A busy time for Council representatives in New York for St. Patrick’s Day
Four representatives of Louth County Council had a busy weekend of meetings when they visited New York for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
They were in the Big Apple on the invitation of the County Louth Society of New York which was formed in 1906 and to this day maintains strong ties with the Wee County both through the emigrants it welcomes in, and those who return to Ireland investing back into the County.
Those who flew to New York to represent Louth were; An Cathaoirleach of Louth County Council, Councillor Pio Smith as first citizen of Louth, Joe McGuinness, Director of Services for Corporate and Emergency Services, CouncoillorJim Tenanty, Cathaoirleach of Ardee Municipal District and Thomas McEvoy, Head of the Local Enterprise Office.
While it was a fantastic opportunity to strengthen existing ties and to walk in the Parade, it was not all play for the representatives of the Wee County in the Big Apple on St. Patrick’s Day.
One of the strategic objectives of Louth County Council’s Corporate Plan is ‘Economic Development and Job Creation’ and Foreign Direct Investment is seen as vital to the growth of the economy.
With a packed agenda, the representatives met with, amongst others, the IDA, Tourism Ireland, the Irish Consulate, and Enterprise Ireland, reminding them all that Louth as a county is open and ready for business, is strategically located on the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor, has third level institutions providing a resident educated workforce, has a rich heritage and cultural landscape and is quite simply fabulous!
The group also met privately with Drogheda native, Ms Geraldine Nason Byrne who is Ireland’s Ambassador to the UN.
