086 8505684 New Tip O’Neill Summer School

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TO mark July 4, Independence Day, the Irish in Europe Association (International) announced plans to launch the Tip O’Neill International Summer School in Mallow.

The main aim of the summer school will be to strengthen the Irish bridge between the United States of America and Europe. This school will not be one weekend end event, but will be an ongoing process to grow relations between Mallow and North Cork with Rathmullan and Inishowen in Donegal, relations between Cork, Derry, Boston and Leuven in Belgium and also relations between the Capitals; Washington, Dublin and Brussels, and later extending to other areas in the USA and Europe.

It will join-up the Irish in Europe Networks with the Irish American and other diaspora networks in the USA. It will build on the work over the past 30 years of the Tip O’Neill committees in Mallow and Donegal, on the work done by Mallow Heritage Committee of the Mallow Partnership, the former Mallow Urban District Council, Kanturk Mallow Municipal District, Cork County and City Councils, Universities, Libraries, the O’Neill Family and many other individuals.

It will also complement the work of the different groups in the USA that commemorate the life and work of Tip O’Neill.

It will start small and has been well thought out and it will help Ireland to be an important bridge between the USA and the EU.

The summer school are planning to have the conference weekend between July 2021 and September 2021. This gives them enough time to plan and muster the necessary support.

The launch of the summer school has been welcomed in many quarters as a very exciting - and timely - initiative. It will be a big challenge, but all will help with the recovery in Ireland and bring more people from all walks of life together to help strengthen relations between USA and Europe.

The first President of Tip O’Neill International Summer School-Mallow Committee is Michael O’Neill and a relative Tip O’ Neill. The Irish in Europe Association will act as promoters and the European Partners for the Summer School.

Persons of all nationalities are most welcome to join the different Summer School support groups in Ireland, USA and Europe as they are established by contacting Michael O’Neill at tiponeillsummerschoolmallow@gmail.com The group cordially invite any public representative, or agency, embassy, or institution or indeed any individual to issue a press statement to welcome the launch of the Tip O’Neill International Summer School in Mallow.