NYNB

A TRANSATLANTIC GATHERING

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On 13-14 June 2012 we will be holding our annual NYNB Conference in Fordham University Lincoln Center, Manhattan.  The conference will spotlight the bridges of progress and prosperity being built between the citizens of the two great cities of New York and Belfast, looking optimistically to the future while celebrating our shared past.

The Irish Echo and the Belfast Media Group with Honorary Chairs, Geraldine Hughes, Terry George, John Connorton, John J. Reilly and Danny Moore will host the conference.

Previous speakers at New York-New Belfast include Terence Brannigan, Chair CBI NI, Speaker Christine Quinn, Michael Graham of Titanic Quarter, Ben Chrenelich, CFO NYSE Technologies, Peter Fiztgerald, Founder Randox Laboratories, Congressman Richie Neal, Comptroller John Liu, Eamonn Donaghy of KPMG and Gary Hanley of Invest NI.

The conference will culminate with the fifth annual Irish Echo Index luncheon, honoring of 30 top companies with operations in the US and Ireland. At our gala event, we will also honor several eminent Irish American business figures. Following the gala luncheon, Robert Walsh, Commissioner of Small Business Services, New York City, will lead a walking tour of one of New York’s most vibrant neighbourhoods.

Dates and Venues

Events taking place at Fordham University.

June 13th 6pm-9.pm:          The conference will open with a wine and cheese reception honoring Pete Hamill, Irish American of the Year, in association with American Writers and Artists Inc.  Followed by presentations and discussion.  (Registration will be open from 5.30pm).

June 14th  8.am-10.am:     Business Breakfast Seminar with guest speaker Minister Sammy Wilson.

June 14th  12.pm-2.pm:     Index Top 30 Awards luncheon.

Speakers
Confirmed speakers to date include Minister for the department of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson.  Also confirmed are John Brown, Head of Wealth Management at UBS, Chris Cahill, Director American Irish Historical Society and Prof John Harrington, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fordham University . Film-maker Terry George will be in attendance along with our other Honorary Chairs, Geraldine Hughes, John Connorton, John J. Reilly and Danny Moore of Loughshore Investments.

Contact
Connla or Orlaith in our Belfast office on  (028) 90 611916
Madeline or Mairead in our New York office on (212) 482 4818

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Andersonstown News May 18, 2012

An opening, a step forward, a passing

THE NAME is awful and the artificial flowers and fish tank quite disconcerting, but fundamentally the E3 Belfast MET building at Springvale is a gamechanger for the city. Ducking the squalls this week, I joined Patricia Flanagan to view the spanking new facility on the Springfield Road peaceline. 20 years ago, there were promises – ultimately unfulfilled – to locate a university at this site in a dramatic move which would have turbo-charged the faltering economy of North/West Belfast

Columnists May 18, 2012

Lock us up and swallow the key!

I was in Donegal at the weekend and I asked a man how he planned to vote in the south’s up-coming referendum. “Well,” he told me, “ if Sinn Féin say no about something, I say yes”.

Liam Murphy May 14, 2012

Big man of GAA celebrates in style

Veni, Vidi, Vinci . I came, I saw, I conquered, was the powerful message sent back to Rome by Julius Caesar when he won a war in Zela (currently known as Zile in Turkey. After spending two days with the Gaels of Glengormley, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh might well have sent a similar message back to headquarters. Throughout the two days he won the hearts of all who met him as he demonstrated his love and passion for the Irish language and Gaelic games.

Columnists May 13, 2012

That’s not the way to do it as summer nears

THERE’S nothing funnier for children to watch than a long-suffering wife getting battered with a cudgel by a short-tempered violent husband – or so you’d think if you watched a seaside Punch and Judy show.

Colin Millar May 12, 2012

Blues make it a double

Linfield replicated their end of season celebrations from 12 months ago as they lifted their second trophy in the space of a week, defeating Crusaders 4-1 in Saturday’s Irish Cup final.

Andersonstown News May 11, 2012

My marathon highs and lows

HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sheltering in City Hall with marathon veteran from New York Fr Brian Jordan — chaplain to the trade unions of the Big Apple — before the 9am start while thousands were getting drenched outside waiting for the Lord Mayor Niall Óg to sound the starting horn (gun for off apparently decommissioned).