Links between
Brazil
26.05.08 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
and Frank Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise
Ireland - http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080527b.htm
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 annivesary in Brazil. Address in Campinas-SP by Minister
John McGuinness T.D. - http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080526a.htm
26.05.08 SP Dinner speech by Minister John McGuinness T.D. to Senior Brazilian
Industralists and Irish Companies - http://www.entemp.ie/press/2008/20080526b.htm
30.03.04 President Mary McAleese completes South American visit. RTÉ Vídeo - http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0330/mcaleese.html
29.03.04
Palácio Itamaraty - Remarks by
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - http://www.imprensa.planalto.gov.br/download/Discursos/PR376.DOC
26.03.04
Remarks by President McAleese
at the
23.09.03
Minister of State Dick Roche at UNESCO Education
Seminar, Brasília, on: The Irish
Economy - The Analysis of a Success -
http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?docID=1607[
2002 Ambassador Martin
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
05.12.01
Taoiseach´s
(Irish Prime
Minister) South America trip cost over £300,000 - http://www.rte.ie/news/2001/1205/taoiseach.html
16.07.01
Taoiseach to prioritise
19.07.01
Ireland to increase exports to
19.07.01
Taoiseach at the Federation of Industries of
19.07.01
Taoiseach at the
19.07.01
Taoiseach awarded medal by USP - http://www.gogobrazil.com/bertieusp.html
July 2001 Taoiseach´s
radio interview to Radiobras - http://www.radiobras.gov.br/integras/01/integra_1807_3.htm
01.04.95 Former
President Mary Robinson and Mr.Robinson visited the Imperial Museum,
Petrópolis, and paid a private visit to her Uncle in Rio, Denis Anthony Bourke
(RIP) and BiBi Ferreira.
Obs. Mrs. Robinson returned to Brazil on 16.05.00 as United National
High Commissioner for Human Rights for talks with President Henrique Cardoso.
31.03.95 President
Robinson addressed academics and students of the Anglo-Irish Studies Section of
the Department of Modern Literature at USP.
In Rio, she planted a tree (Virola Surinamenis) at the Botanical
Garden (Bosque das Nações); met Irish missionaries at the
Copacabana Palace Hotel and attended a reception for members of the local Irish
community hosted by Mrs. Eamonn Ryan. Dinner at Laranjeiras Palace hosted by
Rio Governor and Mrs. Marcello Alencar.
30.03.95 President
Robinson visited the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo
(FIESP); the Arts Museum (MASP); and dined with SP Governor, Mario Covas, at
the Bandeirantes Palace.
29.03.95 President
Mary Robinson and Mr. Robinson, accompanied by i.a. Ambassador and Mrs. Eamonn
Ryan, were received by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso at the Planalto
Palace.
She called on the President of the Federal Supreme Court, Luiz Octávio
Pires de Albuquerque Gallotti; the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Luiz
Educardo Magalhães, and the President of the Federal Senate, Sanator José
Sarney. Interview given to O Globo
newspaper.
State dinner hosted in her honour by President Cardoso
at the Itamarty Palace. FHC speech - http://www.planalto.gov.br/publi_04/COLECAO/POLEXT6.HTM
Ireland
08-09.05.06 Minister for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade,
Luiz Fernando Furlan
http://www.desenvolvimento.gov.br/sitio/ascom/noticias/noticia.php?cd_noticia=6981
http://www.desenvolvimento.gov
07.09.04 Speech by John
O´Donoghue, TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism at a reception in Dublin
for the artists representing
The Joys and woes of an Honorary
Consul, by Patrick J. Murphy (1966 – 1993).
Honorary
Consul Thomas F. O´Keeffe (SP).
Ireland´s
first consular representation in Brazil, by Neyda P.
Villela (RJ, 1965 – 1988).
My time as Honorary Consul,
by Paul Crean (RJ, 1988 – 1995).
Honorary
Consul Brian McComish (RJ, 2000 –
2005).
1975 Formal
diplomatic relations between Ireland and Brazil established.
Ambassadors acredited to Brazil: Padraig de Paor
(non-resident - Canada); James Kirwan - Portugal, Bernard McHugh - Portugal,
Michael Greene RIP,
Eamonn Ryan, John Campbell (non-resident - Portugal)
Ambassador
Martin Greene - first resident ambassador
to Brazil (DF, 2001 –
2007).
Ambassador
Michael Hoey (DF, 2007 - ) Curriculum Vitae
General
Events RJ: 1-11 December 2005- 45a. Feira da Providência - International charity
fair, Riocentro. There
was no Irish stand in 2005, thus breaking a 24 year tradition. Former Irish Ambassador Martin Greene
announced on 22 November 2005 that the Irish government would continue,
however, to provide support in appropriate ways to social development projects
in
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