Book Reading by Man Booker Prize-winning Irish novelist Anne Enright.

On 20th January 2010, the Embassy of Ireland organised a book reading by Man Booker prize-winning Irish author Anne Enright and an interaction with Indian author Amit Chaudhuri in the Gulmohar Hall, at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi at 7 pm. 

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, with former Indian President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and members of the Ireland India Business Association during Dr. Kalam's visit to Dublin, June 11 2009.

Please click below on the link for Ireland in Brief in Hindi translated from English.

Ireland in Brief, Hindi version (PDF 1104kb)

IRISH EDUCATION FAIRS, 2009

The Irish Education Fairs in India saw participation from prestigious Higher Education Institutes from Ireland in April 2009. They were held in New Delhi and Hyderabad on the 19th and 21st April.

The participating institutions were as follows:

UNIVERSITIES

Dublin City University
Website            www.dcu.ie

National University of Ireland, Galway
Website            www.nuigalway.ie

National University of Maynooth
Website            www.nuim.ie

Trinity College Dublin
Website            www.tcd.ie

University College, Cork
Website            www.ucc.ie

University of Limerick
Website            www.ul.ie

Shannon College of Hotel Management
Website            www.shannon-college.com 

INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY

Cork Institute of Technology
Website            www.cit.ie

Dublin Institute of Technology
Website            www.dit.ie

Dundalk Institute of Technology
Website            www.dkit.ie

Waterford Institute of Technology
Website            www.wit.ie

STATE AIDED INSTITUTIONS

National College of Ireland
Website            www.ncirl.ie

INDEPENDANT COLLEGES

American College Dublin
Website            www.amcd.ie

Dublin Business School
Website            www.dbs.edu

Grafton College of Management Sciences
Website            www.graftoncollege.ie

Griffith College Dublin
Website            www.gcd.ie

HSI Limerick Business School
Website            www.hsi.ie

New Media Technology College
Website            www.nmtc.ie

At each fair venue, information was available on Education in Ireland and student visa procedures. Representatives from the various universities and institutes were present to meet students first hand and provide information on the institutes, courses, admission criteria, costs etc.

For more information please click here (PDF 1895kb) or contact:

Shikha Mohanty
Embassy of Ireland
230 Jorbagh
New Delhi  110003
Tel: +91-11-24626733
Email: educationireland@yahoo.co.in

President's St. Patrick's Day Message, 2009

A message on the occassion of St. Patrick's Day from the President Dr. Mary McAleese,(PDF 486kb)

The School in the Park

H. E. Mr. Kenneth Thompson attended the centenary celebrations of the Sacred Heart School in Chennai. He also attended the launch of the book, 'The School in the Park', produced by the alumni.

For the full text of the articles, please click on The Hindu (File 116kb)  and The Times of India (PDF 79kb) .   

Honor Heffernan was on a tour in India in November 2008. She has performed as a singer and actress for over 30 years now. She has been both critically and publicly acclaimed as a singer who's versatility and superior vocal ability means she is comfortable singing anything from Jazz and Blues to Rock and Folk.

While in India, she performed at the Blue Frog Jazz Club in Mumbai, the Gonsalves Mansion in Goa, the Indian Academy of Fine Arts in Amritsar in Punjab, the Olive Beach in Delhi and at the Jazz Utsav in Mumbai and Delhi.  

 For more information you may please visit the website of Honor Heffernan

European Higher Education Fair – November 2008

Higher Education Institutes from Ireland participated in the well-received European Higher Education Fair in New Delhi in November 2008. At the fair, Visa Officers provided information on the various aspects of a visa application, apart from representation from prominent universities, institutes of technology, state-aided colleges and independent colleges.

At the Education Fair, representatives from the above universities and institutes were available to meet with students for first-hand information on the institutes, courses, admission criteria, costs etc.

For further information please click on the link for the website of the European Higher Education Fair

Minister of State for Labour Affairs at the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Mr Billy Kelleher, TD, at Palna Orphanage in Delhi on 5^th April 2008.  Irish Aid has provided support to Palna Orphanage.  Minister Kelleher led an Irish Education Mission to India in April 2008.

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Mr Éamon Ó Cuív addresses the guests at the Embassy’s St Patrick’s Day reception on 17^th March 2008.  Also on the podium is Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Mr Anand Sharma, and Ambassador Kieran Dowling.

Mr Brendan Howlin, TD, Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Deputy Speaker of Ireland’s Parliament) lighting a traditional lamp to inaugurate a “Child Rights Mela” (expo) organised by Chetanalaya, a NGO based in Delhi, which is supported by Irish Aid.  Also pictured are Senator Denis O’Donovan, Chairman of the Irish Parliament’s Joint Committee on the Constitution and Mr Denis Naughten, TD.  The three parliamentarians visited India as members of the Joint Committee on the Constitution in March 2008.

The Embassy’s Ireland in Focus 2008 edition was launched on St Patrick’s Day.  Please click the document below to read Ireland in Focus (PDF 23kb).