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Recent IWN News
August 2009
Gearing up for a busy Fall!!
by Siobhan Airey
What a great summer we had and fall is just
around the corner. The Irish Women’s Network has a busy schedule planned so
watch your e mails and
Celtic Connection Newspaper. The IWN events are always entertaining
and fun, check out our photos from the
St. Patrick's Day parade!!!
If your e mail or phone number has changed please contact
Eilis Courtney 604-325-7560.
New to Vancouver and interested in being a part of the Irish Women’s Network
please contact
Deirdre O’Ruairc 604-538-6765. Looking forward to seeing you all
at our next event. Please share this information with other Irish women, all are
welcome.
Thank you for supporting the IWN Annual
Golf Tournament
Thank you to all those that came out for the annual IWN golf tournament
earlier in the summer and a special ‘thank you’ to those that sponsored and
contributed prizes for the event. It was a most enjoyable day and a great
success!
Visit by the Irish Ambassador to Canada
The visit to Vancouver by His Excellency, the Irish Ambassador
to Canada, Mr. Declan Kelly is keenly awaited by members of the Irish Women’s
Network. The Irish Community is hosting a gala reception on Saturday, October
3rd in the Arbutus Club in Vancouver from 6pm – 9pm. Tickets are $50 and are
available from a number of sources - see
Events page for
more details.
Irish Nobel Laureates to attend Vancouver Peace
Summit
Irishwomen Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire and former president of
Ireland will join the Dalai Lama and other world-renowned peace leaders at the
Vancouver Peace Summit in Vancouver at the end of September. See
http://dalailamacenter.org
for further details on this unique event. The IWN has been in touch with both
Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire with a request for a meeting with members of
the Irish Women’s Network – thus far, this looks promising and final details
will be forwarded to members and will be announced on the IWN’s website
http://irishwomenbc.net.
Archive
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Note: This is a new page (Sept '09) so the earliest
archived news is from June 2009
June 2009
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