BIE News BIE News Ireland Division Hi All, I hope everyone is keeping well. With restrictions lifted I hope everyone is still minding themselves just because the government has opened everything back up that doesn’t mean Covid has disappeared and precautions should still be taken. We had our second meeting of the year on April 3rd in the Maldron Hotel Smithsfield. It was so great to have a face to face meeting again. It was lovely to be able to sit down and discuss agendas and brainstorming ideas for upcoming meetings and hopefully an educational weekend in the pipeline. I want to thank all our members who attended and to the Northern Division for joining us for the day it was great to see everyone. On behalf of our division we would like to thank our guest speaker Dr. Phil Gore, he gave us an amazing presentation and it was lovely to have you over in Ireland and can’t wait to have you back to see us again soon. It’s safe to say it was enjoyed by all! I know I seem to be repeating myself when I try to encourage all our members to attend the meetings. I understand work and life gets in the way and people can’t attend the meetings. I just really want people to start supporting their division more so we can all work as a team to ensure we all get the benefits of being a member of the Irish division. It has been a tough few years for everyone and we want to move the division 26 | FuneralTimes
forward and have fun doing it. We have an exciting year planned for our meeting and are always open to new ideas from our members. We are doing this for you so your ideas and opinions matter to us. On a final note, I want to say a huge thank you to all the Funeral Directors and Embalmers that have sent well wishes, cards and amazing presents to me for the birth of my baby boy Finn. To say we are overwhelmed is an understatement! Stay safe everyone!
BIE Irish Chairperson Niamh Cusack
