W. Stack who is Council President and President of CIE Tours Aisling Studdert and Dara Burke both from Concern Worldwide with the great Council members John Fox and Mike Doorley attended the lunch. Council President Brian Stack welcomed members and International with MacDara Lynch and Council National Secretary Jim Adrian. Charlotte Moore, a leading light and founder of The Irish Repertory Theatre. guests of the Council to the Metropolitan Club for this annual and traditional luncheon gathering in New York on the eve of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
During the lunch, a program of first-class entertainment was provided by Greg Harrington, a virtuoso solo violinist whose extraordinary artistic talent wowed the large audience.
2015 St. Patrick’s Lunch Next year’s Council’s Saint Patrick’s Lunch is Monday, March 16, 2015 in New York. Plan on joining us in The Metropolitan Club!
Mike Hannon with Denise Fitzgerald and Roisin O’Connor of Temple Street Walter O’Hara with Patricia Harty of Irish America Magazine , Tom Joyce of the Council Board Member John Doolan of Heineken USA with Dan Berman and Children’s University Hospital. NUI Galway Foundation and Dr. James Browne, President of the National Dan Walsh, Executive Vice President of Phoenix Beverages . University of Ireland Galway.
Mary Howlin with Orla Carey of Tourism Ireland and Patricia Harty of Irish Amer- Aer Lingus’s Anna Weismantel and colleague Geraldine Colton with Council Gene & Sheila McCarthy with Mary-Pat & Jim Houlihan. Ireland’s Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Social Protection , ica Magazine. member John Mahon. Mrs. Joan Burton TD, at the podium addressing the gathering.
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Virtuoso violinist Greg Harrington played a sensational set of music. Silly McGilly was a big hit at the Council lunch: Michelle Coffey Dougherty (left) with Clodagh Lynch Frank, Victoria Clark Coffey and Eileen Coffey Cowley.
Enjoying the festive occasion were Pat Gaynor, Maeve Moran, Ailish Finnerty Council Board Member & PwC Partner in Ireland Marie O’Connor with Mike and Bank of Ireland’s Derek Collins. Doorley of Thornburg Asset Management in Santa Fe, NM and Marie Coady also a PwC Partner in Ireland.
Joanne Grehan, Chief Executive of the Mayo County Enterprise Board with Katherine and Geraldine Walsh book-ending Alfie Tucker of Mutual of America. Michael Ronayne.
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Spring Corporate Lunch in Dublin Highlights Eli Lilly is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland Indianapolis, Indiana. The company was founded 135 years ago in 1876 and has 38,000 employees worldwide with research and development facilities located in eight countries and Foreign direct investment in Ireland was the key theme at the manufacturing plants located in 13 countries and products Ireland-U.S. Council’s Spring Corporate Lunch hosted on marketed in 125 countries. Its 2013 sales were $23 billion. Friday, April 11, 2014 at Dublin’s Four Seasons Hotel. The double-bill Guest Speaker platform featured Dr. Gerald Farrell, The company has operated in Ireland for over 30 years and Managing Director of Eli Lilly & Company which has invested now employs 700 people in four operations; in Kinsale, Cork over $1 billion in its Irish operations. Also featured was Ireland’s City, Sligo and Dublin, involved in bulk pharmaceutical, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation , Richard Bruton TD, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, animal vaccines, financial whose Cabinet portfolio in the Government of Ireland is right in shared services, marketing and sales. the wheelhouse of Ireland-U.S. economic relations where the Council’s mission resides. To date, the company has invested over €1 billion in its Kinsale facility. In 2006, Lilly commenced the construction In his remarks, Minister Bruton updated Council members of a now-completed biopharmaceutical development and Roddy Feely with Noeleen Hartigan, Chamber Choir Ireland and Council Steven Bartlett, Eaton Corporation ; Council Board Member Aidan Smyth, Labplan and guests on the key elements of the Government’s current manufacturing facility at its campus there. Member Patrick McDermott, Dublin City University. with Senator Timmy Conway, Conway & Conway. economic management policies both in relation to industry and to resolving the remaining issues connected to the massive financial and banking crisis of recent years.
Richard Bruton was first elected to Ireland’s Parliament (Dáil Éireann) for the constituency of Dublin North–Central in 1982. He was appointed Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in March 2011 following the General Election that year which saw Enda Kenny and Fine Gael take over the reins of Government in coalition with the Labour Party.
Born in Dublin, he was raised in County Meath, and was educated at Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College; University College Dublin; and Nuffield College, Oxford. By profession, he is a research economist and started his career at Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute. He has been a key member of the current Government which has worked hard At the Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2014 Spring Corporate Lunch held at The Four Alan Molloy, - Aer Lingus ; Barry O'Neill, Eugene F. Collins Solicitors with Brian Hughes, United Airlines ; Stuart Dwyer, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. and successfully to re-balance the public finances following the Seasons Hotel in Dublin were Ian Simons (left) of Go Berserk with John Lloyd. Michael Mulhall. Embassy; Aoife Gregg, United Airlines and Siobhan Byrne-Learat, Adams & Butler . disastrous financial panic and bank collapse that has proved so challenging to Governments on both sides of the Atlantic.
The other half of the speaker platform double-bill was Dr. Gerald Farrell who has served as Managing Director of Eli Lilly (Ireland) since 2003 and is a member of the Operations Committee of Lilly in the UK. Dr. Farrell plays an active role in the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association having served as its President from 2008-2010.
A native of Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, Dr. Farrell graduated from University College Galway in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Botany. In 1986 he obtained his doctorate in Plant Biotechnology at University College Cork. After a postgraduate assignment with Agriculture Canada in New Brunswick, Canada, he returned to Ireland where he joined Eli Lilly & Company (Ireland) in 1989. Alltech colleagues Maeve Desmond, Aisling Worth and Tara Moran with Deogratias Niyizonkiza and Gerard Skerritt, both of Village Health Works Michael Ronayne with Letitia Kelly and Derek Collins, both of Bank of Ireland Enterprise Car Rental’ s Leslie O'Loughlin (at right). Burundi with Council Board Member Martiena Milton, of H.R. Holfeld Group ; and Roddy Feely. Nora Zenczak, Village Health Works Burundi ; Len O'Hagan, The Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Richard Holfeld of H.R. Holfeld Group . 68 69 CCOOUUNNCCIILL ’SS 2014 S PPRRIINNGG LUNCH IN DUBLIN
Dr. Gerald Farrell, Eli Lilly & Co. ; Deborah Kelleher, The Royal Irish Academy of The President of the Council’s Chapter in Ireland Dr. Michael Somers helmed the Richard Bruton TD addressed the gathering. Dr. Michael Somers makes a presentation to Guest Speaker Minister Music and Clive Bellows of Northern Trust Bank. proceedings. Richard Bruton TD.
Declan Kearney of Aer Lingus. Dr. Gerald Farrell of Eli Lilly & Co. delivering remarks at the event. Mary Hanafin with Dr. Michael Somers. Council Board Member Michael Donohoe of Colliers International and Robert Holmes of IFDS.
Michael O'Connell of Bristol Myers Squibb with Council member Anne Nolan, Derek Collins of Bank of Ireland performed podium duties introducing the Council Member Jay Connolly and Peter King. Chief Executive of The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Assocation. Guest Speaker.
70 Seen at the event were (from left) guest speaker Dr. Gerald Farrell of Eli Lilly & Co. ; Declan Kearney, Communications Director at Aer Lingus , sponsors of the event; 71 Council Ireland Chapter President Dr. Michael Somers; Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation who also addressed the gathering; Dr. James Browne, President of the National University of Ireland Galway ; Senator Catherine Noone; and Derek Collins of Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking who also was a sponsor of the occasion. 2014 G AALLAA MID SUMMER DINNER IN DUBLIN
2014 Gala MidSummer Dinner in Dublin Continuing Mr. Hogan also noted “I want to add my voice “Under the deal, Medtronic will be able to shift its legal domi - Castle Celebrates Excellence in Art and here to all those other wise voices in Ireland and elsewhere cile to Ireland, where Covidien is now officially incorporated. who say that Ireland should not amend or in any way change As we all know, Ireland taxes companies at much lower rates Music…And Booming Business Relations or dilute its attractive corporation tax regime. This is a high- than does the United States. So the deal was driven as much Between America and Ireland profile issue in America. Let me give an example. Last week, by tax policy as by anything else. The merged Medtronic/ America’s largest newspaper – the Wall Street Journal – Covidien entity will have its world headquarters here in There is little doubt that Dublin Castle offers a spectacular published a lead-editorial on Ireland’s tax policies following Dublin. It will no longer be an American company. It will be and history-filled venue for any occasion. The Council was the takeover of the Massachusetts company, Covidien in a an Irish company. It will join a growing list of American honored to host a spectacular evening celebrating the historic $44 Billion deal by Minneapolis-based Medtronic.” corporations who have chosen to become domiciled in Ireland connections between Ireland and the United States at the – in the insurance business, for example, Willis now has its MidSummer Gala Dinner held on Friday, June 27, 2014. “Medtronic’s buyout of Covidien, is the largest in the history world headquarters here. Ingersoll Rand (formerly of Illinois) of the medical technology industry and the third-largest now has its HQ here in Ireland. The list is growing ever-longer Featured were compelling speakers from the world of politics acquisition ever of a Massachusetts company. Covidien makes by the week. So, as I say, with this success comes increased and business. Also at the event the Council presented its 2014 medical supplies and was formerly known as Tyco HealthCare. political attention that brings with it increased heat on Ireland’s edition of its Annual Award for Outstanding Portraiture to Oisin It has about 38,000 employees worldwide, including about leaders to change our laws in ways that would not be good for CIE Tours International’ s Stephen Cotter and his wife Deirdre. Roche while the evening also included an excellent music 1,800 in Massachusetts.” Ireland’s economic growth or future prosperity. I hope that the recital by members of the Royal Irish Academy of Music ’s political leadership in Ireland resists that pressure.” Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Hogan continued “I want to say one other thing about the The speaker for the evening, long-time Council member image of Ireland among key audiences in the United States. Diarmuid P. Hogan who has had a distinguished business I know there is still a lot of anger and resentment in Ireland career in the United States, was introduced by Ireland-U.S. about the Government’s bailout of the Irish banks and Council President Emeritus in the United States Michael J. especially of bondholders in the Irish banks when the crisis hit Gibbons. Dr. Michael Somers, President of the Council’s here five years ago. There was also a good deal of controversy, Chapter in Ireland helmed the podium proceedings and I should add, in the United States about the U.S. Govern - introduced Ireland’s Government Minister Fergus O’Dowd ment’s bailout of Wall Street firms by the Federal Reserve back who spoke of his family and personal connections to the in 2007 and 2008. Well, the jury is no longer out on that United States and described how they mirrored the ties to matter. Here is the bottom line: that bailout ended up making America of so many people in Ireland. money for the U.S. taxpayer. All those bailout funds have been repaid and then some.” Mr. Gibbons said “The Council is delighted to have as Guest Speaker a long-time Council supporter and businessman with an DIT’s Deirdre Masterson, a soprano of note, with Guest Speaker and Council “The net result of Ireland’s bank bailout is still being worked out. From Wholeworldband.com Rodney Orpheus and Sulinna Ong enjoyed the Dublin extensive and distinguished track record of building a successful Board Member Diarmuid Hogan. But, I predict that when all the numbers are in, Ireland’s taxpayers Castle event. company in the insurance business in the United States which will have reaped a financial net gain from the Government’s has also been involved in Ireland-U.S. economic activity. investment to save the Irish banking system from collapse.”
In his remarks Mr. Hogan told the story how a young man Mr. Hogan concluded by saying “Of course, I am not saying it from Marino on Dublin’s North side went about building a was a good thing to have happened. And, of course why it business in America from scratch. In his remarks, he also said happened and how it might have been prevented from “In the broader context, Ireland’s economic success as a happening in the first place is another topic altogether. magnet for American industrial capital is well-known. I do not However, there is a very positive view in America among the have to tell anyone in this room that great success will always investment community that Ireland honors its commitments; attract attention – some of it not always welcome or desirable that Ireland’s word is its bond; that Irish economic policy and attention. If you are current on what is happening in policy economic management is soundly-based and that these do not circles in Washington DC and in Brussels you will know that change with the shifting political winds. This is a good thing. politicians in both places would love to see Ireland’s attractive It has had good results for Ireland. Ireland’s Government corporation tax regime hobbled or damaged in one way or borrowing costs are now lower than England’s. It has been a another.” high honor and a distinct privilege for me to share these Tomás McHale; Mike Gibbons, Jr.; Cynthia & Mike Gibbons; Áine McHale and Pat and Yvonne Gilroy with Shenda and Charles Anyaegbunam. Alan Devaney. thoughts with you. Thank you very much.”
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Marian McNamara of The Irish Arts Review with the artist, Ruth Burke. Mike Hannon with Lucianne Bird of National Learning Network and John Fleming Aer Lingus was a sponsor of the evening: Valerie Metcalfe; Ivan Beacom; John Keogh; Alan Molloy and Gerard Keogh. of Rehab Group.
PwC ’s Marie O’Connor; McCarter & English’ s Tom Goodwin with Dr. Michael UCD Smurfit School’ s Tony Condon and his wife Anne with Roger Jupp. Dr. Michael Somers with Cynthia and Mike Gibbons and Julie Dwyer. Fergus O’Dowd seen with Senator Catherine Noone and Dr. Michael Somers. Somers and Dr. Deirdre Somers.
Team Pramerica: Visitors to Dublin Castle from County Donegal were Eddie and Gerald Lawless and Geraldine Stapleton. Council Board Member Labplan ’s Aidan Smyth with Anne-Marie Crowley. Dan Feaheny with the U.S. Embassy’s Stuart Dwyer and his wife Julie with Rosemary Russell with Naomi and Eamonn Hegarty. Aidan Prendergast.
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The Irish Art Review’ s Sonya Perkins with Caroline Sleiman and Karl Purdy. Council Board Member Len O'Hagan of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners with Ireland’s Government Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd. Aer Lingus’ s John Keogh addressed the gathering. Patricia Kelly, Shirley Johnston and Tom Kelly.
Ruth O'Shea of the Dublin Airport Authority with Siobhan Byrne-Learat and Council President Emeritus Michael J. Gibbons. Esmond Greene and his wife Orla O’Donnell with Mairéad and Michael Greene. Mike & Cynthia Gibbons with Council Executive Director Roddy Feely. Deirdre Morris, also of the Dublin Airport Authority.
At the MidSummer Gala Dinner in Dublin Castle, the Council's Award for Outstanding Portraiture was presented to Oisin Roche, a talented young Dublin Artist. The Award is presented by the Council in conjunction with The Irish Arts Review and the Royal Hibernian Academy and is sponsored with financial 76 support from Council member-company Prudential Financial . Seen at the presentation were (from left) Sonya Perkins, Chief Executive of The Irish Arts Maples & Calder supported the evening: Back (l-r): Brian Clarke, David Pierce 77 Review ; Oisin Roche; Caroline Faulkner of Pramerica, Prudential Financial' s Irish arm; Dr. Michael Somers, President of the Ireland Chapter of the Council; Front (l-r): James Scanlon, Geraldine MacCarthy, Brian Smyth, William Fogarty, Deirdre MacCarthy. John Keogh of Aer Lingus who were sponsors of the MidSummer Gala dinner and Fergus O'Dowd, Minister of State in the Government of Ireland. 22001144 AA WARD FFOORR OUTSSAANNDDIINNGG PORTRAITUURREE
Oisin Roche Presented With 2014 His work focuses on the study of nature based on a classical Award For Outstanding Portraiture foundation of drawing and composition. His skillful use of the expressive possibilities of oil paint such as impasto, chiaroscuro, and glazing - techniques he perfected from Prudential Financial’s Sponsorship Supports This intensive study of the old masters - gives his paintings a Important Arts Program Presented in Conjunction lasting character. with the Irish Arts Review His paintings have been shown internationally, his last showing An accomplished Dublin artist being at the BP Portrait Awards at the National Portrait was the winner of this year’s Gallery London with his portrait of journalist and author Award for Outstanding Portraiture , John Waters. He comes from a tradition influenced by sponsored by the Ireland-U.S. William Orpen and the 'Irish School' of painting, he is still Council, in conjunction with developing a personal style and understands painting to be a The Irish Arts Review and the communication of emotion through the physical medium of Royal Hibernian Academy . It is paint itself. His work incorporates studies of people from presented in Ireland to an artist many different ethnic backgrounds and sees this as a way of whose work is judged to be of exploring the diversity in our modern Irish culture. outstanding merit. The Award is an important part of the Oisin Roche says "The main aim of my work is to do with Council’s program to support the paint itself, I want to be able to interpret a subject with the arts and arts education in Ireland. most economical of brush strokes and make the use of paint be the most important thing. The hardest thing to do in The winning portrait work was chosen from among the painting is to block in your subject and see things simply entries at the opening of the Royal Hibernian Academy’s without the careful and insecure use of small brushes. I hope 2014 Spring Exhibition held earlier this year in Dublin where that my painting will eventually go beyond banal narrative Oisin was presented with the Council’s €5,000 award bursary. and progress in the painterly vein of Franz Hals and John A formal presentation of the Award citation was made by Singer Sargeant. My goal is to make my work closer to reality Council Ireland Chapter President Dr. Michael Somers at than reality itself." the Council’s Midsummer Gala Dinner on Friday, June 27, 2014 at a dinner in Dublin Castle. His solo exhibitions have include the Guinness Gallery Foxrock in 1992; the Dublin Writers Museum in 1994; The Award program is undertaken with generous financial the Molesworth Gallery 2000/2002/2004 and Adams sponsorship from Council-member company, Prudential Auctioneers in 2010. He was presented with Royal Hibernian Financial. The Irish Arts Review , the quarterly publication Academy Don Niccolo O'Caracciolo Gold Medal for devoted to Irish culture, art and design throughout the ages, Painting in 1996. He was commissioned by Department of manages the judging process with the support of the Royal Engineering Trinity College for the Stein Travel Landscapes Hibernian Academy (RHA), an all-island institution that is for Boardroom; the Office of Public Works Portrait of former celebrating its 185th Anniversary. The panel of judges Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave; a portrait of Niall Andrews the included John Mulcahy and Sonya Perkins from the Irish Fianna Fail TD and a portrait of John Waters, the noted Arts Review and art critic Gerry Walker. author and journalist.
Oisin Roche was born in Dublin in 1973. He studied painting As part of the sponsorship program associated with the at the Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design (now the Award, every Council member in the United States and in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology) Ireland receives a copy of the quarterly Irish Arts Review. from 1989 to 1991. His first solo exhibition was with the Other benefits for Council members include a program of Guinness Gallery Foxrock in 1992 and he has had several discounts available through the Irish Arts Review to many one-man exhibitions of his paintings since, most recently with arts events in Ireland. Also included are calendars of upcoming Adams Auctioneers, Dublin 2010. arts activities throughout the year plus online information on such things as prices of Irish art and results of auction sales.
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s Individual Membership $500 s Corporate Membership $1,000 s Individual Membership €350 s Corporate Membership €700 This membership category offers Executives in corporations, partnerships This membership category offers Executives in corporations, partnerships s Full Council membership, including Council voting rights or organizations: s Full Council membership, including Council voting rights or organizations: s Access to the Council's transatlantic business network This membership category entitles the designation of a s Access to the Council's transatlantic business network This membership category entitles the designation of a s Complimentary subscription to the excellent Irish second executive with full Council membership, s Complimentary subscription to the excellent Irish second executive with full Council membership, Arts Review quarterly magazine including voting rights; Arts Review quarterly magazine including voting rights; Complimentary attendance for 1 person at the Thursday, Complimentary attendance for 1 person at the Thursday, s s Complimentary subscription to the excellent s s Complimentary subscription to the excellent December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin Irish Arts Review quarterly magazine December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin Irish Arts Review quarterly magazine Support for all Council business advocacy initiatives Support for all Council business advocacy initiatives s s Complimentary attendance for 2 persons at the Thursday, s s Complimentary attendance for 2 persons at the Thursday, s Support for all Council support of the arts December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin s Support for all Council support of the arts December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin Support for the Council's scholarships and Support for the Council's scholarships and s s Support for all Council business advocacy initiatives s s Support for all Council business advocacy initiatives internships programs internships programs s Support for all Council support of the arts s Support for all Council support of the arts s Support for the Council's scholarships and s Support for the Council's scholarships and internships programs internships programs
s Sustaining Corporate Membership $3,000 s Sustaining Corporate Membership €2,250 This membership category offers all the benefits listed above in individual membership, plus the following benefits: This membership category offers all the benefits listed above in individual membership, plus the following benefits: s Designation of a second executive with full Council membership, including voting rights; s Designation of a second executive with full Council membership, including voting rights; s Complimentary subscription to the excellent Irish Arts Review quarterly magazine s Complimentary subscription to the excellent Irish Arts Review quarterly magazine s Two seats at Saint Patrick’s Lunch in New York on Monday, March 16, 2015 Save over s Two seats at Saint Patrick’s Lunch in New York on Monday, March 16, 2015 Save over s One Fourball at the Council's Golf Day in New York on Monday, July 27, 2015 * s One Fourball at the Council's Golf Day in Ireland on Friday, September 11, 2015 * s Two seats at the Council's Spring Corporate Lunch in Dublin, Ireland on Friday, April 17, 2015 $1,800 s Two seats at MidSummer Gala Dinner in Ireland on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Dublin €1,000 s TwoT seats at MidSummer Gala Dinner in Ireland on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Dublin s Two seats at The Council’s 53rd Annual Dinner on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in New York s Two seats at The Council’s 53rd Annual Dinner on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in New York s Complimentary attendance for 2 persons at the Thursday, December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin s Complimentary attendance for 2 persons at the Thursday, December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin
s Charter Corporate Membership $5,000 s Charter Corporate Membership €3,500 This membership category offers all the benefits listed above in individual membership, plus the following benefits: This membership category offers all the benefits listed above in individual membership, plus the following benefits: s Designation of a second executive with full Council membership, including voting rights; s Designation of a second executive with full Council membership, including voting rights; s Complimentary subscription to the excellent Irish Arts Review quarterly magazine s Complimentary subscription to the excellent Irish Arts Review quarterly magazine s Company logo on print invitations to Council events listed below Save over s Company logo displayed on our website as Council sponsor for full calendar year Save over s Four seats at Saint Patrick’s Lunch in New York on Monday, March 16, 2015 ** s Four seats at Saint Patrick’s Lunch in New York on Monday, March 16, 2015 ** s Two Fourballs at the Council's Golf Day in New York on Monday, July 27, 2015 $3,600 s Two Fourballs at the Council's Golf Day in Ireland on Friday, September 11, 2015 €2,450 s Four seats at the Council's Spring Corporate Lunch in Dublin, Ireland on Friday, April 17, 2015 s Four seats at MidSummer Gala Dinner in Ireland on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Dublin s Four seats at MidSummer Gala Dinner in Ireland on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Dublin s Four seats at The Council’s 53rd Annual Dinner on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in New York s Four seats at The Council’s 53rd Annual Dinner on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in New York s Complimentary attendance for 4 persons at the Thursday, December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin s Complimentary attendance for 4 persons at the Thursday, December 17, 2015 Member-Guest Reception in Dublin
* A member who upgrades from “Corporate Membership” to “Sustaining Membership” status will reap savings of over $1,800 for the year. * A member who upgrades from “Corporate Membership” to “Sustaining Membership” status will reap savings of over €1,000 for the year. ** A current “Corporate” member who signs up for “Charter Membership” will see savings of over $3,600 for the year. ** A current “Corporate” member who signs up for “Charter Membership” will see savings of over €2,450 for the year. A 82 83 2014 G OLF DAY INN IRELAND
2014 Golf Day in Ireland Held Under Sunny Skies in County Wicklow
Dun Laoghaire Golf Club Will Host the 2016 Curtis Cup Matches between U.S.A. and GB&I
The Ireland-U.S. Council Golf Day in Ireland was held in glorious weather under sunny skies on Friday September 5 this year. The venue was the spectacular Dun Laoghaire Golf Club - site of the 2016 Biennial Curtis Cup Matches between the United States and Great Britain & Ireland amateur ladies' golf teams.
The club’s relatively new home – it had relocated from the Dr. Michael Somers with Roddy Feely and the U.S. Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires “Two Nations Separated By A Common Language” …… In Ireland they call Northern Trust Bank was a sponsor of the occasion. Lots of goodies in the Dublin suburb of Dun Laoghaire just five years ago – enjoys ad Interim Stuart Dwyer with Liam Butler of Northern Trust Bank - sponsors these things “golf buggies”. George Bernard Shaw had it right! Goodie Bags. majestic views of the Wicklow mountains and the southern half for the Council’s 2014 Golf Day in Ireland . of Dublin Bay.
The Council’s Golf Day in Ireland this year was generously supported by Aer Lingus and Northern Trust Bank . The course is located just outside the picturesque seaside town of Enniskerry - a short 30 minutes’ car ride from Dublin’s center city.
The Council’s Ireland Golf Day is a popular one with the Council’s members and their guests in Ireland and is a regular September calendar event. The 2015 date has been set for Friday September 11, 2015.
The occasion combines great prizes, an excellent venue, splendid fun and a great occasion to host clients and meet others in Ireland’s business community. The post-golf reception and dinner were held in the splendid and spacious clubhouse. Dun Laoghaire Golf Club provided the spectacular setting for our 2014 Golf Eamonn Keyes with David Kelly and Council Board Member Eamonn McKeon, Annette Burke, Council Board Member Anne Nolan, Kristine Lawlor and Day on September 5. Chief Executive of the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation. Ros Linnane.
Local Knowledge: All the putts break toward the Sugar Loaf Mountain Team Alltech: Colin McMahon, Peter Tuck, Paddy McIntyre and Kevin Tuck. (in the background).
84 The full-field event was staged in perfect weather. 85 2014 G OLF DDAY IN IRELAND
Hogan’s Heroes: Council Vice President Diarmuid Hogan of Global Excess Partners seen with guests at the breakfast part of the day. Standing l-r: Jason Sherlock; Dublin Airport Authority’s Cormac O’Connell with Finbarr Whelan and Matt Dublin City University Team: Kenneth Shannon, Jim Henry, Michael Henry, Mick Galvin; Tom Hennessy and Tom Duffy. Seated l-r: Stephen Walsh; Eamonn Grumley; Diarmuid Hogan; Kieron Hogan and Michael O’Brien. Danaher. and Dermot Brabazon.
From the University of Limerick Foundation Donal Murphy and David Cronin. Derm Hogan and his brother Kieron. Jerry Burke with Sinead Donovan of the law firm of Eugene F. Collins; Peter Team Michael Brewster: Council Board Member Michael Brewster (right) of Credit Davy and Barry O'Neill also of Eugene F. Collins Solicitors. Suisse in New York hosted a team. Hugh O'Donnell (left) with Cyril McGuire and Jack Hayes.
Ireland Chapter Council President-Emeritus Brian Goggin. Team United Airlines: Roger Berry, Mark Evenden, Uel Hoey and Barry Jackson of Team Morrissey: Richard Lenehan, Gerry Morrissey and his son Andrew with Karen United Airlines. Rothwell.
86 Dublin Gaelic Football Star Jason Sherlock. 87 GOLF DAY IN IRELAND 2015 Events Calendar
JANUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Wednesday, February 11 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Friday, February 13, 2015 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Council’s Winter Meeting 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Palm Beach, Florida 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MARCH Monday, March 16, 2015 MARCH APRIL Saint Patrick’s Luncheon S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Metropolitan Club, New York, NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 APRIL 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Friday, April 17, 2015 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Spring Corporate Lunch The team from the law firm of William Fry Solicitors: Siobhan Kiely with Council President Brian Stack was there with his wife AnneMarie. 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Dublin, Ireland Rachel Lalor, Barry Noonan and Conor Treacy. MAY JUNE JUNE S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Thursday, June 11, 2015 31 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Scholarships Awards Lunch 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 New York City 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 JUNE 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 Friday, June 26, 2015
Midsummer Gala Dinner JULY AUGUST Dublin, Ireland S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 30 31 1 JULY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Monday, July 27, 2015 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Andy Ruane, Brian Stack, Róisín Fitzpatrick and Dr. Michael Somers. Team Bank of Ireland: Conor Barrett, Conn Collins, Richie O'Donnell and Derek Council Golf Day in New York Collins. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Rye Golf Club, Rye, New York 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Friday, September 11, 2015 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Council Golf Day in Ireland 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Ireland 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NOVEMBER 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Thursday, November 12, 2015 53rd Annual Dinner of the Council NOVEMBER DECEMBER 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 5 DECEMBER 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Thursday, December 17, 2015 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Member-Guest Reception 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Dublin, Ireland 88 The winning four-ball was from Liberty Insurance and were seen at the prize-giving during the post-golf dinner. From left: Tom Kelly, Chris Hamilton both 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 of Liberty Insurance; Kevin Tuck of Alltech who donated the winning prizes; Council Executive Director Roddy Feely; and Stephen Carolan and Darren Kelly of Liberty Insurance. RANDOX LLABORATORIES LUNCH
Council Hosts May Lunch To Highlight Growth of Northern Ireland Company Randox Laboratories
The Ireland-U.S. Council hosted a small private luncheon In New York on May 14 of this year for some Council members and friends to introduce a fast-growing company from Northern Ireland - Randox Laboratories . The company is involved in the international clinical diagnostics business offering innovative solutions to laboratories worldwide. The event was co-hosted by John Reilly, a partner at the international law firm of Squire Patton Boggs LLP who also serves as a Vice President on the Council’s Board. The event was staged at The Metropolitan Club in midtown Manhattan and was chaired by Council President Brian W. Stack Council Membership Chairman Peter J. Hooper, Breda Ryan of Bank of Ireland John Reilly, Mark Campbell and Brian Stack. Council Board Member and former CEO of Revlon Alan Ennis with Orla Battersby who in his introductory remarks noted “Since becoming Council and Council Board Member MacDara Lynch. of Enterprise Ireland. President last November, I have been giving thought to things we might do outside our existing roster of activities to achieve our Council mission of encouraging closer economic and business links between the United States and Ireland. Today’s small private lunch is one such innovation. We hope to have more occasional smaller gatherings such as this one. Today we have an opportunity to be introduced to and learn more about an exciting company from Northern Ireland - Randox Laboratories. ” The Founder and CEO of the company, Dr. Peter Fitzgerald could not attend the event because of the passing of his mother that week. In his stead, Mark Campbell from the company’s headquarters senior staff delivered remarks and a brief presentation on the company’s history, business sector, product range and growth prospects. The company has manufacturing plants in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and, in the past three years, has opened facilities in the United States in West Virginia. The company Tom Gallagher (left) in-house patent counsel at Kadmon Pharmaceuticals and Attracta Lyndon, Peter Hooper with Council President Brian Stack. Ann Trimble of Barclays Bank ; Colin Neill of Boston Therapeutics and Maureen invested $7 million in a new 30,000 square feet manufacturing Richard Mattiaccio, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs. Bennett, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP facility in Kearneysville, WV. The company today is a global market leader in the clinical diagnostic industry. Randox products are used by laboratories worldwide and are highly-regarded because of their high quality and reliability. The company’s strategic vision embraces the challenge to develop better, more-sensitive diagnostic products that would ultimately help to improve human healthcare. The Randox mission statement is " Revolutionising healthcare through improving diagnostics ". A key milestone in the company’s history was its design of a Biochip Array Technology (BAT) that has changed the way diagnostic testing is viewed. Instead of a patient sample needing to be subdivided for each test result, BAT offers a diagnostic patient profile with each patient sample. So now the patient's need becomes the focus delivering the multiple results needed for improved diagnosis. From the beginning of a business which manufactured and sold John Fox with Cillian Ó’Brádaigh. Randox Laboratories ’ Mark Campbell addressed the group. John Reilly marshalled the proceedings at the podium. seven clinical chemistry kits, the company has expanded its portfolio of products to over 1,500 catalog items.
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ake it ten of 11 years on the “good weather” front for the Ireland-U.S. Council’s New York Golf Day in M2014. This past June 28, we again enjoyed a repeat of the favorable weather conditions of previous years – which went a long way to ensuring a successful outcome for this always- popular event on the Council’s schedule.
This year again featured a full field of Council members and guests teeing it up at Rye Golf Club in Westchester County, a few miles north of Manhattan.
As we have noted in previous reports, there are many significant connections between Rye Golf Club and Ireland. Apart from having many members who are Irish-born or of Irish-American heritage, the course was designed by Devereux Emmet, who was related to one of Ireland’s most historic figures - Robert Emmet Patricia & Philip Sheridan were there. Mark Accomando of Sceptre Tours , Audrey Hendley of American Express ; Maura - who was executed by the British in Dublin in 1801 following Nolan of Irish Links Tours & Travel with Billy Condon of Tourism Ireland. the failed Rebellion of 1798, which was closely fashioned after the American Revolution of 1776.
Devereux Emmet also designed the course on which the first Irishman won a U.S. Open Golf Championship – in 2007 Rory McIlroy won on Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.
The Connie Doolan Memorial Trophy was the day’s highlight, sponsored by Diageo in memory of former Council member and long-time Guinness executive Cornelius F. Doolan, our friend “Connie”. Our thanks to Council Board Member Bill Falvey of Guinness for the support.
The Council’s 2014 Student Work Experience Scholarships Program , which benefits from the Golf Day surplus revenues, was also highlighted during the presentations and dinner portion of the day. We appreciate the support of Diageo Guinness USA and Bill Falvey. Team Gibbons: Council Board Member Bill Finneran with Mike Fitzgerald; Frank McGloughlin, Consul General Noel Kilkenny, Ed Burns and Terry Caffrey. Council President-Emeritus Mike Gibbons and Steve Fitzgerald.
The shades were on – marshalling the proceedings were Geraldine Byrne and Lunch was served before the day’s golf in the dining room at Whitby Castle. The winning team taking home the Connie Doolan Memorial Trophy sponsored by Alison Metcalfe, Executive Vice President of Tourism Ireland in the United States Council member Attracta Lyndon. Diageo Guinness USA was from … Guinness. At the presentation was Edmund Cleary; was a sponsor of the occasion and addressed the gathering. Noel Kilkenny, Ireland’s Consul General; Council Board Member and a sponsor of the Council’s Golf Day Bill Falvey of Guinness with team member Philip Sheridan. 94 95 22001144 GG OLF DDAY IN NEW YYORRKK
Council Member Gil Landy from Pasternak Baum & Co. with Steve Hirsch. Council Board Members All: Eddie Dowling of The Padded Wagon ; Council Geraldine Byrne, Rick St. Vincent and Pattie Cunningham. Whitby Castle overlooks the course. President Brian W. Stack with Aer Lingus’ Jack Foley.
Some of the Council’s 2014 Student Scholars were there: Mike Gibbons; Audrey Hendley of American Express ; Pattie Cunningham of United Airlines with We love our tee-box sponsors. The Connie Doolan Memorial Trophy spiced up the competition on the day. Mariesa Dolan; Brian Stack; Annalise Stack and Wesley Patten. Alison Metcalf of Tourism Ireland.
Attracta Lyondon, Pat Brady and Nóirín O’Sullivan. Gil Landy, Attracta Lyndon and Annalise Stack. Lots of goodies in the New York Golf Day Goodie Bags. Team Guinness was the winning fourball: Edmund Cleary; Kielem Reilly; Philip Sheridan with Council Board Member Bill Falvey of Guinness.
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Extending warm congratulations to the Council’s 2014 honorees.
Gerald C. Crotty Chairman & CEO, Mayo Renewable Power
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D.