yy2k4415Pictured at the Dublin Writers Museum with Kilbaha Artist Seamus Connolly and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan T.D. on the occasion of the official presentation by the Kilbaha Sculpture of John B Keane RIP and Frank McCourt RIP busts to the Museum. Also included Robert Nicholson, Curator, Dublin Writers Museum, Malachy McCourt and Una Heator, Curator, Frank McCourt Museum in Limerick.




Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss Haiti Week with NGOs

January 24th, 2012 - Pat Breen
Posted in European/Foreign Affairs/Defence/Justice, Press Releases

The Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade will focus on the situation in Haiti two years after the earthquake which devastated the country. As part of Haiti Week, representatives…

€25,000 in funding allocated to Clare Animal Welfare Organisations.

December 21st, 2011 - Pat Breen
Posted in Agriculture, Press Releases

Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade Pat Breen has welcomed the news that €25,000 in funding has been approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and…

Joint Committee Meeting Foreign Affairs/Trade

December 20th, 2011 - Pat Breen
Posted in European/Foreign Affairs/Defence/Justice

This is our second committee meeting this week. We had a meeting yesterday on the OSCE and members were anxious to have a meeting to discuss the closure of three…

Positive Signs towards a New US-Irish Immigration System.

December 20th, 2011 - Pat Breen
Posted in European/Foreign Affairs/Defence/Justice, Press Releases

Foreign Affairs & Trade Chairman to raise Senator Schumer’s proposals at the Joint Committee in the New Year

Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade Pat Breen…

3 Clare Schools benefit from funding Grants provided under the Green Schools Travel Programme – BREEN.

December 20th, 2011 - Pat Breen
Posted in Dail Debates

Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade Pat Breen said today (Wednesday) that 3 County Clare Schools have received grants under the Green Schools Travel Programme for…