For the first time in five years, an official delegation from Monaghan County Council visited New York for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The delegation was led by An Cathaoirleach David Maxwell accompanied by Chief Executive Robert Burns who met with members of the Monaghan Diaspora in New York. They held a series of meetings with key strategic partners and participated in events to showcase all that County Monaghan has to offer economically and culturally as well as promoting the county as a place to visit, invest and do business. The official delegation from Monaghan County Council which also included Liam Bradley, Curator of the Monaghan County Museum, was joined on the visit by members of Monaghan GAA, including chairperson, Declan Flanagan and vice chairperson Brendan Casey, along with representatives of Enterprising Monaghan, Finbarr Daly CEO and board member, Paul Shortt. A number of prominent businesspeople from County Monaghan were also present on the trip, including Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift; Ciaran Marron, CEO of Activ8 Energies; Sammy Leslie, Owner of Castle Leslie and Trustee of the Leslie Foundation; Michael Mullan, Director of Mullan Lighting; Simon Murray, Director of CameraMatics, and; Barry Murray, Director of Universal Graphics. The centrepiece event of the visit was the inaugural meeting of the Monaghan – New York Business Network which was held on 15th March, in which business and civic leaders from New York, the wider USA, Monaghan and other parts of Ireland came together to explore opportunities for business investment, job creation and tourism in Monaghan. It was also an opportunity for Monaghan-based businesses to look at the potential of investing in or exporting to the USA. Many Monaghan businesses already have a presence in the USA and the event presented an opportunity for them to strengthen their links with clients and customers and potentially expand in the US market. The first of what it is hoped will be many meetings of the Monaghan

placeholder image — For the first time in five years, an official delegation from Monaghan County Council visited New York for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The delegation was led by An Cathaoirleach David Maxwell accompanied by Chief Executive Robert Burns who met with members of the Monaghan Diaspora in New York. They held a series of meetings with key strategic partners and participated in events to showcase all that County Monaghan has to offer economically and culturally as well as promoting the county as a place to visit, invest and do business. The official delegation from Monaghan County Council which also included Liam Bradley, Curator of the Monaghan County Museum, was joined on the visit by members of Monaghan GAA, including chairperson, Declan Flanagan and vice chairperson Brendan Casey, along with representatives of Enterprising Monaghan, Finbarr Daly CEO and board member, Paul Shortt. A number of prominent businesspeople from County Monaghan were also present on the trip, including Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift; Ciaran Marron, CEO of Activ8 Energies; Sammy Leslie, Owner of Castle Leslie and Trustee of the Leslie Foundation; Michael Mullan, Director of Mullan Lighting; Simon Murray, Director of CameraMatics, and; Barry Murray, Director of Universal Graphics. The centrepiece event of the visit was the inaugural meeting of the Monaghan – New York Business Network which was held on 15th March, in which business and civic leaders from New York, the wider USA, Monaghan and other parts of Ireland came together to explore opportunities for business investment, job creation and tourism in Monaghan. It was also an opportunity for Monaghan-based businesses to look at the potential of investing in or exporting to the USA. Many Monaghan businesses already have a presence in the USA and the event presented an opportunity for them to strengthen their links with clients and customers and potentially expand in the US market. The first of what it is hoped will be many meetings of the Monaghan

PHOTOS: Monaghan delegation visits New York for St Patrick’s Day

By Donard McCabe

Multimedia News Reporter

Published 4th Apr 2024, 12:33 GMT

For the first time in five years an official delegation from Monaghan County Council visited New York

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Below: L-R – Daniel McKenna, of the Irish Yank Society in New York and originally from Truagh; Mike Treanor, Director of Mullan Lighting; Simon Murray, Director of CameraMatics; Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift; Ciara Gormley, SEO Manager of Justworks in New York and originally from Castleblayney; Cllr David Maxwell, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council; Robert Burns, Chief Executive of Monaghan County Council; Barry Murray, Director of Universal Graphics; Ciaran Marron, CEO of Activ8 Energies, and; Finbarr Daly, CEO of Enterprising Monaghan.

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Below: L-R – Michael McMahon, Monaghan GAA; Brendan Casey, Vice Chairperson, Monaghan GAA; Cllr David Maxwell, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council; Declan Flanagan, Chairperson, Monaghan GAA; Robert Burns, Chief Executive of Monaghan County Council; and Michael Carroll, Monaghan GAA.

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Below: L-R – Denis Mulcahy Jr; Maureen Mulcahy; Cllr David Maxwell, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council; Gill Maxwell; Miriam Mulcahy; Denis Mulcahy, Co-founder and Chairman of Project Children; Tara Mulcahy; and Sean Mulcahy.

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Below: Cllr David Maxwell, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council.

PHOTOS: Monaghan delegation visits New York for St Patrick’s Day

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