Ahead of #EuropeDay , and in a month where we celebrate 20 years since the accession of 10 new EU members during Ireland's Presidency, Tánaiste Micheál Martin took the opportunity to reflect on the benefits a growing Europe has brought to Ireland 🇪🇺🇮🇪

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Good discussion with Ambassador Claire Cronin Claire Cronin last night to mark 100 years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and the US #LeChéile100

Pleased to recognise Colin & Eithne Bell and members of the KBRT for their outstanding work in helping to repatriate many Irish people who have died overseas.

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Watch as ‘Beacons at Bealtaine’, Seamus Heaney's commissioned poem, is performed in the national languages of those 10 States.

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Coming up this Sat. 5/4 - register ASAP! The ICC holds our annual Lá na Gaeilge (Irish Language Day) at Elms College. This is a unique opportunity for everyone to take part in Irish language learning at any level, beginner through advanced. #irish #gaeilge irishcenterwne.org/programs/la-na…

The cast and creator of Netflix’s #TheDiplomat joined Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason for a fascinating discussion on the life of a diplomat on and off the screen!

Thrilled to share the stage with glamorous ‘screen’ diplomats this weekend!

Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, and #TheDiplomat creator, Debora Cahn, joined us to talk all things diplomacy on and off the screen.

Don’t miss IrishCulturalCenter’s annual “Lá na Gaeilge” on May 4! This is a superb opportunity to take part in Irish language learning at any level! Event includes a great mix of instructional language classes, cultural workshops, raffles & trivia. Visit irishcenterwne.org to register

Pleased to take part in the South Shore’s annual commemoration of the Easter Rising in Scituate, the most Irish town in America. What a wonderful turnout to honour the legacy of 1916, particularly the important role women played in Ireland’s revolutionary period

Wishing a happy Passover to all those celebrating.

Thrilled to speak about Irish-US relationship at the IrelandGatewayToEurope breakfast hosted by Bank of America & Boston College Irish Business Council. Also great to speak with Joseph Kennedy III on his return from Belfast. Jason Sherlock of Dublin City University assures me Westmeath football is in good hands

Great to welcome the Harvard Irish Heritage Association members this evening. We celebrated the many facets of the Irish diaspora. Wonderful to see this new organisation up and running at Harvard Law School

Visited the Maine Irish Heritage Center for an event marking Seamus Heaney's birthday & National Poetry Month with Maine poets Jeffrey Thomson, Jeri Theriault & Bobby Breen. Bobby inspired Heaney's poem 'Helmet' about a Boston fireman & has published several poetry collections

Best of luck to our Irish Consulate Boston colleague, Jack, running in today's Boston Marathon! boston.com/community/bost…

Neil Cusack, only Irish Boston Marathon winner, reflects on 50th anniversary of victory trib.al/XN8UBzI

Saddened to hear of the death of Gov. Joe Brennan. The son of immigrants from Carna, Co. Galway whose career in public service spanned 5 decades, he was a true friend to Ireland, particularly through his work with the Maine Irish Heritage Center. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis

Don’t miss the Maine Irish Heritage Center’s Poetry Night celebrating Seamus Heaney! Featuring three exceptional Maine poets, join MIHC to celebrate National Poetry Month and honour Ireland’s rich storytelling culture. Visit maineirish.com to RSVP and learn more

“We must familiarise ourselves with our troubled past…but in this remembering, we most decommission any such weaponising of history”

Thrilled to host Martin Doyle on his Dirty Linen US book tour!

Thanks to Culture Ireland & the Irish Consulte in Boston for support the event!