September 26: In this Creative Minds event Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and composer Jimmy Webb performed songs on piano and shared his creative process and career journey in an interview with Irish broadcaster and music journalist John Kelly. During his 30 year musical career, Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for music, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 27 September, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, Culture, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News
On Friday, July 15, 2016 Ambassador O’Malley hosted the Creative Minds event “Wired for Sound – Treating Deafness with Cochlear Implants”. The program explored some of the new breakthroughs in cochlear implant technology and procedures. The Irish National Cochlear Implant Program (NCIP) was established in Beaumont Hospital in 1995 by Dr. Laura Viani. This is ...
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By murphyjb | 15 July, 2016 | Topics:
Creative Minds, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Science & Tech
| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, American Embassy, Cochlear Implants, Creative Minds, Creative Minds Series, Deafness, Dublin, Ireland, Kevin O'Malley, U.S. Embassy
On March 15, 2016, President Obama paid tribute to U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O’Malley and the Creative Minds Series during the St. Patrick’s Day Reception at the White House. “As you can see and hear, although Kevin has only been in Ireland for 18 months, he has crammed in almost eight years of work. One ...
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By murphyjb | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
Creative Minds, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Video
It was all systems go on March 31, 2016 for the launch of September’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic in the Aviva Stadium between Boston College and Georgia Tech. As part of Game-week 2016 (August 31st to September 4th), there will be a series of high profile business, cultural and educational events throughout Dublin City. Check ...
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By murphyjb | 8 April, 2016 | Topics:
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| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, Boston College, College Football, College Football Classic Ireland 2016, Georgia Tech, Trinity College Dublin, U.S. Embassy Dublin, U.S. Embassy Ireland
The following appeared in the Irish Independent newspaper on March 17, 2016 Ireland is the only country guaranteed an annual date at the White House Kevin O’Malley Seven years ago, First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama requested that the water in the White House fountain be dyed green – similar to a Chicago ...
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By murphyjb | 17 March, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & Ireland
| Tags: Barack Obama
Ambassador O’Malley tries his hand as a roving reporter to see if he can get some summer work at a J-1 jobs fair in Dublin’s Convention Centre!
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By murphyjb | 11 February, 2016 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Video, Visas
June 18, 2015 Dear J1 Student, Earlier this week, our flag at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin flew at half-mast in remembrance of the J1 students who lost their lives in the June 16 Berkeley tragedy. These six young people had much to offer each of our countries, and my thoughts and prayers are with ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 18 June, 2015 | Topics:
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I would like to offer my heartfelt sympathy and condolence to the families, loved ones, and friends of the Irish students who lost their lives this morning in Berkeley California. All of us at the United States Embassy are greatly saddened by news of this tragic incident and are ready to do whatever we can ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 15 June, 2015 | Topics:
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Ambassador O’Malley and his wife Dena
paid a visit to the townland of Carna, Co. Galway on Sunday, 26 April 2015 where they met with the Emigrants Commemorative Centre committee and Carna Nursing Home Some eminent politicians past and present in the United States are descendants of the Carna area.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 6 May, 2015 | Topics:
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U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O’Malley welcomes an audience from across Irish society to the Embassy’s annual economic conference, held this year at his residence, Deerfield in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 6 May, 2015 | Topics:
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“This partnership is an investment in future global relationships, providing a unique opportunity to showcase our higher education system now ranked in the top twenty worldwide according to IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2014” – Minister Jan O’Sullivan, T.D. Ireland’s Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D. along with the US Ambassador to Ireland Kevin F. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 6 May, 2015 | Topics:
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Ambassador O’Malley hosted the Embassy’s
Annual Economic Conference on April 23rd, 2015 at his residence in the Phoenix Park. The focus this year was on “The Impact of the Creative Economy on U.S. – Irish Relations.”
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 5 May, 2015 | Topics:
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http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=b9%5F20759595%5F0%5F%5F On Wednesday, April 8th, Ambassador O’Malley hosted a Creative Minds Series Event: The Moth “True Stories Told Live. The Moth is an acclaimed non-profit founded in New York dedicated to the art of storytelling. Created in 1997 by novelist George Dawes Green, the Moth presents storytelling competitions called “StorySLAMs” and has expanded to 16 cities across ...
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By murphyjb | 8 April, 2015 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors
| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, Creative Minds, Creative Minds Series, Storytelling, The Moth
Grammy-winning composer Christopher Tin was among several American music composers who attended a Creative Minds Reception hosted by Ambassador O’Malley on April 1, 2015. During a panel discussion moderated by journalist Dearbhail McDonald, composers Russell Browner, Eimear Noone, Tommy Tallarico and Christopher Tin explored how interactive entertainment and video games are enabling composers working across ...
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By murphyjb | 1 April, 2015 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, Culture, Former U.S. Ambassadors
| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, Christopher Tin, Creative Minds, Creative Minds Series
Listen to a podcast of the event on RTE Radio 1’s Arena with Sean Rocks American singer songwriter and acclaimed pianist Ben Folds was the first musician to perform in the Embassy’s Creative Minds Series in the Ambassador’s Phoenix Park residence on February 13, 2015. President Michael D. Higgins was in attendance along with representatives from the Irish arts and cultural sector. From 1995 to 2000, Folds was the frontman and ...
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By murphyjb | 14 February, 2015 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, Culture, Former U.S. Ambassadors
| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Creative Minds, Creative Minds Series, pianist
The U.S. Embassy & Foreign Commercial Service Office supported a
USA Pavilion at the Holiday World Show in Dublin on January 23-25 and welcomed more than twenty exhibitors for destinations, attractions, airlines, hotels from the United States. U.S. Ambassador Kevin O’Malley performed the official opening of the USA Pavilion and toured the booths along with Senior Commercial Specialist, Finola Cunningham.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 23 January, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors
Ambassador Kevin O’Malley held his inaugural forum with the U.S. Embassy’s Youth Council on Saturday, January 18th. The Youth Council was launched by former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in December 2012 and consists of over 70 members, aged 18 – 25, from all over Ireland.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 20 January, 2015 | Topics:
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Ambassador O’Malley met with young scientists and presented awards to finalists of the This Is Not A Game: Ocean Challenge at the 51st edition of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. The initiative was a collaboration between the US Embassy, Coder Dojo, and university partners. It challenged students to create video games that raise ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 9 January, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley, in partnership with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the American Chamber of Commerce, hosted a CEO Summit on Sustainable Energy on December 11, 2014. The high-level business gathering explored connections between global climate issues and local strategic responses, as seen by the CEOs of US ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 11 December, 2014 | Topics:
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Ambassador O’Malley visited Dublin City University on Thursday 4th December to attend the book launch of ‘An Irish-American Odyssey: the Remarkable Rise of the O’Shaughnessy Brothers’ by DCU academic and journalist, Professor Colum Kenny. The book chronicles the life of James, Francis, Martin and John and Thomas O’Shaughnessy, whose impoverished parents emigrated to the US ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 5 December, 2014 | Topics:
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The following op-ed appeared in the Irish Daily Mail on Friday, November 28, 2014. In a heartfelt tribute, the new US Ambassador says America and Ireland can be grateful for their very special relationship Yesterday was the great American holiday of Thanksgiving and as the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Ireland, I have a lot ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 1 December, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors
Ambassador O’Malley attended the first day of the
Dublin Web Summit and helped ring the NASDAQ bell with Taoiseach Enda Kenny. He also got around to meeting social entrepreneurs, CoderDojo, Eva Longoria and many more people throughout the day.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 14 November, 2014 | Topics:
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On Thursday November 13 2014 Ambassador Kevin O’Malley visited the University of Limerick. While there he stopped by the World Irish Music Academy and heard some traditional Irish music.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 13 November, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors
Ambassador O’Malley and his wife embarked on a four-day trip to the west and southwest of Ireland where they engaged with local officials, educational/cultural contacts and U.S. multinationals. On November 12, the Ambassador visited Cork, home to 150 major multinational companies and after Dublin, the highest recipient of foreign direct investment into the country. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 11 November, 2014 | Topics:
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CMR Housewarming.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 29 October, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors, Video
On October 28, 2014 Ambassador O’Malley joined George Hook for his drivetime show on Newstalk to talk about St Louis, being U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Irish ancestry and many other topics. Follow
the link and the interview begins at 05:50.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 29 October, 2014 | Topics:
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Ambassador O’Malley and his wife Dena invited a gathering of people from across the worlds of politics, business, music, literature, the arts, charity and academia to their residence in the Phoenix Park for a welcome reception on October 14th.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 16 October, 2014 | Topics:
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Ambassador O’Malley presented his credentials to Irish President Michael D. Higgins on October 8, 2014. Ambassador O’Malley spoke of his immense pride in his Irish roots and his honour in being appointed by President Barack Obama to the post.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 15 October, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors
“How fortunate I feel to
take up my new role as US Ambassador to Ireland at this auspicious moment – and at a time when the relationship between our peoples and our governments holds such great promise. I am greatly honoured President Barack Obama asked me to represent the United States to a country I hold so dear.”
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 15 October, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors
On Sunday, October 11, 2014
Ambassador O’Malley joined Marian Finucane in studio on RTE Radio 1. The Marian Finucane Show is Ireland’s most popular weekend radio programme.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 15 October, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors
Ambassador Kevin O’Malley’s first few days in Ireland involved presenting his credentials to Irish President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin and then later in the week meeting Taoiseach Enda Kenny at his offices.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 10 October, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors, Video
Say hello to new U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O’Malley from St. Louis, Missouri. Where should he visit in Ireland? Tweet @usembassydublin with your suggestions!
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 8 October, 2014 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors, Video
