Irish Embassy Reception – Thursday 27th October 2011
Posted by Mary | Previous Events
His excellency the Irish Ambassador, Bobby McDonagh and his wife, Mary, generously hosted a Reception for WIN members at the Embassy in Grosvenor Place on the 16th November. It was a delightful evening and gave the WIN membership the opportunity to meet and greet each other in the beautiful environs of the Embassy ballroom. The Ambassador spoke warmly about the work of WIN and all that it has achieved to date. On behalf of the WIN committee Mary Clancy expressed her gratitude to the sponsors and WIN members who had made it possible to donate the sum of £25,000 to the Irish Youth Foundation this year and a cheque for that amount was handed over to Jim O’Hara , a trustee of the Foundation. Mary advised the reception that this brought the cumulative WIN donation to the IYF to £315,000. Jim O’Hara expressed thanks on behalf of the Foundation and then spoke very wittily about the ‘joys’ of being married to a member of the WIN committee!! Patricia McEntee rounded up with the evening with an impassioned plea to the WIN membership to recruit new members, “Life is a lottery and you cannot be a winner if you are not part of WIN”