The American investor and businessman Wilbur Ross, Jr. led a consortium of investors who took a stake in Bank of Ireland in 2011 in order to reduce the risk the Irish state had to take. The investment also helped restore investor confidence in the ability of Ireland’s economy to recover. For his efforts, Ross was presented with the American Irish Historical Society’s Gold … [Read more...] about Tales from the Vault
December January 2015 Issue
Flax Trust America
Honors Charlie Rose
Talk show host and journalist Charlie Rose was honored at the Flax Trust annual luncheon at the 21 Club, New York on October 15. Rose was introduced by Norah O’Donnell, his co-host on “CBS This Morning,” and presented with the Flax Trust Award by Sr. Mary Turley, trustee and director of the Flax Trust, who said, “Where so much of broadcasting is prejudiced and partisan, Charlie … [Read more...] about Flax Trust America
Honors Charlie Rose
Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Presented with Lifetime
Achievement Award
The Ireland-U.S. Council honored An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with a Lifetime Achievement Award to mark his contributions to Ireland and Ireland-U.S. relations, and presented its Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2014 to Gerald C. Crotty, chairman and chief operating officer of Mayo Renewable Power to mark his contributions to building business bonds between the United States … [Read more...] about Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Presented with Lifetime
Achievement Award
UCC Celebrates Legacy of
Mathematician George Boole
A celebration of the life and legacy of George Boole was the theme of the gala dinner for alumni and friends of University College, Cork, which took place at the Princeton Club in New York in November.
Boole, UCC’s first professor of mathematics turns 200 on November 2, 2015, and UCC will celebrate this bicentenary year with a program of events that will shine a global … [Read more...] about UCC Celebrates Legacy of
Mathematician George Boole
NUI Galway Dinner
Supports Drama
The eighth annual National University Ireland, Galway Gala Dinner took place in November at the Metropolitan Club in New York. Garry Hynes, Tony Award winner and founder of the Druid Theatre in Galway city, was this year’s honoree. Proceeds from the gala benefited the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway.
Attendees at the event included Cathal Goan, former … [Read more...] about NUI Galway Dinner
Supports Drama