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Irish American Partnership Awards $20,000 to Primary School Science Fairs

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2018

May 9, 2018 by 1 Comment

The Irish American Partnership hosted its inaugural New York Business Leaders Breakfast in New York in April. Bernie Brennan, president of the Royal Dublin Society, delivered the keynote address and was presented with a $20,000 check to support R.D.S. science fairs in primary schools in Limerick and Belfast. “We want it to take root that math and science is accessible to … [Read more...] about Irish American Partnership Awards $20,000 to Primary School Science Fairs

British and Irish Consul Generals Host Historic Reception

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Amidst Brexit negotiations and rising uncertainty about the bi-lateral relationship between Ireland and the U.K. across the Atlantic, the New York consuls general of the two countries met for the first time at a formal reception hosted by Mutual of America in Manhattan with hopes of fostering cultural goodwill between the countries’ emigrant populations in the northeast. John … [Read more...] about British and Irish Consul Generals Host Historic Reception

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