Today’s installment of #Irishpoetry, which I hope will offer something positive for us to think about at this difficult time. Thanks to Eamonn Mallie for encouraging us to turn to poetry for inspiration. Derek Mahon, ‘Kinsale’

Advice to Irish J1 visa holders in the USA. I spent a summer in Kansas City & know how enjoyable and beneficial an experience it is. In current circumstances, the best advice I can give you is to return home as soon as you can. Contact your airline about flight options.

Fair play Pat GoCar

“If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere” -Seamus Heaney

Deeply moved& so proud of our country. Thank you for all that you have done and all you are doing. In the words of Seamus Heaney “If we winter this one out,we can summer anywhere” Leo Varadkar Simon Coveney Simon Harris TD Paul Reid

Great work by our team in Irish Embassy India to get rescue flight off the ground. 70+ Irish citizens on board. Working with our 🇬🇧 friends too to bring them home along with many other 🇪🇺 citizens. Thanks to everyone for patience and cooperation. Irish Foreign Ministry

VACANT PROPERTY OWNERS: Can you give a Complimentary room for a healthcare hero in a VACANT property? Many of our frontline Medical Staff need to live in self-isolation over the coming weeks, can you help? If you’re a landlord with a vacant property, get in touch via DM.

#Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar, a qualified doctor, is to return to practicing medicine and will work one session each week in our health service during the #Covid_19 crisis. irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i…

This is very cool. The Easter bunny has been cleared to travel. I am sure lots of little people around the country will be very happy to hear about the eggs-emption granted.....🇮🇪🇮🇪

Good to see two great friends Brian Moran & Mary Daniels leading the way on this engaging topic!

A touching ‘thank you’ to the Irish people from the Attorney General of the Navajo nation for contributions from Ireland to their #Covid relief fund. gofundme.com/f/official-nav…

Excited to join you all at The IBO New York 🇮🇪🇺🇸

Speaking with fellow ⁦EPP⁩ leaders today discussing the European Budget and #Brexit in advance of the ⁦EU Council⁩ meeting tomorrow. We need to aim high helping Europeans back to work and negotiating a fair Brexit deal

Our virtual trade mission starts tomorrow! Each day at 2pm IST we are hosting a panel discussion for 90 minutes with expert speakers. Get involved: hopin.to/events/ireland… Globaify Enterprise Ireland Emer Rocke John Lee U.S. Embassy Dublin SaratogaEDC Conor Doyle Carrie Woerner

Next Wednesday, over 60 leading Irish #cyber companies, public policy leaders & cyber executives from the largest organizations in North America & Ireland will participate in EI theUSA's Cyber Demo Day! Find more information about the event and how to register below ⬇️

Planning a visit today to the Civil War battlefield at #Antietam where 1000s of Irish fought on both sides, including #Waterford’s Thomas Francis Meagher, who commanded the Irish Brigade. Antietam is known as the bloodiest day in US history with 22,000 casualties & 3,500 deaths.

Main Irish TV evening news RTÉ closes with Joe Biden’s reading of Seamus Heaney’s poem, The Cure at Troy. Making hope and history rhyme.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has invited entrepreneurs to apply for Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund, which is now open for applications from ambitious founders of early stage start-ups: rebrand.ly/74dnkor #GlobalAmbition

Solidarity from America’s great friend.