Attendees already registered for the 2010 New York New Belfast conference are:

Al Nunan Irish Business Association
Andrew Reid, Head of Production Northern Ireland Screen
Brian O’Dwyer O’Dwyer and Bernstien
Christine Quinn Speaker New York City Council
David Lyle CEO Lyle-Bailie International
Fr Joseph McShane President of Fordham University
Patricia Freedman Cathedral Quarter
Sean Paul O’Hare West Belfast Féile
Ann McReynolds The Mac
Aoife Butler
Bill McLaughlin, Chairman Irish American Business Chamber and Network
Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín Belfast City Council
Gary Hanley Senior Vice -President North America, Invest NI
John Liu Comptroller New York City
Kyle Alexander SIB
Len O’Hagan Chair, Belfast Harbour
Mary Chang Squire Sanders
Michael Sorkin Michael Sorkin Studio
Niall O’Leary Irish Business Organisation
Paul Priestly Permanent Secretary DRD
Rob Walsh Commissioner Small Business Services New York
Robert Connolly BC Compliance Group IBA
Terence Brannigan Chairman of CBI
Brendan McGinn New Ireland Capital Partners
Ciarán Mackel Chair Gaeltacht Quarter Belfast
Dr. Francis Costello/Head of fundraising/Cresent Capital Belfast
Gerry McCrory Cross Atlantic Capital Partners
John Connorton Hawkins, Delafield and Wood LLP
Kieran McLaughlin CEO Ireland Funds
Liam Lynch, CFO Key Brand Entertainment
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Irish Echo
Mary Louise Mallick First Deputy Comptroller New York State
Niall Gibbons, CEO Tourism Ireland
Rita Duffy Artist

Alan Christie UU
Alison Metcalfe Vice President Marketing, Tourism Ireland
Anne O’Reilly AGE NI
Arthur Canning Trinity Housing(UU)
Ben Trachtenburg
Bill Cox Gordon, Herlands, Randolph & Cox, LLP
Bill Harvey
Bill Smith
Brenda Mac Queen
Christopher Cahill American Irish Historical Society
Ciaran Mackel ARD Architects
Ciaran O’Reilly The Irish Repertory Theatre
Councilman Daniel Dromm
Dennis Elliott NI Hospice
Desmond Lyons, Lyons McGovern
Domhnaill Ó Cathain
Eamonn Donaghy
Eamonn Dornan Dornan Law
Eillis Scally SSEI Rep
Eimear Ní Mhathúna Gaeltacht Quarter
Fr Brian Jordan
Frank Barry
George Priestly President, Linenhall Library
Geraldine Hughes
Graeme Johnston Belfast Harbour
Harry Connolly Fáílte Feirste Thiar
Heather Weir NI Hospice
Hugh O’Lunney
Jack Linn
James Slevin
Joby Fox
John J Reilly Squire Sanders
John Killen Linenhall Library
John McGrillen Belfast City Council
John Toland
Kate McCabe
Katherine Clarke
Kathy McCormack
Kelly Lyons
Ken Frydman Source Communications
Kevin Mulvey TotalMobile President
Krish Venkataraman New York Stock Exchange
Larry Downes
Larry Kirwan
Laura Rothrock Small Business Services New York
Leslie Cassidy
Lisa Scott Merchant Hotel
Lorraine Turner NI Bureau
Mark Finlay The Presidents Club
Mark Houston
Marty McLaughlin
Maureen Lunney
Megan Burke Small Business Services New York
Michael Glass
Michael Graham, Titanic Quarter
Mike Breen
Nick Reid Ewart Properties
Oliver Jeffers
Oorlagh George
Owen Rogers Gramont Owners Corp
Patricia Cunningham Continental Airlines
Patricia Freedman Cathedral Quarter Steering Group
Patrick Boyle Ashton Community Trust
Paul McErlane McErlane PR, Belfast
Paul Roberts CEO Ashton Community Trust
Paul Smyth
Peter Lavery Danny Boy
Peter Quinn
Pól Deeds An Droichead
Regina Robinson The Office of the Comptroller of New York City
Richard Schwartz North Financial
Roy Adair Belfast Harbour
Sammy Douglas
Seamus Carroll IDA
Sean Coffey
Sean Crowley
Sean Hayes An Droichead
Sean Lavery
Shannon Beattie
Sharon Bleakley
Sheile Lynott
Stella O’Leary Irish American Democrats
Stephen McMurrough
Steve Lennox Lennox Consulting
Steven Rubinow New York Stock Exchange
Susan Gormley
Tara Florence Forum for Alternative Belfast
Terry Golway
Terry George
Theresa Gormley Big Apple Feis
Therese Murtagh
Thomas Dunne, Vice-President for Government Relations and Urban Affairs, Fordham University
Tom Allon
Tom Ekin Weavers Court Business Park
Tony McCusker Northern Ireland Community Forum
Valerie McVeigh
Vincent Parker Feile an Phobail

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Who calls the shots in Europe?

I enjoy elections. I enjoy them so much, I was delighted when the Fianna Fáil wheeze of introducing electronic voting machines backfired, leaving them (and the taxpayer, of course) with machinery that couldn’t be used and cost a packet to store.