OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA
invites you to a Panel Discussion
THE IRISH ECONOMIC MIRACLE
A Panel Discussion Exploring How the Irish Were Able to Transform their Agricultural Based Economy to a High Tech Model
Monday, November 13 at 5:30pm
Long depressed, deprived and downtrodden, Ireland rather suddenly has become a fast-track economy with jobs and opportunity galore, largely in high tech. Agriculture, once the key sector, is now dwarfed by sophisticated industry and services. Growth in the "Celtic Tiger" has been averaging a robust 7% a year over the past decade. Per Capita GDP is 10 percent above the four big European economies, and the second highest in the EU after Luxembourg.
PANELISTS:Nuala O'Faolain, author, teacher, columnist for the Irish Sunday Tribune, radio and television producer. She divides her time between County Clare and New York City.
Ted Smyth, senior vice president of the Heinz Company; 15 years in diplomatic service of Ireland serving in Geneva, Portugal, Washington, DC and London.
Denis Staunton, Washington correspondent for The Irish Times; from 2000 to 2005 he was the paper's European correspondent based in Brussels.
Breandan O'Caollai, deputy consul general of Ireland in NYC; previously served in the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland from 1989.
MODERATOR:Marshall Loeb, senior columnist for MarketWatch from Dow Jones; formerly editor of Fortune, Money and the Columbia Journalism Review.
PLACE: Club Quarters, 40 West 45 Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
TIME: Reception at 5:30pm. Program begins at 6:15pm
RSVP: OPC Office 212-626-9220 or email: sonya@opcofamerica.org
Upcoming Events!
8 November:
Movie Night
15 November:
Taste of Ireland
29 November:
Movie Night
2 December:
Scavenger Hunt Fundraiser