03.08.09 Anne Enright named as one of 10 finalists for the 2nd Cunhambebe Award for Foreign Literature - the award for best contemporary foreign fiction published in Brazil in 2008 - http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/arteelazer,2-premio-de-literatura-estrangeira-anuncia-finalistas,412711,0.htm / http://www.premiocunhambebe.org
12.07.09 1st. show of BRAIA celtic band from Varginha, MG, in São Paulo - http://www.myspace.com/braiamusic
Guest player: Alex Navar - http://www.myspace.com/alexnavar Centro Cultural São Paulo - CCSP (na Vergueiro) 18:00.
07.07.09 Edna O´Brien spoke on “The Longing for Freedom” at a post-FLIP (International Literary Festival of Paraty) event. Venue: Oi Futuro, Flamengo, RJ. 19h30
04.07.09 Anne Enright was a guest speaker at FLIP, RJ. Selected e-clippings: http://www.gogobrazil.com/aenrightflip09.html
03.07.09 Edna O´Brien was a guest speaker at FLIP, RJ. She launched “A Luz da Noite” - The Light of Evening. RJ: Record, 2009. 384p.
Selected e-clippings: http://www.gogobrazil.com/eobrienflip09.html
01.07.09 Mortal remains of Irish doctor, Dr Jane Deasy (27), from Air France AF 477 crash identified - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0701/breaking39.htm
21 & 28.06.09 Irish Institute stand at the 14ª. Festival do Imigrante, Memorial do Imigrante - http://www.memorialdoimigrante.org.br
Show of traditional Irish music by the Drunken Merrows, SP - http://www.claudiocrow.com.br/crowmusica.htm
Irish dancing by Phoccus Cia de Dança from Sorocaba, SP - http://br.geocities.com/phoccusciadedanca/index.htm 14,000 visitors during the two day event.
20-27.06.09 Ernst & Young (E&Y) ‘2009 Brazil CEO Retreat’ for the Finalists and Alumni of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year Programme - www.ey.com Meetings at: Associação Comercial do Rio de Janeiro - http://www.acrj.org.br & the Federations of Industries of the States of Rio (FIRJAN) & São Paulo (FIESP) - http://www.fiesp.com.br/eventos/Evento.aspx?evt=498 . Agency support: Enterprise Ireland - www.enterprise-ireland.com , InterTradeIreland - www.intertradeireland.com , Invest Northern Ireland - http://www.investni.com . Media support: The Irish Times - www.ireland.com , RTÉ - www.rte.ie & newsTalk - www.newstalk106.ie . Overall support: Brazilian Embassy, Dublin - http://www.brazil.ie . O Globo Blog: http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/elevador/post.asp?t=empreendedores-irlandeses-no-brasil&cod_post=198550
Explanatory notes: http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL/content.nsf/Ireland_EOY_E/Community_Events_-_National_Events_-_Brazilian_CEO_Retreat
The Irish Times 26.05.09 - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0626/1224249571757.html
17.06.09 1st. Oysters & Guinness (O&G), Mulligans Pub, Sâo Paulo (2nd O&G - 14.07.09):
http://prazeresdamesa.uol.com.br/index.php?acao=exibirMateria&materia%5bid_materia%5d=1808
16.06.09 Bloomsday celebrations held in nine Brazilian cities - http://www.jamesjoyce.ie/detail.asp?ID=181 Details - http://www.gogobrazil.com/bloomsday2009.html
12.06.09 Gardaí announced plans to identify Irish victims of Air France crash - http://irishexaminer.com/ireland/gardai-to-help-identify-crash-victims-93953.html
11.06.09 Paper by Fina Carpena Mendes - http://migration.ucc.ie/children/fcarpmendez.html on “Latin American migrant children and their others: Counter visions of childhood in neoliberal Ireland” presented during the XXVIII International Congress of the Latin America Studies Association (LASA), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC), 11-14.06.09 - http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/eng/index.asp
04.06.09 Talk by Prof. Dr. Luke Gibbons (University of Notre Dame / NUI Maynooth - http://www.nd.edu/~irishstu/faculty/gibbons.html )
at the II International Congress of the Brazilian Association of University Professors of English (ABRAPUI), 31 May - 4 June 2009 - http://www.abrapui.org/congresso/programacao.php
On: Irish Romanticism and Modernities. “'Dublin Dialogues. Joyce, 'Inner Speech' and the City'”. (Ipê Park Hotel, Cedral, SP)
01.06.09 Talk at ABRAPUI Congress by Prof. Dr. Paul Simpson (Queen´s University, Belfast) on: “Stylistics: Past, Present and Back to Front”.
31.05.09 3 Irish holidaymakers on ill-fated Air France flight AF 477 from Rio to Paris: Dr. Jane Deasy, Dr. Aisling Butler & Dr. Eithne Walls - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0603/1224247945944.html?via=rel
28 & 29.05.09 Talks by two Irish cultural critics, Dr. Lance Pettitt - Screening Ireland, and Dr. Luke Gibbons - Irish Culture, at the University of São Paulo (USP) - http://www.freewebs.com/irishstudies/news.htm (Prédio de Letras da FFLCH).
24, 27, 28.05 IV RioHarp Festival. Concert by Irish harpist Grainne Hambly - http://grainne.harp.net/ & Scottish Harpist William Jackson - http://www.harp.dial.pipex.com/ supported by Culture Ireland - http://www.cultureireland.gov.ie/ Programme - http://www.musicanomuseu.com.br/img/rioharpfestival_programal.pdf (24 May - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 15h00. 27 May - Igreja de Sé – Centro, 19h00. 28 May - Museu do Exército, Forte de Copacabana, 12h30).
07-10.05.09 Adaptation of Brian Friel´s play “O Fantástico Reparador de Feridas” - presented by Companhia Ludens during the Festival da Cultura Inglesa, São Paulo. Directed by Domingos Nunez. Teatro Cultura Inglesa (Rua Deputado Lacerda Franco, 333, T. (11) 3032-4888) - http://www.culturainglesasp.com.br/13cif/programacao/content/reparador.mmp
15.04.09 Father Patrick Clark awarded an honorary title by the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (Cidadão Paulistano). - http://www.camara.sp.gov.br/cr0309_net/forms/frmNoticiaDetalhe.aspx?n=813
15.04.09 Câmara homenageia padre Patrick com o título de Cidadão Paulistano –
http://programaurbano.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=26
14.04.09 Câmara homenageia padre Patrick com o título de Cidadão Paulistano - http://www.mdf.org.br/noticias/camara_vai_homenagear_patrick.htm
13.04.09 Padre Patrick recebe título de cidadão paulistano / http://www.paulofiorilo.com.br/site/?p=1428&cpage=1#comment-50
04.04.09 Reception hosted by MCS - Advanced Subsea Engineering (Rio) - http://www.mcs.com at Rio´s Yacht Club in honor of the visiting Green Dragon Racing Team that participated in the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race - http://www.greendragonracing.com/en Guest speaker: Irish Ambassador Michael Hoey.
03-08.04.09 The Irish Institute (São Paulo) in association with TAM airlines, Tourism Ireland (London) and GoWest (U.K. tour operator) promoted a fam (familiarization) tour for Brazilian tour operators to Ireland. Participants: Teresa Thoma - Queensberry, Ingrid Funtowicz - New Age, Marcelo Pereira - Agaxtur, Denise Vaz - Net Price, José Eduardo Barbosa - Flot, Maria Alice Ancona Lopez - Irish Institute, Constantino Karacostas - Classtour & Adriana Tolentino - TAM Airlines - http://www.brasilturis.com.br/diretodaredacao_materia.neo?Materia=1843
May 09 Colin McCullagh took up his position as Manager, Latin America, Enterprise Ireland. Av. Paulista 2300 andar Pilotis - Cerqueira Cesar. 01310-300 São Paulo SP. T. (11) 2847-4518 F. (11) 2847-4550. E. colin.mccullagh@enterprise-ireland.com W. http://www.enterprise-ireland.com
March Language schools from Ireland participate in three student recruitment fairs in São Paulo - Salão do Estudante - http://www.salaodoestudante.com.br ,Estude no Exterior - www.estudenoexterior.com and ExpoBelta - http://www.expobelta.org.br
22.03.09 Dom (Bishop) Derek John Christopher Byrne, SPS (St. Patrick´s Missionary Society) installed as Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso State (MT). Cuiaba Archdioceses - http://www.arquidiocesecuiaba.org.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1618&Itemid=2
Video of speech by Deputado Wellington Fagundes (PR-MT) -
http://www.partidodarepublica.org.br/pr22/Noticias_Republicanas_2009/noticias_2009_0374.html
20.03.09 Inauguration of Minerva Dawn Farms (joint venture) in Barretos, SP - http://www.revistafator.com.br/ver_noticia.php?not=71356
( 13.06.07 Ata: http://www.mzweb.com.br/minerva/web/arquivos/Minerva_RCA_130607_port.pdf )
18.03.09 Brief address by Ambassador Michael Hoey at the Municipal Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (Câmara Municipal de São Paulo) –
17-18.03.09 Irish Cultural Festival, Cara Irlanda, São Paulo, launched by Ambassador Hoey & Maria Alice Anacona Lopez, Irish Institute President, at Livraria Cultura (17 March). Programme - http://www.irishinstitute.com.br/carairlanda.html Photos - http://www.irishinstitute.com.br/passado.html FolhaOnline - http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2009/irlanda/
Gringoes.com article - http://www.gringoes.com/articles.asp?ID_Noticia=2257
17.03.09 Irish Ambassador Hoey hosted a St. Patrick´s Day reception in São Paulo at which he introduced Renata Buzão (trade representative for Enterprise Ireland) as representative for the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) in Brazil - http://www.idaireland.com Celebrations in Sâo Paulo - http://www.gringoes.com/articles.asp?ID_Noticia=2258
17.03.09 Master Brewer Fergal Murray from Guinness visited São Paulo - http://guia.folha.com.br/bares/ult10045u458780.shtml
17.03.09 Lançamento do Guia Espiral Irlanda (PubliFolha) - http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/turismo/noticias/ult338u465134.shtml
Guia Dublin (Rough Guide, PubliFolha) - http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/publifolha/ult10037u442531.shtml
14.03.09 Lapa Irish Pub opened by three Brazilian partners. Rua Evarista de Veiga, 147 - Lapa, Rio de Janeiro.
T. (21) 2221-7236 W. http://www.lapairishpub.com.br / W. http://www.enoeventos.com.br/200901/irishpub/irishpub.htm
10.03.09 Start of an Irish language course at the University of São Paulo given by Stephen Little, up to 30 June - http://www.fflch.usp.br/sce/cursos/1_irlandesI.htm
Jan. 2009 CDI Director Renata Buzão, SP, appointed representative of IDA - the Irish government agency responsible for inward investment - http://osec.matchingneeds.com/profiles/view.php?mod=phone&pidw=496b830e3f02e&type=&PHPSESSID=28839b33200bde67419c4a74fb3f1f8c
2008 According to the 2008 Blue Book of European Union Cooperation in Brazil (web edition), 1.054.950 Euros
was provided under Irish Government bilateral aid programmes to ONGs in Brazil, financed by Misean Cara
and the Irish Aid In-Country Micro-Projects Scheme (ICMPS) - http://www.gogobrazil.com/bilataid08.html
24.12.08 The Pope nominated Irish missionary, Father Derek John Christopher Byrne, SPS (St. Patrick’s Missionary Society) as
Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso State (MT) - http://noticias.cancaonova.com/noticia.php?id=271966
http://www.watersideparish.net/index.php?option=com_cifeed&task=newsarticle&artid=5587 http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbyrned.html http://www.arquidiocesecuiaba.org.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1602&Itemid=2
08.12.08 Openet solution helps Nextel Brazil on revenue assurance -
http://americas.enterprise-ireland.com/blog/openet-solution-helps-nextel-brazil-on-revenue-assurance
29.11.08 Irish Fest III at St. John´s Irish Pub (Rua Itapura 1327 - Tatuapé SP. 21h00. T (11) 2295-0677 W. http://www.stjohns.com.br
28.11.08 Renda Irlandesa (a type of Irish lace made in the interior of the State of Sergipe) is considered Cultural Patrimony of Brazil
http://www.defender.org.br/renda-irlandesa-e-considerada-patrimonio-cultural-do-brasil
Video of programme broacast on Repórter Brasil (TV NBR), 29/04/09 - http://www.cultura.gov.br/site/2009/04/30/renda-irlandesa-no-brasil
28.11.08 Discussion on Psicanálise & Literatura: James Joyce. CCBB, Brasília -
21.10.08 Pedro Fernando Bretas Bastos presented his credentials to President Mary McAleese as Brazil´s Ambassador to Ireland –
http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=6&engagement=200843&lang=eng
09.10.08 Folha de São Paulo newspaper published an eight-page article by Marina Del Valle on the visit of the Emperor & Empress of Brazil to Ireland, 7 to 11 July 1877, based on reports published in local newspapers that year - http://www.irishinstitute.com.br/archive2.html#pedro and transcribed in the following e-document - http://gogobrazil.com/dompedroirl.html (po´n)
6-14.10.08 Conor Finnegan participated in the screening of his film Cupid´s Love - http://www.youtube.com/conorfinnegan1
(2007, 01:30) at the 3rd International Festival of Erotic Animation (FIAE) at Rio´s Museum of Modern Art -
http://www.fiae.com.br/ Culture Ireland provided a EUR 1,500 grant - http://www.cultureireland.gov.ie
2-6.10.08 Denis McNulty - http://www.dennismcnultyart.com exhibited at the São Paulo Bienal with 4 other artists in: Weightless Days (Ângela Detanico & Rafael Lain [Brazil]; Megumi Matsumoto & Takeshi Yazaki [Japan]; Denis McNulty [Ireland]). Culture Ireland provided a EUR 2,000 grant - http://www.28bienalsaopaulo.org.br/project-participant/weightless-days
10-12.09.08 Third Symposium of Irish Studies in South America, Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) –
http://www.freewebs.com/irishstudies/thirdsymposium2008.htm
08.09.08 Brazil-Ireland academic agreement signed at the University of São Paulo - http://www.freewebs.com/irishstudies/news.htm
08-11.07.08 3rd. National Symposium, and 2nd International Symposium of Celtic and Germanic Studies, University Federal of
São João Del-Rei, MG - http://groups.google.com.br/group/amigosdahistoriajatai/msg/f426b091d53b8ead
17.07.08 Irish volunteers help build houses in Parnaíba, PI - http://www.45graus.com.br/parnaiba.php?id=23863
16.06.08 Bloomsday celebrations were held in nine Brazilian cities - http://www.gogobrazil.com/bloomsday2008.html
15.06.08 Immigrants´ Festival, SP (XIII Festa do Imigrante): Presentation of Irish Step Dancing by the dance company Phoccus Cia de Dança from Sorocaba, SP - http://br.geocities.com/phoccusciadedanca/index.htm at the Memorial do Imigrante - http://guiaonde.uol.com.br/leiamais.asp?iddestaque=3949
12.06.08 Material relating to Irish immigrants in Brazil presented by P. O´Neill to the Memorial do Imigrante (Rua Visconde de Pernaíba, 1316 – Moóco, Mêtro do Bresser
03164-300 São Paulo, SP). Contact: Elisandra Gasparani, Pesquisadora da História Oral. T. (11) 8479-2299 / 6692-1866 r. 212 - http://www.memorialdoimigrante.sp.gov.br/
12.06.08 Prof. Munira H. Mutran, University of São Paulo, nominated Doctor honoris causa by the National University of Ireland, Maynooth - http://communications.nuim.ie/press/120608.shtml / http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2005/0319/1110799545448.html
26-27.05.08 2nd. Trade Mission to Brazil (SP) led by the Minister for International Trade John McGuinness T.D. - http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080526.htm & Frank Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Ireland - http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080527b.htm . 27 companies participated: Advanced Sensors Ltd / Advanced Management Technologies / Arantech / Bimeda Inc / Bord Bia - Irish Food Board / Butler Manufacturing Services Ltd /
ChangingWorlds / Dublin City University / Education Ireland / EirGen Pharma Ltd / Emerald Cultural Institute / eSpatial / Fayrefield Foods Ireland Ltd / Instant UpRight / Irish Response Ltd, trading as Lifes2good / Language College Ireland / Mallaghan Engineering Ltd / McHale Engineering Ltd / MCS / NewBay Software / OpenJaw Technologies / Protégé International Ltd / Suretank Ltd / Tango Telecom / Telestack International Ltd / Valpar Industrial / Waterford Institute of Technology .
1st Córas Trachtála Trade mission to Brazil (SP & RJ) was held from 13 - 20 Sept, 1975.
26.05.08 Minister John McGuinness T.D. announced significant contracts for two Galway companies in Brazil - http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080527a.htm
26.05.08 Kerry do Brasil celebrated its 10th anniversary in Brazil. Address in Campinas-SP by Minister John McGuinness T.D. -
http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080526a.htm http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080526b.htm
26.05.08 SP Dinner speech by Minister John McGuinness T.D. to senior Brazilian Industrialists and Irish Companies -
http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080526b.htm
19.05.08 Diageo introduces two new Irish beers in Brazil: Kilkenny & Harp - http://www.embalagemmarca.com.br/embmarca/noticias/ultimas/09_05_08_diageo_traz_cervejas_irlandesas_ao_brasil?eZSESSIDembmarca=9b4bdce773ea5d587ad7886a95f3e9ef
28.04.08 Festschrift in honour of Prof. Munira Hamud Mutran with a presentation of the book A New Ireland in Brazil. Laura P. Z. Izarra & Beatriz Kopschitz X.Bastos (eds.).
SP: Ed. Humanitas, 2008. Attended by Irish Ambassador Michael Hoey and guests at the University of São Paulo
http://www.editorahumanitas.com.br/detalhesLSQL.php?cod=414 (Prédio FFLCH, sala 8. Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 315 - USP. 10h30).
04-08.05.08 Visit to Matto Grosso do Sul State by Irish Times reporter Seán Mac Connell -
http://www.agorams.com.br/index.php?ver=ler&id=127452 and other journalists at the invitation of the Brazilian Association of Meat Export Industries (ABIEC) - http://www.abiec.com.br/ and the Brazilian Trade & Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) - http://www.apexbrasil.com.br/
The Irish Times,18.07.08: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/1218/1197544114089.html
April-May Impressions of Brazilian educators who visited Ireland & Scotland - http://sieeesp.blog.terra.com.br/2008/05
18.04-04.05 Visit by Brazilian educators to Ireland & Scotland - http://sinepe-rs.plughosting.com.br/noticias_detalhes_materia.asp?id=6373&tipo=200302
28-29.03.08 7 English language schools from Ireland led by Adrian Cummins - http://www.mei.ie/ were present at an international student recruitment fair in São Paulo: ExpoBelta- http://www.belta.org.br/expobelta Wendy Dorman-Smith, Second Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland in Basília was also present. Participants: Colm O´Byrne - ATC; Una Reddington - Atlantic Language Galway; Will Dowling - Dublin School of English; Dee Doyle - Eden College; Peter O´Neill - English in Dublin; Celestine Rowland - Galway Cultural Institute; & Alexandre Figueira - Grafton College.
28.03.08 Fr. Anthony (Tony) Conry, was the first Irish man to receive the title Citizen of São Paulo (Cidadão Paulistano) - http://www.roscommonherald.ie/news/story/?cat=news&trs=qleycwcw from the local Municipal Legislative Assembly - http://www.arselino-tatto.com.br/NOTICIAS.ASP?CODIGO=861 at the initiative of Arselino Tatto PT.
Fr. Conry founded the Colégio São Francisco de Assis - http://www.colsaofrancisco.com.br/novo/institucional/fundador.html
21-28.03.08 6a. Festival Celta Brasil, Campinas - SP. Organised by Banana Boadway - http://www.bananabroadway.com.br
17.03.08 Peter O´Neill awarded a tourism award in the category of ‘Promotion of Ireland’ by the newspaper
Turismo MG, Belo Horizonte, MG (XVII Prêmio MG Turismo) -http://mgturismo.com.br
17.03.08 Ambassador Michael Hoey introduced Stephen Charles O´Sullivan as the new Honorary Consul of Ireland in São Paulo at a St. Patrick´s Day (SDP) reception at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (Al. Joaquim Eugênio de Lima, 447. 01403-001 São Paulo, SP. T. (11) 3147-7788. F. 3147-7770 E. hcisp@yahoo.com). Other SPD Celebrations were held at i.a., The Irish Pub - RJ & All Black - SP - http://vip.abril.uol.com.br/nova_vip/edicoes/276/irlanda.shtml
13.03.08 The newspaper Valor Economico published an interview with Padraig Walsh, President, Irish Farmers Association, about Brazilian beef -
http://www.cnpc.org.br/news1.php?ID=304
01-02.03.08 7 English language schools from Ireland led by Fred Klinkenberg - Enterprise Ireland and Lucia Reynolds - Education Ireland were present at an international student recruitment fair in São Paulo Salão do Estudante - http://www.salaodoestudante.com.br . Ambassador Michael Hoey was also present. Participants: Giles Kilcoyne - Ashfield College; Mary Faulkner - Dublin Institute of Technology; Hugh Hughes - Dorset College; Diarmaid Mác Múrchadh - Eurocollege; Saeed Rehman - Grafton College; Glen Anderson - Limerick Business School; & Don O´Neill - Waterford Institute of Technology
07.02.08 Figures released by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism indicated that 12,574 people from Ireland visited Brazil in 2006 - http://www.turismo.gov.br/portalmtur/opencms/institucional/noticias/arquivos/dublin_descubra_brasil.html
06.02.08 Widespread press coverage given to the Brazil v. Ireland soccer match at Croke Park Stadium, Dublin -
http://www.crokepark.ie / http://bolarolando.com.br/news.php?id_news=60759
30.01.08 Irish Institute (Instituto Brasil-Irlanda) launched in São Paulo by its Honorary President, Ambassador Michael Hoey; President Maria Alice Ancona Lopez, & Vice-President Peter O´Neill (Rua Araújo, 165 Cj. 30, CEP 01220-020 São Paulo SP. E. info@irishinstitute.com.br W. http://www.irishinstitute.com.br)
18.01.08 Irish Embassy strongly advised travelers to Brazil to be vaccinated against yellow fever - http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?id=8770
21.12.07 Following marketing actions in Brazil by English language schools in Ireland during 2007, an Ipsos MORI survey commissioned by Bord Fáilte (Dublin) of 66 ACELS member schools (out of a total of 110) found that of the 77,766 students who attended courses on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Ireland during the period November 2006 to October 2007, 2,950 were from Brazil - http://www.acels.ie
17.12.07 Temporary closure of the Honorary Consulate in São Paulo - http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?id=5450
(Myles McGovern was introduced as new Honorary Consul on 17.03.08 but was subsequently posted by his company, Grand Hyatt Hotel, to Mexico).
13.12.07 David Miller made an Honorary Member of OrquediaRio for his 30 years dedicated to documenting and preserving orchids in the Serra dos Orgãos mountains, RJ -
http://www.orquidario.org/boletim/boletim9-4/sumario.htm A Floresta das Orquideas (C.V.) - http://www.overmundo.com.br/overblog/a-floresta-das-orquideas
02.11.07 End of a TV drama series Eterna Mágia on Rede Globo. 149 episodes. Part-filmed in Ireland (started 14.05.07) - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eterna_Magia
29.10.07 Fr. John Cribbin OMI awarded the Tiradentes Medal by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro at the initiative of Deputy Alessandro Mohon, PT - http://www.molon.com.br/noticia.asp?id=563 / http://www.parishandfamily.ie/index.php?option=com_cifeed&task=newsarticle&artid=4097
25.10-18.11 Irish photographer David Farrell exhibited works entitled Innocent Landscapes at the Museu Nacional Brasília -
http://www.fotoartebrasilia.com.br/site2007/pt/index.php?secao=buscas.php >> Irlanda
Sept. 07’ Noite Celta: Venue: Cultura Inglesa Higienópolis, SP - www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=27328392
13.08.07 Primary Education in Ireland - Talk by Prof. Áine Hyland, University College Cork, at am international seminar
on educational reform in Brasília, DF - http://www.educacaoseculoxxi.com.br/ciclo_01/apresentacoes.html
09.08.07 Agreement on the nomination of Wendy Dorman-Smith as Second Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland, Brasília.
4-11.08.07 Visit of Irish furniture manufacturers to attend fairs in São Paulo - http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/EventsCalendar/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=1406
18.07.07 Ambassador Michael Hoey present at the launching of iSmart in São Paulo, a software developed by iSpatial -
http://www.maxpressnet.com.br/noticia-boxsa.asp?TIPO=CE&SQINF=274472
June 07 ABEI Journal 9 - The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies, published by the Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses
(ABEI), Munira H. Mutran & Laura P.Z. Isarra (eds.). SP: Humanitas/FFLCH, University of São Paulo (USP). Annual publication.
19.06.07 Rewriting process in three plays by Thomas Murphy - Doctorate Thesis by Sofia Waltas, University
of São Paulo (USP) - http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8147/tde-07112007-130125
16.06.07 Bloomsday celebrations in 8 Brazilian cities.
08.06.07 St. Patrick’ Missionary Society, SP, celebrated its 75th anniversary and 45 years in Brazil -
http://www.regiaosantana.org.br/v2/noticia.asp?pg=noticia&tipo=260
19.06.07 Kevin Kinsella, Irish Farmers Association (IFA), visited Brazil and later published articles which affected the Brazilian beef industry –
http://www.terra.com.br/revistadinheirorural/edicoes/40/artigo72321-1.htm
Also Irish Farmers Journal 26.05.07 - http://www.farmersjournal.ie/2007/0526/news/currentedition/index.shtml
06.05.07 VIII Tributo ao Irish Step - Show of Irish Step dancing: Teatro Municipal, Sorocaba, SP 20h00.
Promoted by Phoccus Cia de Dança - http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=955259
14.05.07 Start of Eterna Mágia drama series on Rede Globo - http://eternamagia.globo.com/
27.03.07 Ventos da Liberdade (The Wind that Shakes the Barley) film launched - http://www.cinemacomrapadura.com.br/criticas/771/ventos_da_liberdade_(the_wind_that_shakes_the_barley_2006
2007 Translation of the Book of Letters of Bishop St. Patrick published by Dominique Vieira Coelho dos Santos in Brethair
17.03.07 St. Patrick´s Day celebrations with a music band 'Murphy´s Law' direct from Cork. O´Malley´s Pub, São Paulo, Al. Itú 1529 - Jardins. T. (11) 3086-0780. 20h00 - http://www.omalleysbar.net/ (idem) The Irish Pub, Rua Jangadeiros, General Osório 14a, Ipanema, Rio, 18h00.
17.03.07 Ambassador Hoey addressed visitors to an international educational fair in São Paulo, ExpoBelta, attended by four Irish educational establishments - http://www.belta.org.br/expobelta/default.asp?PaginaUnicaTipoID=11 The Ambassador subsequently visited ExpoBelta, Brasília, where he gave an interview to Rede Globo TV. Related news: http://www.twigs.ie/News/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressReleasesJan-June2007/Text,18141,en.html
2007 Sheehogue: os duendes irlandeses - Thesis, Karina Freitas Reis Moedim. Fashion design, Faculdade Santa Marcelina.
Orientation: Simone Mina - http://www.fasm.edu.br Content notes: Mitologias: o mundo céltico - A Irlanda e suas histórias
fantásticas: duendes e outros seres encantados; a origem da moda irlandesa. 91 p. t. (11) 3824-5800 ramais 856 / 863.
25.01.07 Public-private partnerships (PPSs) in Ireland and Chile: An alternative of leverage for development in infrastructure in the Brazilian scene - Doctorate Thesis by Erika Monteiro de Souza e Savi, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EECS-USP), SP - http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18140/tde-12032007-124651/
2006 Following marketing actions in Brazil by English language schools during 2006, a Bord Fáilte (Dublin) survey of 51 ACELS member schools (out of a total of 115) found that 800 students from Brazil attended 18 language schools in Ireland during the period June 2005 to May 2006. http://www.acels.ie
06.12.06 Law passed by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro to award missionary Fr. John Cribbin OMI the Tiradentes Medal - an initiative of Deputy Alessandro Molon. Resolução nº 1.657 de 2006: “pela relevante atuação na área religiosa e social com competência, seriedade e muita dedicação ao povo brasileiro” -
23.11.06 David Miller launched his book “Serra dos Órgãos, Sua História e Suas Orquídeas” at a meeting of OrquidaRio. Co-author R. Warren e H. Seehawer –
http://www.orquidario.org/boletim/boletim9-1/sumario.htm Photos - http://www.policiacivil.goias.gov.br/dema/noticia_id.php?publicacao=34748
28-29.10.06 Irish Modern Dance Ireland - http://www.irishmoderndancetheatre.com/ performed “The White Piece” at the Forum
Cultural Mundial, RJ - http://www.forumculturalmundial.org/en/home.asp?lang=ing with support from Culture Ireland.
Nov. 2006 Renate Buzon nominated Enterprise Ireland representative in São Paulo -
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/Contact/Overseas+Offices/Brazil+Office.htm Market potential report -
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/The+Market/Current+Issue/The+Real+Deal+In+Latin+America.htm
01.11.06 Start of an academic project “From Ireland to Brazil: critical texts”, involving four Brazilian universities
(USP, UFBA, UFPR & UFGO) - http://www.bv.fapesp.br/projetos-tematicos/1259/irlanda-brasil-textos-criticos
28-30.09.06 First Symposium of Irish Studies in Latin America, organised by ABEI, USP and Irish Embassy - http://www.freewebs.com/irishstudies/firstsymposium2006.htm
28.09.06 Start of Barretstown Brazil Challenge, charity walk (28 Sept. - 9 Oct.) - http://www.barretstown.org/content.asp?contentid=818
04.09.06 Agreement on the nomination of Michael Hoey as Ambassador of Ireland to Brazil. Letter of Credence presented on 16.11.06.
8-13.08.06 Festival Beckett 100 anos (Samuel Beckett film festival), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio > 3rd. Item down - http://www.dicadeteatro.com.br/ccbbrioagosto.htm
7-28.08.06 Course on Samuel Beckett by Prof. Fábio Souza Andrade, USP, São Paulo - http://www.universia.com.br/noticia/materia_dentrodocampus.jsp?not=30911
26-28.07.06 CATI 2006 - 3a. Congresso Anual de Tecnologia de Informação, FGV/EAESP - http://www.fgvsp.br/cati/index.cfm?FuseAction=home
Talk "Por que o futuro não é sempre o que custumava ser?" by Dr. Frank Bannister TCD 26.07.06 11h00.
26.07.06 Mecanismo de Desenvolvimento Limpo (MDL) - Talk by David V. Jacob of AgCert - http://www.agcert.com at a UNICAMP public seminar, Campinas, SP - http://agrosoft.com/?q=node/20955 / http://www.aptaregional.sp.gov.br/artigo.php?id_artigo=325 Related page http://www.mct.gov.br/upd_blob/0017/17861.pdf
26.07.06 Film ‘Depois do Vendaval' (The Quiet Man). 1952, 129 min. NET TV: TCC, 09h10 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/
25.7/6.8.06 Os Irlandeses - A literatura de James Joyce e o cinema de conflito (films on The Irish: The Literature of James Joyce
and Cinema of Conflict) Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio - http://www.dicadeteatro.com.br/ccbbrjjulho.htm
16.08.06 Homeless Child ı Associação Criança sem Lar registered as an NGO in Rio as part of the MulRyan Family Foundation - W. http://www.mycharity.ie/charity/homelesschild
27.07.06 “Os Celtas na Irlanda” (The Celts in Ireland) - talk by Prof. Barry Raftery UCD during the I Simpósium Internacional e II Simpósium Nacional de Estudos Celtas e Germânicos. Campos da UFSC, Florianópolis, SC 19h30, - II SNIECG 25/28.7.06 See Revista Brathair Contact: Joâo Lupi - O porque de se estudar Celtas e Vikings no Brasil, by Johnni Langer
18-19.07.06 Film ‘Wilde’ (about Oscar Wilde). 1997, 117 min. NET TV: TCE. 23h35 / 15h55.
17.07.06 ‘A última gravação de Krapp’ - Play by Samuel Beckett. Festival de Inverno de Ouro Preto e Mariana - Fórum das Artes 2006 - http://www.festivaldeinverno.ufop.br/2006
10-23.07.06 Festival Beckett 100 Anos (Beckett Festival - 100 Years) - Readings, workshops, performances, debates, talks & films. Centro Cultural Telemar, Rua 12 de dezembro 63 - Flamengo. T. (21) 3131-3060. Report in Estado de S.Paulo 10.07.06: 'Rio Comemora Centinário de Samuel Beckett'.
6-9.07.06 Film “No ritmo da vida” (The Boys and Girls from County Clare) 2003, 90 mins. NET TV: TCE. 01h50 / 14h30 - http://dvdworld.com.br/dvdworld.hts?+CB02058+acha
4-7/3.08.06 Fim de Partida - Play by Samuel Beckett - http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/materias/cultura/2426501-2427000/2426785/2426785_1.xml
Moira Cia. Teatral, Centro Cultural São Paulo. Tue to Thurs 21h00 - http://www.centrocultural.sp.gov.br/index.asp Rua Verguiro, 1000, SP. t. (11) 3383-3402.
16.06.06 Bloomsday commemorations around Brazil - http://gogobrazil.com/bloomsday2006.html
03.06.06 Education in Ireland - talk by P. O´Neill during Expo Intercâmbio (international student fair). Fiesta Convention Center, Av. ACM 711, Salvador, BA - T. (71) 2109-0888.
July 2006 Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS) - http://www.irishargentine.org published a special edition on Brazil and Ireland (Vol 4, No. 3) - http://irishargentine.org/0607.pdf
9-21.05.06 Irish film show at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília, as a lead up to Bloomsday - http://jornalcampus.yawl.com.br/noticia.php?id=3426
04-05.05.06 History of Celtic & Viking Ireland - Mini-course in Portuguese: UNESP/ASSIS - São Paulo.
28.4/9.7.06 ‘Esperando Godot - Play by Samuel Beckett. SESC, Avenida Paulista, São Paulo.
11.04.06 Education in Ireland - Talk by P. O´Neill during ExpoBelta (international student fair) 16h00 - 16h25. Oliveiras Place Hotel, Goiânia, Goiás State. 15h00 - 21h00.
06.04.06 James Concagh art exhibition “Rastro’, Hotel Grand Hyatt São Paulo, attended by Ambassador Martin Greene and Gill Greene.
04.13.04.06 Samuel Beckett 100 Years’ at SESC Santana, São Paulo - http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc
03.04.06 Publication of ‘Irish Studies in Brazil’ to commemorate the 25th. anniversary of Irish Studies at the University of São Paulo (USP). Munira H. Mutran & Laura P.Z. Izarra (eds.). SP: Humanitas.2006. Attended by i.a, Irish Ambassador Martin Greene and Jill Greene, together with students and professors from USP. Livraria da Vila - Casa do Saber, Rua Dr. Mario Ferraz, 414. SP. t. (11) 3073-0513. 18h00.
01-02.04.06 International student fair, ExpoBelta, Pavilhão do Bienal, São Paulo. English in Dublin stand (po´n) - http://www.belta.org.br/cd_portfolio/portugues.htm
26.03.06 L.É. Eithne - Irish Naval Flag Ship open to the public in Fortaleza, Ceará: 13h00 - 17h00. Cia. Docas do Ceará, Cais do Porto, Praça Amigos da Marinha s/n., Mucuripe >> See “Week Six”: http://homepage.eircom.net/~navalass2/eithnespassage.htm
17.03.06 ‘5a. Festival Celta’ (5th. Celtic Festival), Campinas - SP, with the participation of members of a local Irish step dancing school, 'Banana Broadway', and a Celtic music band from São Paulo, ‘Grian’ >> page 5: http://www.dancadesalao.com/jornal/dance/004mar2006DanceCampinasWeb.pdf
17.03.06 St. Patrick´s Day (SPD) with 'Murphy´s Law' direct from Cork. O´Malley´s Pub, São Paulo, Al. Itú 1529 - Jardins. T. (11) 3086-0780. 20h00 - http://www.obaoba.com.br/noticias/noticias_detalhes.asp?ID=7674
SPD celebration with 'Irish Dreams' - a local traditional Irish music band led by Marcelo Tápia with Cíntia Scola, Daniel Tápia and Sílvia Zambon. Finnegans Pub, Rua Cristiano Viana, 358 - Pinheiros (corner of Rua Artur de Azevedo) SP. T. (11) 3062-3232. 19h00.
40th. SPD procession around the Parish of St. Patrick, São Paulo, led by Pe. João Carlos Deschamps de Almeida, 17h30. Followed by the 40th. SPD Mass at Igreja de São Patrício, Av. Otacílio Tomanick, 1.555 - Rio Pequeno, Butantã. T. (11) 3768-3203. 19h30. Church founded by the Kiltegan Fathers. Show of Irish dancing and music (Banana Broadway, Campinas, & Grian) followed.
SPD celebration: The Irish Pub, Rua Jangadeiros, General Osório 14a, Ipanema, Rio. 18h00.
SPD reception aboard Irish naval ship L.É. Eithne hosted by its Commander and Ambassador Greene, Rio. 20h00.
16.03.06 SPD Military Parade held by Officers and Ship´s Company of L.É. Eithne attended by members of Rio´s Irish community. Dock side, Port of Rio. 10h00.
15.03.06 Arrival of Irish Naval Flagship L.É. Eithne to the Porto of Rio.
09-19.03.06 19th. Bienal Internacional do Livro de São Paulo (international book fair), Anhembi, São Paulo. 10h00 - 22h00.
28.1-25.2.06 ‘Cinzes’ - Play based on a work by Samuel Beckett with René Gurniel (92) & Aury Porto, SESC Pinheiro, Rua Paes Leme 195, São Paulo. T. (11) 3095-9400
20-21.02.06 U2 Vertigo Tour, Estádio do Murumbi, São Paulo, 20h00 - http://www.u2.com
31.12.05 TV special featuring the U2 – HBO Plus 23h00 - http://www.tvmagazine.com.br/conteudo/noticia.asp?codigo=3658
01-11.12.05 45th Feira da Providência - an international charity fair supported by members of the Irish community and friends of Ireland in Rio. There was no Irish stand in 2005 due to excessive red tape created by the Irish embassy, thus breaking a 21 year old tradition started in 1983 (po´n). The then Irish Ambassador Martin Greene announced on 22.11.05 that the Irish Government would, however, continue to provide support in appropriate ways to social development projects in Brazil, e.g., through the expenditure programmes of Development Cooperation Ireland - http://www.irishaid.gov.ie
30.11.05 Closure of the Honorary Consulate General of Ireland in Rio de Janeiro following completion of the assignment of Honorary Consul Brian McComish (2001-2005).
Oct/Nov 05 Samuel Beckett - Talk, videos, workshop & rehearsal by Lenereson Polonini, São Paulo - http://www.gogobrazil.com/talkbeckett.html
Oct 2005 Ambassador Martin Greene visited the Federation of Industries of the State of Ceará (FIEC) and the International Business Centre (CIN), Fortaleza - http://www.fiec.org.br/publicacoes/jornalfiec/edicoes/0603/default.asp?URL=13
06.10.05 ‘Major Bárbara’, a 3-act play by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Eduardo Tolentino. Grupo Taca. Teatro Villa Lobos, Av. Princesa Isabel, 440 - Copacabana, Rio.
30-31.08.05 Jameson Awards - 16ª. Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de São Paulo. Cine Sesc & Espaço Unibanco de Cinema - http://www.kinoforum.org.br/curtas/2005/programacao.php?i=i&p=14
16.06.05 Bloomsday Centenary celebrations held around Brazil - http://www.gogobrazil.com/bloomsday2005.html
19.05.05 “O Mestre” - The Master, autographed by author Colm Tóibín. Livraria da Travessa, Rua Visconde de Pirajá 572 - Rio. t. (21) 3205-9022)
17.05.05 “Inventing Henry James” - Talk by Colm Tóibín. “O Mestre” autographed at Casa do Saber, Rua Dr. Mário Ferraz 414 - São Paulo. t. (01) 3707-8900. 20h00.
12-22.05.05 Bienal Internacional do Livro (Rio international book fair). Books by three Irish authors launched: Cecelia Ahern, Eu te amo - PS, I Love You (RJ: Ed. Relume Dumará. 400 p.); Eoin Colfer, Colin Cosmo e os supernaturalistas - The Supernaturalist (RJ: Ed. Record. 318 p.; Colm Tóinín - O Mestre - The Master (SP: Ed. Cia das Letras. 440 p.). The latter two books were translated with funding from Ireland Literature Exchange - http://www.irelandliteratureexchange.com
17.03.05 SPD commemorations held in RJ & SP
16.03.05 St. Patrick´s Day (SPD) reception hosted by Ambassador Greene, Brasília - http://www.theguide.com.br/socialevents/pages/nationalDayIreland.cfm
2005 Article on St. Patrick published by Dominique Vieira Coelho in Brathair -
05.03.05 Séan O´Faolain´s Letters to Brazil published by Prof. Munira H. Mutran (org.). SP: Humanitas, 2005. 173 p.
28.10.04 Book published about the Irish origins of the name of Brazil: Uma ILHA chamada BRASIL,
by Geraldo Cantarino. RJ: Mauad Editora; ref. - http://www.brathair.com/Revista/N11/cantarino.pdf
25.9-26.12 Artists Stephen loughman, Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor - http://www.desperateoptimists.com/pages/biog.shtml
and Denis McNulty - http://dennismcnulty.com/index.html / http://alpha60.info/index.htm participated in the XXVI
International Art Bienal of São Paulo supported by the Cultural Relations Committee of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
23.9-7.10.04 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - Irish film.
30.8-2.9.04 Simpósio Nacional de Estudos Celtas e Germânicos. UFRJ, Rio.
30.08.04 Agreement on the nomination of Caroline Margaret Phelan as Second Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, Brasília.
28.08.04 Fr. John Cribbin OMI - 1st Irish person to be awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro –
http://cmrj3.cmrj.gov.br/ofc/scripts/tramitproj.asp?tipo=Decreto Legislativo&numero=248&ano=2004
18.08.04 Embassy of Ireland, Brasília, hosted a photographic exhibition by Elis Taves.
18.08.04 Jameson Short Film Awards - 15a. Festival de Curtas-Metragens de São Paulo.
18.07.04 Links between Brazil & Ireland web site launched by Peter O´Neill, Rio - http://www.visiteirlanda.com/
July 2004 Writer Colm Toíbín was a guest speaker at the International Literary Festival of Parati (FLIP) - http://www.flip.org.br/index1.php3?idioma_new=I
He subsequently autographed works at the International Book Fair of Rio - http://www.bienaldolivro.com.br
16.06.04 Bloomsday commemorations held around Brazil - http://gogobrazil.com/bloomsday2004.html
14.06.04 Tom Kitt TD., Irish Minister of State for Development Cooperation and Human Rights addressed the Eleventh Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD XI), São Paulo, on behalf of the European Union - http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?id=25749
17.05.04 Mosaica de Histórias, Uma antologia do conto europeu - An Anthology of the European Short Story, Munira H. Mutran (org.),
launched by Irish Ambassador Martin Greene to commemorate Ireland´s Presidency of the European Union. SP: Humanitas, 2004. 229 p.
12-22.05.04 Eoin Colfer at the XII Bienal Internacional do Livro (international book fair), São Paulo.
30.04.04 Kerry do Brasil bought out Ingredientes Alimentícios –
28.04.04 “A Nova União Européia e o Futuro das Relações EU-America Latina-Mercosil” - Seminar chaired by
Ambassador Greene in Brasília - http://www.delbra.ec.europa.eu/pt/whatsnew/04-3103Seminario.htm
29.03.04 President Mary McAleese, accompanied by Dr. Martin McAleese, received by Brazilian President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília - http://www.imprensa.planalto.gov.br/download/Discursos/PR376.DOC
27.03.04 Reception in her honor hosted by Amb. Martin Greene and Mrs. Jill Greene at Hotel Sofitel, Rio.
Concert by Máirtín O´Connor & Friends (Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill, Tommy Hayes, Cathal Hayden, Garry Ó Briain & Róisín Ní Mhainnín.
26.03.04 She addressed students at the University of São Paulo (Prof. Munira H. Mutran, FFLCH-USP) - http://www.usp.br/jorusp/arquivo/2004/jusp681/pag03.htm
and visited the Centro Educational Unificado (CEU) with the Mayor of São Paulo - http://www.telecentros.sp.gov.br/institucional/imprensa/releases/index.php?p=1972
17.03.04 Colégio St. Patrick´s, Rio, commemorated its 40th anniversary. Founded by Maureen (nèe Mitton, Co. Wexford) & Ewerton Batalha - http://www.st-patricks.com.br
2004 MCS - Opened an office in Rio (an international subsea engineering solutions company established in Galway 1983) - http://www.mcs.com
2003 Vist to Brazil by George Bolton, Vice President, AgCert - http://www.agcert.com/ / http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/The+Market/Current+Issue/News+Update.htm
03.10.03 Rua James Joyce (street) in Paraty, RJ. Law No. 1.397/2003 that created the street was sanctioned by the Mayor of Paraty. José Cláudia de Araújo (po´n).
02.08.03 Event to launch Rua James Joyce at Brazish, Paraty, RJ - http://www2.folha.uol.com.br/fuja/flip20030003.shtml
23.09.03 The Irish Economy - The Analysis of a Success - speech by Minister of State Dick Roche (Office of the Taoiseach - Prime Minister) –
http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?docID=1607
23.05.03 Jameson Irish Whiskey launched in Ribeirão Preto, SP, by Pernod Ricard Brasil - http://www.gogobrazil.com/jameson.html
April 2003 53 Irish hikers undertook a charity walk in aid of the Dublin Simon Community - http://www.dubsimon.ie/fundraising/past_hikes.htm
26.03.02 Ambassador Greene received by President of Superior Federal Tribunal - http://www.direito2.com.br/stf/2002/mar/26/presidente_do_stf_recebe_embaixador_da_irlanda
2002 Ambassador Greene visited the Federation of Industries of the State of Ceará (FIEC) - http://www.fiec.org.br/publicacoes/jornalfiec/edicoes/0603/default.asp?URL=13
Dec. 2001 Ambassador Martin Greene took up his post as Ireland´s first resident ambassador to Brazil, ten years after Brazil opened its embassy in Dublin in 1991.
Patrick Duffy, Second Secretary.
09.10.01 Concert held in honour of the 10th anniversary of the death of Irish conductor Eugene Egan - http://jc.uol.com.br/torcida/ler.php?codigo=15&canal=8
Quarteta Egan - http://www2.uol.com.br/JC/_2001/0810/cc0810_2.htm / http://www.auniao.pb.gov.br/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6507&Itemid=35
27.08-03.09 Visit by Frank Fahey T.D., Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources; Patrick Ridge, Chairman, Bord Iascaigh Mhara - http://www.bim.ie/ & Patrick O´Malley, CEO, O´Malley Fisheries, to Rio, Brasilia (Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Morais, Brazilian Minister for Agriculture), Cabedelo Harbour, Paraíba - João Pessoa State (Alfapesca, Fish Brasil, Tunarmar, Norte Pesca & Produmar), Estaleiro Itajaí - Santa Catarina State (Frank Wlasek, President, Grupo Metalnave).
21.07.01 Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD visited the Corcovado Statue - RJ; Fr. John Cribbin´s parish, Magalhães Bastos, and a community centre financed by Irish Aid.
20.07.01 He addressed the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro, met State Governor, addressed the Brazilian Centre for International Relations (CEBRI) - http://www.cebri.org.br/pdf/53_PDF.pdf and attended a reception for members of the local Irish community. Interviews given to RTÉ - http://www.rte.ie/news/2001/0716/ahern.html / http://www.rte.ie/news/2001/0719/ahern.html and Rádiobras - http://www.radiobras.gov.br/integras/01/integra_1807_3.htm
19.07.01 Taoiseach met the Governor of São Paulo, gave an address at USP, donated books and received a medal - http://www.gogobrazil.com/bertieusp.html / http://www.gogobrazil.com/ahernusp.html . He also addressed the Federation of Industries of São Paulo (FIESP) - http://www.gogobrazil.com/ahernfiesp.html
He attended an evening reception for Braztoa tour operators, Belta educational agents and the press - organised by the
Irish Tourist Board (BFE) & Peter O´Neill at the Renaissance Hotel. Five Irish companies present: American College, Emerald Cultural Institute, English in Dublin, O´Mara Travel and MV Hotels. He gave interviews to the journalists present. Good press coverage followed.
18.07.01 Taoiseach met Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in Brasília. In SP he met Irish missionaries and attended a reception for members of the local Irish community.
18.07.01 Irish Government agreed on the nomination of Martin Greene as Ambassador to Brazil - http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?id=26426
16.07.01 Honorary Consul Brian McComish interviewed by BBC Brasil about Taoiseach´s visit - http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2001/010716_irlanda.shtml
17.03.01 Brian McComish introduced as Honorary Consul of Ireland by Ambassador John Campbell at a St. Patrick´s Day reception in Rio.
2001 Dervish - a traditional Irish music band from Sligo performed on the World Music Stage at ‘Rock in Rio’.
2000 The Irish dance groups "Spirit of the Dance" & "Lord of the Dance", the latter under the direction of Michael Flatey,
performed in Brazil - http://www.submarino.com.br/produto/6/284724?franq=123747
Nov. 2000 Brazish - Pousada (inn) opened in the historic town of Paraty. Located on a street that was later renamed
Rua James Joyce (03.10.03). Owners: James & Michael Woods from Clonakilty, Co. Cork - http://www.brazish.com.br
16.05.00 Mrs. Mary Robinson visited as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for talks with President Henrique Cardoso.
Interview / Video 15.06.2000 - http://www.rodaviva.fapesp.br/materia/226/entrevistados/mary_robinson_2000.htm
16-20.01.00 A group of 44 Irish farmers, university faculty members and some officials led by Andy Doyle of the Irish Farmers Journal - http://www.farmersjournal.ie
took part in a study tour of plantations, experimental farms, and agricultural co-operatives in & around Ribeirão Preto SP.