Ministerial-led trade missions around St Patrick’s Day pay major dividends for Irish businessFor political leaders and public servants, it offers almost limitless opportunities to engage in policy discussion and influence counterparts in foreign governments. Through an extraordinarily intense schedule of meetings and functions, Irish participants on these trips from both the public and private sector strive to achieve their goals for the week.
These Irish-owned companies employ more than 225,000 people across the country, with two thirds of those jobs outside Dublin. For all of these businesses, the opportunity to network at events hosted by Ministers and ambassadors during March offers unique potential for new connections and driving export growth.
It offered an immense opportunity for Enterprise Ireland to showcase some trailblazing client companies who are redefining the future of mobility, work, technology and the commercial creative sector – from the Giant Company, who are merging artistry and cutting-edge technology to deliver the world’s tallest moving statue, to Manna, who are undertaking the world’s largest drone delivery trial, and Imvizar, the “Netflix for AR”, who launched the world’s first no-code augmented reality...
The delegation participated at a number of events addressed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, as he celebrated the unique economic and diplomatic partnership between Ireland and the US, memorable joint speeches by Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Ministers, and impactful sessions hosted by the powerful American Chamber of Commerce.