The Irish Post InBusiness 2016

IN BUSINESS www.irishpost.co.uk November 2016

SUSAN WHELAN

Leicester City FC’s Chief Executive on what it takes to be a champion in the beautiful game

The Irish in Britain 2016

Meet the creators, groundbreakers, innovators, trendsetters and trailblazers

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IN BUSINESS www.irishpost.co.uk November 2016

SUSAN WHELAN

Leicester City FC’s Chief Executive on what it takes to be a champion in the beautiful game

The Irish in Britain 2016

Meet the creators, groundbreakers, innovators, trendsetters and trailblazers

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IN BUSINESS 2016 COVER STAR: Susan Whelan, Dubliner and CEO of Leicester City Football Club

EDITOR’S LETTER Integrity, work ethic and a zest for life – words that make a refreshing change from those of recent months – Brexit, bust, fear, uncertainty…

When Leicester City Football Club Chief Executive Susan Whelan (pages 27-30) talks about her attitude to life and business these are the things she says have contributed to her success.

As the head of one of Britain’s biggest sporting clubs she embodies all of the above as a proud Irish woman in business.

She credits her Irish roots, as well as her parents, as being among the driving forces of a stellar career path – one that started in the Whelan family’s Dublin jewellery business before striking out into the realm of international retail

and later taking on the challenges of a fast-paced sporting world.

As this year’s Irish Post Outstanding Contribution to Business Award winner, Susan Whelan is the perfect example of Irish success in Britain, and indeed, on a global level.

As we reflect on a year that has seen the world turn on its heel, there is a need – now more than ever – for inspirational people to take the lead. And so therefore, through the pages of this year’s In Business magazine we meet, celebrate and showcase the many trailblazers, creators, groundbreakers and trendsetters who are proudly flying the flag for Ireland and the Irish.

Siobhán Breatnach Editor-in-Chief The Irish Post

Picture: Malcolm McNally

Ahead of the game…

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GREEN MACHINE Introducing the innovative Irish people turning the wheels of industry in Britain in 2016...

So, who is included in the Irish in Britain? Well, obviously there are some grey areas – or perhaps that should be green – but generally speaking the categories are…

Peter Snow and Julia Bradbury, both born in Dublin, are thus not included, whereas Jonathan Aitken, the former Tory minister is, as Ireland was significant in his early life – Éamon de Valera attended his Christening.

identified with another national identity.

Born in Ireland and now living in Britain

Those with one or both parents born in Ireland

This only has a few exceptions – those born in Ireland through happenstance and who have never expressed any Irish identity.

Exceptions here are those who have never identified with Irish nationality or are totally

Thus, although three of the Beatles have Irish ancestry, they are so completely identified with Liverpool we haven’t included them.

Sean Connery and Billy Connolly are similarly omitted because of their very distant Irish

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Those with grandparents or more distant Irish roots, but who identify with an Irish background

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CONTENTS SCREEN PLAYERS.............................. 6-8 CREATORS..................................................10 ENTERTAINERS .............................. 11-13 CONNECTORS.........................................14 NETWORKERS................................. 15-17 NUMBER CRUNCHERS ............ 18-21 STARMAKERS .........................................22 TRAILBLAZERS .....................................22 TRENDSETTERS............................. 23-24 TASTEMAKERS ............................... 25-26 IN A LEAGUE OF HER OWN ... 27-30 MUSIC MAKERS............................. 31-33 UNDERTAKERS......................................33 LAWMAKERS.................................... 34-35 POWER BROKERS ...............................35 STORYTELLERS .............................. 36-38 PIONEERS ...................................................39 SPIRITUAL LEADERS .......................40 HEALERS .....................................................41 EDUCATORS ...................................... 41-42 MOTIVATORS ................................... 44-46 WORDSMITHS .......................................48 GROUNDBREAKERS.................. 48-50

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roots, and also – with the latter two – they identify very strongly with Scotland.

Those born in Britain with Irish heritage who have returned to live in Ireland For example writer Mike McCormack or the singer Donovan. There are also those Irish-born people who were identified strongly with the Irish community in Britain but have since returned to Ireland, for

example, the author Marian Keyes.

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This category includes the likes of solicitor Gareth Pierce, Gavin McWhirter of Enterprise Ireland and Jem Finer, co-writer of A Fairytale of New York but who has no Irish roots.

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SCREEN PLAYERS Actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, filmmakers…

DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle

DANNY BOYLE Film director Danny Boyle was born in Lancashire to Co. Galway parents. Aside from his successful film career, he was notably director of the highly-acclaimed opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London.

SIR KENNETH BRANAGH Director, producer, scriptwriter, actor From the tough Tiger’s Bay area of Belfast, Branagh is an Emmy Awardwinning, Academy Award-nominated actor and film director. He is currently President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. AMANDA BURTON Actor Derry-born Amanda Burton’s television roles include Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama Silent Witness, and Clare Blake in The Commander. She lives in Hastings, East Sussex.

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LEON BUTLER Scriptwriter, filmmaker and producer The son of a builder, Butler grew up in Bedfordshire. He studied quantity surveying and commercial management at Manchester University before working in construction. An injury persuaded him to take a course in screenwriting, and a film career followed with 2016’s 100 Streets.

STEVE COOGAN Actor Coogan was born in Lancashire to Kathleen Coonan (from Mayo) and Anthony Coogan of Irish descent and was a raised Catholic. His career has ranged from portraying Alan Partridge to co-writing and starring in the film Philomena.

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FRANK COTRELL-BOYCE Scriptwriter, author Frank Cotrell-Boyce was born in St Helen’s to Irish parents, and remains a committed Catholic. Known partly for his children’s fiction, he won praise as writer of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

MICHAEL CRAWFORD Actor Born Michael Patrick Smith in Salisbury, Crawford’s maternal grandmother Edith O’Keefe, from Derry, had a strong influence on him. Television roles have included Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. Stage roles include Barnum and The Phantom of the Opera.

JAMIE DORNAN Actor, musician From Holywood, in Co. Down, Dornan has starred in the crime drama The Fall and the film Fifty Shades of Grey. He is a cousin twice removed of Hollywood actress Greer Garson.

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HELEN FLANAGAN Actor Helen Joyce Gabriel Flanagan is best known for playing the role of Rosie Webster in Coronation Street - making a return to the cobbles next year.

ORLA FITZGERALD Actor From Cork, Orla Fitzgerald is widely acclaimed as a stage actor, although roles such as Sinéad Ní Shúilleabháin in The Wind That Shakes the Barley have brought her before a wider audience.

She lives in London.

ANNA FRIEL Actor Anna Louise Friel was born in Rochdale.

Her father Des Friel is a former folk singer who relocated to Donegal before moving to England. Anna Friel’s career includes film and television roles — she played Beth Jordache in Brookside, and portrayed the first lesbian kiss in a British soap opera.

SIR MICHAEL GAMBON CBE Actor Sir Michael Gambon CBE was born in Dublin. Brought up a strict Catholic, he attended St Aloysius’ College in Highgate, London. Roles have included The Singing Detective and Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films.

CONLETH HILL Actor Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill, from Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, is celebrated for his role in Stones in his Pockets.

Currently he is most famous for portraying Varys in Game of Thrones.

RONAN HILL Sound Engineer Ronan Hill, brother of Conleth, has won three Emmy Awards for his sound mixing on Game of Thrones. He has also been involved in The Fall, Miss Julie and My Mother and Other Strangers.

AMY HUBBARD Casting director The daughter of Ros Hubbard (see below) of Hubbard Casting, Amy was born in London.

DAN HUBBARD Casting director The son of Ros Hubbard, and brother of Amy, Dan was born in Hammersmith.

He works with the company his mother founded, Hubbard Casting.

ROS & JOHN HUBBARD Founders Hubbard Casting Ros Hubbard, from Dublin, has a huge list of Hollywood casting credits in her portfolio for Hubbard Casting, founded with husband John 40 years ago.

CASTING DIRECTORS: Ros and John Hubbard

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MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY Actor, singer, songwriter Kennedy’s roles have included Mrs Vera Bates in Downton Abbey and Catherine of Aragon from The Tudors. She is also a singer/songwriter.

STEPHEN KENNEDY Actor Kennedy, from Tyrone, plays Ian Craig the gay chef at Grey Gables in The Archers. He is probably the only person in the history of the show to mention the ‘Finsbury Park Fleadh’ or the McPeake Family (of uilleann piping fame).

RYAN KELLY Actor Blind actor Ryan Kelly from Glasgow plays fully-sighted Jack ‘Jazzer’ McCreary, a pigman in The Archers. In 2014 he scored a notable first — audibly farting (as part of the script).

The flatulence was supplied by the BBC Sound Department, although Ryan chose what he believed to be a “rich and fruity” sounding eruption.

CHARLES LAWSON Actor From Enniskillen, Lawson is best known as Belfast man Jim McDonald in Coronation Street. Along with his partner Debbie Stanley he now runs a farm shop in the Cheshire village of Prestbury.

FAN FAVOURITE: James Nesbitt JIMMY McGOVERN Screenwriter, producer One of nine children in a Catholic Irish family, McGovern was born in Liverpool. His television creations have included Cracker and Brookside. His films have included Liam and Hillsborough.

JOE McGANN Actor Joe McGann was born in Liverpool to Claire McGann. His three brothers are all actors too, and all four appeared in The Hanging Gale, a drama about the Great Famine.

CONOR MCPHERSON Playwright Conor McPherson is a multi awardwinning playwright from Dublin. His plays have been staged at The Royal Court, The National Theatre and the West End in London, as well as on Broadway in New York.

MARK McGANN Actor One of the McGann brothers, Mark McGann’s roles have ranged from John Lennon (onstage) to Mad Dog in Scully by Alan Bleasdale.

MICHAEL MALONEY Actor Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney’s career has included stage, television and film work.

PAUL McGANN Actor A graduate of RADA, Paul McGann — one of the McGann brothers — is best known for his roles in cult film classic Withnail and I, and as Lieutenant William Bush in the television adaptation of CS Forrester’s Hornblower stories.

STEPHEN McGANN Actor, writer One of the McGann brothers, Stephen McGann created, co-produced and starred in the awardwinning BBC drama The Hanging Gale.

NEIL MORRISSEY Actor Neil Morrissey was born in Stafford to Irish parents, Larry and May. But after numerous sprees ranging in varying degrees of waywardness, Neil and his brother were placed in care.

Neil is best known for his role as Tony in the multi-award winning Men Behaving Badly.

JAMES NESBITT OBE Actor Born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, James Nesbitt got his acting break playing Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama Cold Feet. His trademark is his strong Northern Irish accent. He is on record as saying: “I’ve heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.”

LINDA NOLAN Actor, singer Linda Nolan, one of the Nolan Sisters, has starred in Blood Brothers as well as taken a wide range of roles in television, pantomime and cabaret.

She holds the record for headlining the most consecutive summer shows in Blackpool (10 years) with her portrayal as Maggie May and as Rosie O’Grady.

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SOAP STAR: Helen Flanagan

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MAUREEN NOLAN Actor, singer Maureen Nolan became the fourth Nolan sister to play Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers. This feat gained the sisters an entry into the Guinness World Records.

KELLY O’CONNOR Founder & Director Irish Film London Irish Film London was founded by Kelly O’Connor, from Dublin who is a former general manager at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith.

SEAN O’CONNOR Television editor and producer O’Connor was editor of The Archers from 2013-2016. In June ‘16 he returned to EastEnders as executive producer.

Wirral-born Sean O’Connor comes from

a family of Irish Catholics in the Birkenhead area.

PAUL O’GRADY MBE Television & radio presenter, actor, writer Paul O’Grady MBE achieved fame through his comedy drag queen character, Lily Savage. He was born to a working-class Irish immigrant family in Birkenhead.

EMERALD O’HANRAHAN Actor Born and raised in Cambridgeshire, Emerald O’Hanrahan is best-known for playing Emma Grundy in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers.

DAVID PATRICK O’HARA Actor O’Hara, born in Glasgow, has Irish roots. Appearing in many films and TV series, his memorable role as the ‘mad’

Irishman Stephen in Braveheart saw him become William Wallace’s (Mel Gibson) trusted friend and guardian after proclaiming of Ireland: “It’s my island”.

RACHEL O’RIORDAN Artistic Director, The Sherman Theatre From Cork, Rachel O’Riordan has been Artistic Director of the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff since 2014. In January she was named amongst the 100 most influential people in theatre in Britain.

SHANE RICHIE Actor Shane Patrick Roche has become best known for his portrayal of the character Alfie Moon in EastEnders. He has also performed as a game show host. Both of Richie’s parents are Irish.

IMELDA STAUNTON CBE Actor Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton was born in Archway, London, to Bridie (née McNicholas), a hairdresser, and Joseph Staunton, a labourer, both Catholic immigrants from Co. Mayo.

Staunton’s mother was a musician who could not read music, but could master almost any tune by ear on the accordion or fiddle and had played in Irish showbands as well as seisúns in the Holloway area.

AIDAN TURNER Actor Aidan Turner, born in Dublin, has appeared in a number of stage productions with Ireland’s national theatre, The Abbey. Currently he is best known for his starring role in the BBC’s remake of Poldark.

CREATORS Artists, photographers & curators DUNCAN CAMPBELL Artist, film-maker Dubliner Duncan Campbell is based in Glasgow and has represented Scotland internationally. He won the Turner Prize in 2014 with a 54-minute Marxist meditation. Born to a wealthy family, he is heir to a substantial fortune, valued at being worth more than €60million.

CONOR CLINCH Photographer

From Dublin, Conor Clinch is based in London. He was mentored on Sky One’s The One’s To Watch in 2014, and today has a long list of clients across Britain and Ireland.

DAMIAN HIRST Artist Hirst was born Damien Steven Brennan in Bristol. His mother, from an Irish Catholic background, has stated that she lost control of her son when he was young.

She did, though, encourage his passion for drawing,

which was his only successful subject at school.

MICHAEL LANDY Artist Michael Landy, one of Britain’s most respected contemporary artists, comes from a Catholic Irish family in the East End of London.

JOHN MINIHAN Photographer Born in Dublin but raised in Athy in Kildare, John Minihan is best known today for his studies of Samuel

Beckett. Minihan’s home town of Athy, which he has photographed since he was 16, also makes up a large part of his portfolio. His other work has ranged from a candid picture of Princess Diana to album cover shots for folk band Irish Mist.

PATRICK MURPHY Artist & curator Based in Sheffield, Patrick Murphy is an artist, curator, designer and entrepreneur. He is founder and director of Sheffield Design Week.

BARBARA STANLEY Founder, Barbara Stanley Gallery Barbara’s interest in art began in the west of Ireland. In her gallery she promotes the work of Irish artists, and also provides a consultancy service to collectors.

BRIAN WHELAN Artist Celebrated painter Brian Whelan is a secondgeneration Irishman – his father was from Dublin, his mother from Kilkenny. He now lives betwen East Anglia and the US. Seamus Heaney called his work “bold and commanding”.

WORKS OF ART: A piece by Brian Whelan; above, a Damian Hirst skull

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TURNER PRIZE WINNER: Duncan Campbell

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ENTERTAINERS Comedy, TV & Entertainment AISLING BEA Actor, comedian, actor, writer Award-winning Aisling Bea was born Aisling O’Sullivan in Co. Kildare, the granddaughter of Irish language novelist and poet Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.

In 2016 she starred in both The Fall and Damned.

SITCOM STAR: Sharon Horgan

FRANKIE BOYLE Comedian Francis Martin Patrick Boyle was born and raised in Glasgow to Irish parents from the Crolly area of Co. Donegal. His humour – and controversial remarks – have earned him a huge following, as well as a degree of criticism.

KATHY BURKE Actor, comedian, writer, theatre director Kathy Burke has regularly appeared in French & Saunders, Harry Enfield’s Television Programme and Absolutely Fabulous. For her role as Valerie in the film Nil by Mouth, she won Best Actress at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

Latterly she has turned to writing and directing.

ED BYRNE Comedian Edward Cathal Byrne was born in Swords, Dublin. Before embarking on a career as a comedian he read horticulture at the University of Strathclyde.

Byrne, who lives in Essex, is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4 arts programmes and panel shows, and is a patron of the British Humanist Association.

JIMMY CARR Comedian James Anthony Patrick Carr was born in Hounslow, Middlesex to Limerick parents. As well as being a stand-up, Carr is a presenter on radio and television.

ROISIN CONATY Comedian Roisin Conaty was born in London to Irish parents. Conaty won the Best Newcomer Award (Comedy) at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010 for her show Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar. She has since become a regular on the comedy circuit and BBC Radio.

JIMMY CRICKET Comedian Born James Mulgrew in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Jimmy Cricket has starred in his own shows on both British television and radio. An enthusiastic and successful charity worker, in 2015 he was awarded a Papal knighthood by Pope Francis.

Mulgrew lives in Rochdale.

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DECLAN DONNELLY OBE Television presenter One half of Ant and Dec, Donnelly, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, is the youngest of seven children born to Irish parents Alphonsus and Anne Donnelly.

He lives in west London.

SHARON HORGAN Actor, writer and producer Sharon Horgan co-wrote and starred in Catastrophe, and is creative director of independent production company Merman. The brother of Ireland rugby star Shane Horgan, she was born in London but grew up in Co. Meath.

GRAHAM LINEHAN Scriptwriter Dublin-born Graham Linehan co-wrote Father Ted, The IT Crowd and Black Books, and has also worked on Big Train, Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye and The Fast Show.

ARTHUR MATHEWS Scriptwriter Arthur Mathews from Co. Meath is co-writer of Father Ted and contributor to sketch shows including Harry Enfield and Chums and the Ted & Ralph segments of The Fast Show.

ANDREW MAXWELL Comedian Andrew Maxwell, born in Kilbarrack, Dublin and now resident in London, is known internationally as narrator of MTV reality television series Ex on the Beach. Locally, he is regarded as one of the sharpest wits on BBC Radio 4’s News Quiz.

PAULINE McLYNN Comedian, actor, novelist Pauline McLynn, from Co. Sligo, came to prominence as Mrs Doyle in Father Ted. Latterly she has appeared in Eastenders. McLynn, the author of 10 novels, lives near Birmingham. She is a patron of Birmingham Greyhound Protection.

PAUL MERTON Comedian, broadcaster, writer Paul Merton was born in London to an English father, Albert Martin and an Irish Catholic mother, Mary Ann Power. He attended Catholic schools and in his autobiography has spoken of his staunch Catholic upbringing.

Belfast-born Philip Morrow founded Wild Rover Productions in 1999.

Productions include Just For Laughs, Would You Pass The 11+ and Secret Fortune.

PRESENTER: Graham Norton

TONY SLATTERY Comedian, actor Anthony Declan Slattery was born in Stonebridge, London, the fifth child of Irish immigrants. He has appeared on British television regularly since the mid-1980s. His film career has included roles in The Crying Game, Peter’s Friends, and How to Get Ahead in Advertising.

MARIA SCHWEPPE Founder London Irish Comedy Festival Maria Schweppe, educated at the University of Ulster, moved to London in 2010. She is the founder of the London Irish Comedy Festival.

GRAHAM NORTON Presenter, actor, broadcaster Born Graham William Walker in Clondalkin, Dublin, Graham Norton grew up in Bandon, Co. Cork. He began his broadcasting career in Britain with BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends.

DARA Ó BRIAIN Comedian, broadcaster From Bray, Co. Wicklow, Dara Ó Briain is a graduate of University College Dublin.

However, he eschewed the academic life to become a comedian and television presenter. He lives in west London.

CHRIS O’DOWD Comedian, actor Born in Sligo, O’Dowd is best known for his role as Roy Trenneman in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd. He is on record as saying: “I’ve always been conscious of the fact that there aren’t enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.”

ANTHONY MCPARTLIN OBE Television presenter One half of Ant and Dec, McPartlin lives in west London. McPartlin and Donnelly are patrons of the charity Sunshine Fund.

DYLAN MORAN Comedian, actor, writer From Navan, Co. Meath. Dylan Moran co-wrote and starred in the British television sitcom Black Books. His work with Simon Pegg includes Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run. He lives in Edinburgh.

PHILIP MORROW Managing Director, Wild Rover Productions

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ARDAL O’HANLON Comedian, actor Ardal O’Hanlon, born in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, is most famous for playing Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted. Latterly he has played George Sunday in My Hero. He lives in north London.

FUNNY MAN: Ed Byrne

DERMOT O’LEARY Presenter Raised in Essex, Sean Dermot Fintan O’Leary has become one of Britain’s most successful television presenters. He hosts ITV’s X Factor and a BBC Radio 2 show.

JARLETH REGAN Comedian, podcaster Jarlath Regan is a comedian, writer and illustrator. Now living in London he has created the award-winning Irishman Abroad podcast series.

ROY WALKER Comedian, presenter, actor Belfast-born Walker worked as a riveter in the Harland and Wolff shipyard before turning to light entertainment. He came to fame through New Faces, after which a successful television career followed.

He lives in Lytham St Annes.

PART OF THE IT CROWD: Chris O’Dowd

Careys’ success comes from the talent and commitment of our people, and a culture of better every day.

The Carey Group is a leading multidisciplined construction and resource recovery group, operating across the UK and Ireland.

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CONNECTORS Communications, technology & IT TIM COLLINS OBE CEO & co-founder, New Century, former soldier Founded in 2006, New Century provides specialist training in security sector reform. Headed by former British Army colonel Tim Collins OBE, the company is headquartered in Guernsey.

SINEAD CONLON Client Solutions Manager, Facebook Sinead Conlon has been a Client Solutions Manager at Facebook since August 2014, firstly in Dublin and subsequently moved to the London.

She joined the board of the London Irish Business Society in January.

BERNARD DOHERTY CEO & co-founder of LD Communications Born in Chelmsford, Doherty is a PR executive in the music industry. The son of Irish dance instructors, Doherty has worked in the highest echelons of the music industry. Doherty took charge of media for Bob Geldof’s Live Aid concert in 1985.

KARL DUFFY Client Partner & Director, BT - Global Services Educated at UCD, Karl Duffy works and lives in London.

DECLAN GANLEY Chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks Born in Watford, Ganley is a telecommunications entrepreneur based in Galway but with interests across Europe and America. He is the founder of the Libertas political party.

ALAN GLEESON Head of Sales & Marketing at Keelvar.com London-based Alan Gleeson is a digital and online marketing specialist. Educated at University College Cork, he moved to Britain in 1998.

JONATHAN GREY Founder/CEO, Ovation Incentives Grey, from Cork, is the founder and CEO of Ovation Incentives, a software company specialising in HR and channel sales environments.

He is also a founding director and former Chair of the Irish International Business Network.

BLÁTHNAID HEALY UK Editor, Mashable London-based Bláthnaid Healy is the UK Editor at Mashable, a digital media website. Prior to joining the company she worked for RTÉ and WorldIrish, a start-up focused on the Irish Diaspora.

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TOMMY HUTCHINSON Founder & CEO i-genius; co-founder Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces Derry native Tommy Hutchinson established i-genius in 2008.

The company is a network of social entrepreneurs. Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces brings together leaders in global health and well-being.

DIGITAL DIASPORA: Bláthnaid Healy

GERRY KEANY Founder Cara Stationery Gerry Keany was educated at the Institute of Technology in Sligo and at UCD. Based in Harrow, Cara supplies office materials throughout Britain.

IAN KEARNEY ITV Senior Producer Keaney is a graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology. He has recently been involved in the launch of ITV’s new breakfast format Good Morning Britain.

He is currently board member & press lead at the London Irish Business Society.

TIM KELLY Founder & Chairman, Kelly Group Donegal man Tim Kelly set up Kelly Communications to set up the emerging British cable television market.

HOWARD KINGSTON Co-founder @Adludio and Startup Remarkable From Co. Wicklow, Howard Kingston is CEO of advertising technology company @Adludio (formerly Future Ad Labs). Startup Remarkable is an entrepreneurial blog and resource. He is also a lecturer in marketing at General Assembly London.

JOHN LEAHY Operations Director, Zutec Technologies Ltd Zutec Technologies are an IT company linked to the construction, engineering and facilities management industries. John Leahy, the Operations Director, is from Waterford.

MICHAEL LYNCH Co-founder, Autonomy Corporation Mike Lynch, born in Essex to a family with Co. Tipperary roots, co-founded the Cambridge-based Autonomy Corporation software operation.

It was sold to Hewlett-Packard for £7.1billion.

MARY McKENNA MBE Technology entrepreneur & angel investor McKenna co-founded successful online learning company Learning Pool in 2006. She was Chair of Northern Ireland’s Digital Circle 2010-2015.

SIR DAVID McMURTRY Co-founder of Renishaw plc Sir David McMurtry, from Dublin, owns Swinhay House in Gloucestershire, featured in Sherlock on BBC TV. McMurtry and John Deer founded Renishaw, a high-tech measuring group in 1973. He was a 2014 Irish Post Award-winner for Technology.

CONOR McNICHOLAS Co-founder, CEO, AllTogetherNow Journalist and editor Conor McNicholas formerly edited Top Gear and the IPC

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New Musical Express (NME). He is currently CEO of the full service digital engagement agency AllTogetherNow. McNicholas’s father was from Co. Mayo where Conor has property interests.

JOHN McVEIGH Managing Director, Instalcom Ltd Instal.com is a worldwide mobile monetisation platform focused on apps and games.

MAURICE MARTIN Director, Server and Cloud Business at Microsoft A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Maurice Martin has been with Microsoft for nine years. He lives in West Berkshire with his family.

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NETWORKERS Communities & administration ANNE ARCHIUDEAN Attaché, Embassy of Ireland, London Anne Archiudean is Attaché with responsibility for visa services.

CLARE BROSNAN Press Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London Clare Brosnan is Press Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at the Irish Embassy in London.

MARY CLANCY Co-founder Women’s Irish Network Mary Clancy’s parents emigrated from Co. Clare in 1948. Her father founded the Utilities and Civil Engineering Clancy Group in 1955 — later Clancy Docwra Limited. She remains a director of the company.

ETTA COHEN OBE Founder Forward Ladies Etta Cohen, from Dublin, founded the women’s business support organisation Forward Ladies in 2000. She moved from Dublin to Leeds in the late 1950s.

In 2015 she was awarded an OBE.

NOELEEN CURRAN First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London Noeleen Curran is First Secretary working in the Consular & Corporate Services area at the Irish Embassy in London.

Karl Duffy, from Dublin, has been with the London Irish Business Society for six years and is their current chairperson.

He is also Director of Global Customer Service Operations at BT.

BARBARA CULLINANE Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland, London Barbara Cullinane is Counsellor of Anglo Irish and political affairs at the Irish Embassy in Ireland.

JACKY DWYER Chair of Leeds St Patrick’s Day Parade Jacky Dwyer, from Co. Roscommon, left Ireland in 1959. He served as chair of Leeds Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann for over 40 years and is now involved in organising the Yorkshire city’s St Patrick’s Day festivities.

MARINA DONOHOE Director UK and Northern Europe Enterprise Ireland Marina Donohoe has worked with Enterprise Ireland since the early 1990s.

She is based in London.

NORA DELANEY Third Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London Nora Delaney is Third Secretary at the Irish Embassy in London with specific responsibility in the Irish community.

KARL DUFFY Chair, London Irish Business Society

MÁIRE FARRELL Attaché, Embassy of Ireland, London Máire Farrell is an Attaché at the London embassy, working in the Consular & Corporate Services sector.

NIALL FITZGERALD KBE Businessman Niall Fitzgerald is among

the most prominent Irish business leaders across the world. He is active in promoting Irish sporting and educational causes including Munster Rugby and UCD, where he holds official positions.

KEVIN FITZPATRICK Managing Director St Kentigern’s Social Club From Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, Kevin Fitzpatrick, has been with St Kenigern’s in Manchester since 2002.

During that time the club has raised more than £1million for charity.

KAY FORREST Vice Chair, Coventry Irish Society Cork-born Kay Forrest moved to England in 1958 and has been involved in many community projects, WOMEN IN BUSINESS: including the St. Etta Cohen Patrick’s Day Parade.

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MICHAEL FORDE Director, Irish World Heritage Centre The Irish World Heritage Centre is a major hub for the Irish community in the northwest of England with a diverse programme of traditional cultural activities covering Irish music, dance and Irish language groups.

JENNIE McSHANNON Organisational Consultant, Tavistock Consulting Originally from Belfast, Jennie McShannon was formerly Chief Executive of Irish in Britain. She has been with Tavistock Consulting since September.

CECILIA GALLAGHER Chair, Women’s Irish Network Born in Co. Mayo, settled in London in 1975. She is very experienced in fund-raising, event organisation and management.

GAVIN McWHIRTER UK Manager Software, Services, Life Sciences and Consumer, Enterprise Ireland in Britain Gavin McWhirter has no Irish roots. He says: “I was born in England, and have a Scottish father. However I am a loyal servant of the Irish state!”

NOELETTE HANLEY Chief Officer Luton Irish Forum Noelette Hanley is originally from Ennis, Co. Clare. The LIF provides welfare support as well as promoting Irish culture in the Luton area.

TONY HENNIGAN Chair, Mayo Manchester Tourism & Business Tony Hennigan was born in Levenshulme, Manchester. He founded the Mayo Manchester Tourism & Business with his brother Lawrence Hennigan, who is MD of the Levenshulme Pub Company Ltd. MICHAEL KEAVENEY Regional Director UK and Ireland, The Conference Board Michael Keaveny, originally from Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon, Keaveney is a graduate from both University of Limerick and University of Manchester.

KATE McCARTHY Secretary, Coventry Irish Society Kate McCarthy is secretary of one of the most buoyant Irish societies in Britain.

SIMON McCARTHY Manager, Coventry Irish Society Simon McCarthy, with roots in Kerry and Limerick, is the very experienced manager of Coventry Irish Society.

SEAMUS McGARRY Director Irish Cultural Centre Seamus McGarry is a native of Kilkenny and has been a prominent member of the Irish community in Britain for over 45 years. Having served over 10 years as Chair of the Federation of Irish Societies, he was a founder member of the Ireland Fund of Great Britain.

MARY McCARTY First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London Mary McCarty is First Secretary at the Irish Embassy, serving in the Agriculture sector.

SÉADHNA MacHUGH Third Secretary Embassy of Ireland, London Séadhna MacHugh is Third Secretary in the area of Political Affairs at the Irish Embassy in London.

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PETER McNULTY CEO Irish in Britain Peter McNulty, from Newry, Co. Down, is the new CEO of the Irish in Britain organisation. He comes from a commercial background.

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JANET MATTHEWSON CEO, Young Barnet Foundation Funded by John Lyon’s Charity and City Bridge Trust, the Young Barnet Foundation has been established to support young people throughout Barnet. Janet Matthewson was born in England of Irish parents. Her father was Brian Harte, a well known figure in GAA circles.

SEAN MORIARTY Vice Chair, Kerry Association London Sean Moriarty arrived in London in September 2006 after completing a Master’s Degree Course in Automotive Journalism at Coventry University.

DECLAN MORRIN Counsellor, Irish Embassy, London Declan Morrin is Counsellor for Economic & Trade Affairs.

DANIEL MULHALL Irish Ambassador to Britain Waterford-born Daniel Mulhall has been Ambassador to Britain since 2013.

Prior to his current appointment, he was Irish Ambassador to Germany. He was educated at University College Cork.

MARY MURPHY Co-ordinator Derby Rose Centre Mary Murphy, originally from Waterford but brought up in Tralee, has been in England for 53 years. She has been organising the Derby Rose of Tralee selection process for 33 years.

MIKE MURPHY Executive Director Co-operation Ireland GB Born in London, Mike Murphy is the son of parents from Cork and Galway. He was with the Ogilvy Group before joining Co-operation Ireland in 2005.

PAT MURPHY Founder Nottingham Irish Studies Group From Cork, Pat Murphy founded the Nottingham Irish Studies Group in 1991. He runs history sessions for the NISG, and is currently undertaking research on the Irish War of Independence.

PATRICK MORRISON Chair, Irish in Britain Patrick Morrison, who grew up in the Irish community in Britain, is chair of the Irish in Britain as well as Development Officer for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

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ALMA NÍ CHOIGLIGH First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London Alma Ní Choigligh is First Secretary with responsibilities for Irish community culture at the Irish Embassy in London.

She previously served in Singapore.

DEIRDRE O’BYRNE Chair of Nottingham Irish Studies Group, Lecturer in Irish Literature, Loughborough University Deirdre O’Byrne, from Co. Carlow, presents Irish legends in schools, festivals, libraries etc throughout Britain.

DONAL O’CONNELL Attaché, Embassy of Ireland, London Donal O’Connell is an Attaché at the Irish Embassy with special responsibility in the Passport Services.

FRANCES O’GRADY General Secretary, British TUC Frances O’Grady was born in Oxford.

She became General Secretary of the TUC in 2013 when she was assessed as the 11th most powerful woman in Britain by BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour.

JIM O’HARA Chair, Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith Jim O’Hara, born in Belfast and studied at Queen’s University, Belfast, was a history lecturer in various universities in Britain. In 1990 he established, and became Director of, the

Irish Studies Centre at St. Mary’s University College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.

Caroline Savage is the Attaché for Economic & Trade Affairs at the Irish Embassy in London.

DANNY O’SULLIVAN Chair, Kerry Association Danny O’Sullivan immigrated to to London in the early seventies at the age of 16. He took over Chair for the Kerry Association London in 2013 after having been an active member of the Association ever since it began.

DON SEXTON Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland, London Don Sexton is Counsellor for EU & External Relations at the Irish Embassy in London.

TERRY O’SULLIVAN First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London Terry O’Sullivan is First Secretary with responsibility for Customs and Revenue.

LEMBIT ÖPIK Director of Communications Motorcycle Action Group Born in Bangor, Co. Down to Estonian immigrants, Lembit Öpik served as Lib Dem MP from 1997 until 2010 for Montgomeryshire. He is currently Director of Communications at the Motorcycle Action Group.

CHRIS RUANE Community worker With roots in Co. Galway, Chris Ruane is the former chair of Westminster’s All Party Parliamentary Group for the Irish in Britain. The Irish in Britain’s Cuimhne: Dementia challenge was one of the many campaigns he supported.

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CHRISTIE POWER Manager, Leeds Irish Centre Christie Power from Tipperary has been in Leeds for 43 years. He remains at the helm of Leeds Irish Centre, presiding over a membership in excess of 1,100.

JACK TROW Chair, Irish Heritage Foundation Scotland Chair of the Irish Heritage Foundation Scotland which promotes Irish culture and the Irish community in Scotland.

CATHERINE WILEY Founder Catholic Grandparents’ Association Catherine Wiley, from Castlebar in Mayo, founded the Catholic Grandparents’ Association in 2009.

Catherine, who left Ireland aged 15, now splits her time between Walsingham, Norfolk and Westport.

MARTINA WINTOUR Chair, Jersey Irish Society From Co. Mayo, Martina Wintour emigrated to Jersey in 1977.

She has been at the helm of the island’s successful Irish Society which has recently celebrated her 40th anniversary.

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NUMBER CRUNCHERS Banking, investments, finance & commerce ORLA BANCE Director of OB Business Solutions and Alchemy Business UK Group Bance’s company specialises in acting as business partners to organisations in the construction and redevelopment industry. She is the daughter of Irish parents who founded Tara Travel.

JIM BARRETT Director Julius Baer Jim Barrett is a graduate of University College Cork. He was previously Vice President and Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch.

HUGH BEATTIE Partner, McCann Fitzgerald A graduate of University College Dublin, Hugh Beattie is the lead partner in the London branch of finance company McCann Fitzgerald.

DAVID BOAL Managing Director, Siguler Guff David Boal works for Siguler Guff, a private equity investment firm. The Queens University Belfast graduate is also a trustee of Find Your

Feet, a charity that helps families in the third world.

based in London at IDA Ireland – the Industrial Development Agency.

PAT BUTLER Partner, Resolution Financial Markets Having previously been a Director at McKinsey & Co, Pat Butler joined The Resolution Group in 2011. He was born in Co. Tipperary.

ANDREW COPPEL CBE Independent Non-Executive Chairman, Dolphin Capital Investors Ltd Andrew Coppel is a Queen’s University Belfast law graduate.

In 2008 he was awarded a CBE for services to Irish Tourism as Chairman of Tourism Ireland.

MARK CARNEY Governor of the Bank of England Mark Joseph Carney has been Governor of the Bank of England, one of the most prestigious jobs in world finance, since 2013.

MARK CARRIGAN Managing Director, Ireland Fund of Great Britain Mark Carrigan spent his formative years in Co. Tipperary and Dublin. He later attended the Dublin Business School and is also a lecturer at the Institute of Fundraising in London.

MICHELLE CONAGHAN Head of Emerging Business Europe & UK, IDA Ireland Educated at Dublin Institute of Technology, Michelle Conaghan is

BREON CORCORAN Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Paddy Power Betfair.

From Mullingar, Corcoran is CEO of one of the world’s biggest online betting companies.

DAVID D’ALTON Co-founder and UK Consultant Director, British Irish Chamber of Commerce, The promoting voice of the €50billionplus British-Irish trading relationship, D’Alton is also founder and CEO of D’Alton Kingswell.

DIARMUID DENNEHY Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley Dennehy is a graduate of Limerick University and is an Executive Board Member of the London Irish Graduate

Network. He lives in London.

DERMOT DESMOND Businessman One of Ireland’s wealthiest financiers, as well as his business interests in Britain, Desmond has many sport connections as well, including horseracing and footballer. He is the largest individual shareholder of Celtic, and previously held a stake in Manchester United before selling out to Malcolm Glazer in 2005.

ROSS FINEGAN Founder & Partner Lonsdale Ross Finegan, from Dublin, came to London inafter qualifying as a chartered accountant at UCD. He is a co-founder of Lonsdale, a private equity firm.

BASIL GEOGHEGAN Partner PJT Partners, Irish Aviation Authority One of Britain’s top investment bankers, he is described as one of the world’s top financiers and is also involved with the Ireland Fund of Great Britain.

RICHARD HENRY Chief Sales Officer Lex Risk Solutions Richard Henry, from Dublin, left Ireland in 2012 and set up Lex Risk Solutions.

The company is a leading international consultancy in the insurance and risk management auditing industry.

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PAUL HERNON Vice President, Recovery and Resolution Planning, State Street Brought up in Tipperary and a graduate of University College Dublin, Hernon is a member of the London Irish Business Society.

SARAH JANE HUTCHINSON Business Development Executive, CEO’s Office, IDA Ireland Sarah Jane Hutchinson, a graduate of Trinity and Dublin City University, is central to the operations of IDA Ireland, the Irish Government agency responsible for marketing and selling Ireland.

COLM KELLEHER President, Morgan Stanley From Bandon in Co. Cork, Oxfordeducated Colm Kelleher joined Morgan Stanley in 1989 from Arthur Anderson in London.

JOE KELLIHER Life President, Kelliher Insurance Group Joe Kelliher is the founder and owner of Kelliher Insurance Group, having started the business in 1986 with Kerry London Limited. He began his career working in the City of London as messenger boy at L. Hammond & Co in 1965.

HARRY KEOGH Regional Managing Director & Head of London, Coutts & Co. Harry Keogh has experience at the top

of the banking sector for more than a quarter of a century. He joined Coutts in 2009.

GILLIAN LAWLESS Project Executive, IDA Ireland Lawless joined IDA Ireland in 2016.

She is a graduate of the Dublin Business School.

COLM LYON Founder, Fire Financial Services A graduate of University College Dublin Lyon founded the online payments service Realex Payments. It was acquired by Global Payments when it became Fire Financial Services.

SEAN McDONAGH Group Managing Director Tony McDonagh & Co Ltd/North London Insurance Group Tony McDonagh & Co. Limited was incorporated in 1971 and has subsequently established itself as one of Britain’s largest independently owned and progressive insurance brokers.

BERNARD McEVOY Partner, Brown Rudnick McEvoy represents clients in financings, stock exchange admissions, mergers and acquisitions.

JOHN McGRANE Director General, British Irish Chamber of Commerce

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Adrian Mulryan joined Arthur Cox’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Group from ETF provider Source where he was General Counsel.

DAMON OLDCORN Managing Partner, Oldcorn & Oldcorn LLP An experienced entrepreneur and financier, Oldcorn is a Founding Director of the Irish International Business Network. He is based in London.

LAURA O’CALLAGHAN Recruiter, Enterprise Applications, Consulting at Deloitte UK A graduate of University College Dublin, O’Callaghan has been with the accounting firm since 2015. She is also a board member of the London Irish Business Society.

BRIAN O’CONNELL Consultant Director British Irish Chamber of Commerce Brian O’Connell was formerly the voice of RTÉ in Britain as its London Editor. He now advises on communications, media training and presentation.

BRIAN O’CONNELL Investment Analyst, Alcentra As well as being an expert in the financial field, Galway-educated O’Connell is a Board Member of the London Irish Business Society.

JAIME LEE O’CONNELL ICAP Securities and Derivatives Exchange A graduate of National University of Ireland Galway, O’Connell is also an Executive Board Member of the London Irish Graduate Network.

John McGrane, from Drogheda, Co. Louth, was one of the co-founders of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce in 2011. He also worked for the Ulster Bank for 40 years.

GERALDINE McKENNA Advisor, Cedar Capital Partners Born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Geraldine McKenna is now an advisor with Cedar Capital Partners – a hotel investment firm – having joined in 2009 and worked with the firm full time.

DANIEL McMAHON Head of Irish Desk, Corporate Foreign Exchange, World First McMahon, who is a graduate of University College Dublin, is also a Board Member at London Irish Business Society.

MARTIN MOCKLER Managing Partner Evans Mockler Martin Mockler, from Roscommon,

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co-founded the certified accountants and registered auditors company. They are based in Herfordshire.

ADRIAN MULRYAN Partner, Arthur Cox London Based in the firm’s London office,

DERMOT O’GRADY Chief Executive, Ardent Tide Ltd Dermot O’Grady has worked on tax and employment issues in the construction Industry since arriving from Ireland in 1989. He began his career as an accountant, providing financial advice to construction businesses.

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GERARD O’KEEFFE Head of Allied Irish Bank (GB) O’Keeffe graduated in law from University College Dublin; he also holds qualifications from Cranfield University, Institute of Bankers of Ireland and the Institute of Taxation.

DAVID O’REILLY Managing Director of Hampton Court Capital An investment banker, O’Reilly, from Rathfarnham, is also Head of the UCD alumni chapter in Britain.

MICHAEL O’TOOLE Managing Director, Global Head of Enterprise Production Management, Morgan Stanley O’Toole joined Morgan Stanley as a graduate trainee in 1989. He holds a graduate from the University of Lancaster and University College Dublin.

MICHAEL ROCHE Senior Partner St James’s Place Wealth Management Michael Roche is a senior partner of St. James’s Place Wealth Management.

Brought up in Co. Carlow and educated at Newbridge College in Co. Kildare, has been a regualr business columnist for The Irish Post.

PAUL PRICE Head of International Distribution Morgan Stanley Investment A graduate of Dublin City University, Price is also Chair of British Irish Chamber of Commerce Financial services panel.

CONOR REDMOND Client Integration Manager, CreditInfo A graduate from UCD, Redmond works for CreditInfo, a credit and risk assessors business. He is board member and Chief Technology Officer of the London Irish Business Society.

ANDY ROGERS Consultant Director British Irish Chamber of Commerce A banker for 38 years, Sligo-born Andy Rogers is a retired General Manager of Bank of Ireland’s British operations with a long career in business and community affairs.

PAUL RUDDLE Founding partner of PMM Partners From Newcastle, Co. Down, Paul Ruddle was Managing Director in Equities at UBS Investment Bank until 2006. He then co-founded PMM Partners, a real estate investment and advisory business.

LIZ SHANAHAN Co-founder & Executive Chair, Reconfiguration and Engagement Partners Ltd Liz Shanahan co-founded Reconfiguration and Engagement Partners Ltd. A Kerry native, she lives in London and is also Global Chair of the Irish International Business Network.

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Waterford-born Slattery’s career with AIB began in Dublin in 1970, before moving to London in the 1980s.

MARTIN SHANAHAN CEO, IDA Ireland The CEO of IDA Ireland, the foreign investment agency of the Irish Government, Shanahan was previously CEO of Forfás.

PETER SUTHERLAND KCMG Businessman Born in Dublin, Peter Sutherland was chairman of Goldman Sachs International until June 2015. He is also a former BP chairman. In 1985 he became the youngest ever European Commissioner. He lives in London.

NADIM SADEK Entrepreneur Sadek is a British-based, Irish-Egyptian marketing entrepreneur. He was educated at St Columba’s College in Dublin and Trinity College.

MARK STOKES Senior Associate, Teneo As well as his work with Teneo, a global financial advisory firm, Stokes is an Executive Board Member of the London Irish Graduate Network.

MICHAEL WALSH Managing Director at Mirexa Capital A former civil law student at University College Cork, Michael Walsh, a very experienced financier, he was formerly head of foreign exchange sales at Lloyds.

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STARMAKERS Recruiters & management consultants ROSALEEN BLAIR Founder & CEO, Alexander Mann Solutions With a presence in every continent, Alexander Mann Solutions is widely held as the world’s leading provider of talent acquisition and management services. The company was founded in 1996 by Dublin woman Rosaleen Blair.

Founded by Mayo native Maurice Duffy, Blackswan is based in the north east of England The company runs training and organiSational course programmes worldwide.

ÁINE CONNELLAN Group Marketing Manager (UK & Ireland) Morgan McKinley Connellan joined Morgan McKinley, a global recruitment agency, in Dublin in 2011 before relocating to Britain in 2013.

RORY GODSON Founder, Powerscourt Ltd Powerscourt was started by former Sunday Times Business Editor Rory Godson in 2004. He has since developed the firm into a business of

MAURICE DUFFY Founder & CEO, Global Blackswan Ltd

RICHARD EARDLEY Managing DIrector, Hays Ireland Richard Eardley joined Hays in the Birmingham office in 1988. Today he oversees the worldwide operations of the recruiting company.

experienced consultants rated one of the most influential financial and corporate communications agencies in London.

MICHAEL HEGARTY Co-Director UK Recruiting Ltd From Donegal, Michael Hegarty arrived in England in 2010. He set up UK Recruiting, a construction agency providing specialists in construction, rail and infrastructure industries, with fellow Donegal man Darragh O’Brien.

PATRICK JOSEPH KEARY Director, PJ Keary Ltd Formed in 1993 by Pat Keary senior, PJ Keary began by providing consultancy services in the London region and quickly expanded its portfolio of services and client base to include utility companies and

highway authorities in the south of England.

DENIS NOLAN Founder, Manguard Plus Ltd Manguard Plus is a privately-owned security company and a market leader in the provision of manned, mobile and remotely monitored security services.

Manguard Plus have offices in Ireland and Britain.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN Co-founder, UK Recruiting From Burt, Co. Donegal, Darragh O’Brien relocated to England in 2004.

In 2013 he set up UK Recruiting, a construction agency, with fellow Donegal man Michael Hegarty.

TRAILBLAZERS Travel & transport ANDY BOLAND CEO, Addison Lee Andy Boland heads up one of Europe’s largest private car hire firms, Addison Lee. The company was founded by Irishman John Griffin.

DECLAN COLLIER CEO London City Airport A native of Dublin, Collier has a Masters in Economics from Trinity College Dublin. He has been CEO at London City Airport since 2012.

MIKE de COURCEY Founder & Managing Director, Travel de Courcey Mike de Courcey, whose family roots are in Connemara, founded Travel de Courcey in 1972. The company now operates more than 130 buses and coaches across the British Midlands.

JOHN GRIFFIN Founder, Addison Lee John Patrick Griffin was born and raised in Kilburn. He began as a minicab driver building up his business to form Addison Lee which now runs over 4,800 vehicles. He founded the Private Hire Car Association which was instrumental in the licensing of private hire operators in Britain.

LIAM GRIFFIN Vice Chair, Addison Lee The son of founder of Addison Lee, John Griffin, Liam was CEO of the private-hire car firm until last year. He is currently the Vice Chair.

GERRY FLYNN Founder Enjoy Travel Ballina-born Gerry Flynn, from Mayo, joined Bórd Fáilte, the Irish Tourist Board, as a representative in 1968. In 1989 he founded the travel company Enjoy Travel with his wife Susan.

MICHAEL KINGSTON Partner, DWF law firm Named in the Lloyd’s List 100 2014 as one of the world’s most powerful people in shipping, lawyer Michael Kingston comes from Goleen, Co. Cork.

He has recently been included in the Tanker industry’s Top 50 most influential people.

MICHAEL GOOLEY CBE Founder & Chairman Trailfinders Sheffield-born Michael Gooley’s family roots are in Michelstown, Co. Cork.

Gooley founded Trailfinders, a travel company, from a small office in Earls Court Road in 1970. The Mike Gooley Trailfinders Charity has donated more than £33million to charity.

VANESSA MARKEY Head of Great Britain Tourism Ireland Having joined Tourism Ireland in 2012 as the group’s new head of Great Britain Vanessa Markey has been instrumental in the promotion of the island of Ireland in the British market. A native of Trim in Co. Meath, she has extensive marketing experience.

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CAROLYN McCALL CEO easyJet Born in India to a Scottish father and an Irish mother, Carolyn McCall has been CEO of easyJet since 2010, and is currently one of five female CEOs of a FTSE 100 Index company in Britain.

PAUL O’DONNELL Managing Director Pod Trak Donegal man Paul O’Donnell left

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Ireland in 2004, and started Pod-Trak, a service provider for the rail industry, eight years ago. The company has offices in Newcastle and London.

WILLIE WALSH CEO International Airlines Group Dublin-born Willie Walsh is CEO of IAG, the parent company for British Airways, Iberia, Air Lingus and Vueling. The Dublin-born man is a former Aer Lingus pilot.

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TRENDSETTERS Designers, fashionistas, bloggers, beauty & cosmetics EIMEAR VARIAN BARRY Fashion blogger and Instagramer From Cork, Barry is an influential vlogger, fashion blogger, model and stylist with a huge following on social media. She lives in Surrey.

PIXIE GELDOF Model, singer Geldof is the third daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates and has carved out a career in both modelling and music.

SLIM BARRETT Jewellery designer and artist From Athenry, the award-winning jeweller Barrett studied fine art in Galway, and has since been commissioned by, amongst others, Chanel, Lagerfeld, and Galliano. He is based in London.

EMMA CANNING Co-founder, Brilliant Inc Along with her sister Dervla Cogan, Emma Canning founded jewellery company Brilliant in 2007. The sisters are from Cork.

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PAUL COSTELLOE Founder, Paul Costelloe Design Ltd Now one of the most respected names in British fashion, Dublin-born Paul Costelloe designs his men’s and women’s collections in central London.

LIAM FAHY Designer & Founder Liam Fahy London Born to an Irish father and English mother in Harare, Zimbabwe, shoe designer Liam Fahy is regarded as one of the top shoe designers in the world.

recognised as one of Ireland’s most successful fashion designers. From Tipperary, Kiely has also has also designed glassware for Tipperary Crystal.

managing director and co-owner of Kiely Rowan PLC, the company that owns fashion brand Orla Kiely and Olive & Orange. He is London-based.

ANN MARIE MCDONAGH Founder Serenity and Grace This holistic VIP fashion and beauty service was founded

by London Irish woman Ann Marie McDonagh, following 25 years of global retail and beauty experience.

PAURIC SWEENEY Founder, Pauric Sweeney Ltd Co. Donegal award-winning designer Pauric Sweeney is noted for his minimalistic designs. He is based in London.

CATHERINE ORPEN JASMINE GALIS Managing GUINNESS Director, Orpen Designer Design Solutions Ltd Dublin-born From Bere Island, Co. Cork, Jasmine Leonora Catherine Orpen set up Orpen NEW SHOES: Guinness is a designer Designs in 2007. Prior to setting Liam Fahy and fashion model. The up the design/marketing company, daughter of Patrick Guinness and she worked in design studios in Liz Casey, she is an heiress to the New York.

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SIMONE ROCHA Fashion designer ORLA KIELY Designer Dublin-born Simone, daughter of Dublin-born Orla Kiely is a designer fashion designer John Rocha, is based known for her unique retro prints and in London. She has collected many designs. Based in London, the Orla Kiely awards and accolades for her work. brand has grown to international stature.

DERMOTT ROWAN Managing LOUISE KENNEDY CEO Louise Director & Co-owner Kiely Kennedy Rowan plc Louise Kennedy is internationally Dubliner Dermott Rowan is the

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DR LEAH TOTTON Founder, Dr Leah Cosmetic Skin Clinics After winning The Apprentice in 2013, Derry woman Dr Leah Totton opened the Dr Leah Cosmetic Skin Clinic in Central London in 2014.

Dr Totton – who graduated from the University of East Anglia – now works part-time with the NHS.

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PHILIP TREACY OBE Milliner & Founder, Philip Treacy Ltd Galway-born, internationally renowned milliner Philip Treacy is a five-time winner of the British Accessory Designer of the Year.

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TASTEMAKERS Chefs, restaurateurs, hoteliers, hospitality, food & drink EDDIE O’KANE Founder, O’Kane Irish Foods Harrow-based Derry native Eddie O’Kane established O’Kane Irish Foods, specialising in Irish food products, in Wembley. Outlets for the produce include Selfridges, Budgens, Londis, Nisa and Costcutter PAUL REENAN Managing Director, John West Foods Paul Reenan is Managing Director at John West Foods, Britain’s leading canned fish brand. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, and is based in Liverpool.

DAVID COLLINS Marketing Director, Great National Hotels and Resorts Working for Co. Clare-based Great National Hotels and Resorts, David Collins has over 20 years experience in the hospitality trade. He is a Dublin College of Catering graduate, completing his management studies at Trinity College Dublin.

RICHARD CORRIGAN Chef and restaurateur Meath-born Richard Corrigan is now a Michelin-starred and world-respected chef. His restaurant Corrigan’s Mayfair has been awarded London Restaurant of the Year by the Evening Standard.

CIARAN FAHY CEO, Ellerman Hotels Award-winning hotel manager

Ciaran Fahy from Lucan, Co. Kildare has been with Ellerman since October 2012.

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LIZ FLANNELLY Owner, Flannelly’s Club Coventry Liz Flannelly was born in Coventry, with family roots in Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. She has owned and run Flannelly’s for the last 14 years.

NED GUINNESS, EARL OF IVEAGH, Farmer, restaurateur Aside from his stake in Guinness (now owned by Diageo), Ned Guinness and his wife Clare run a farm and restaurant at Elveden Hall, Suffolk. Their 22,500 acres, producing mainly potatoes and onions, make up the largest lowland farm in Britain.

CHRIS GALVIN Restaurateur & Co-founder, Galvin Restaurants Brothers Jeff and Chris Galvin both began their careers with Antony Worrall Thompson. In 2005 the brothers opened their first restaurant, Galvin Bistrot de Luxe, in London’s Baker Street, followed by another six restaurants throughout Britain.

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top restaurants. He now runs his own restaurants in London – along with his wife Sarah – including The Dairy in Clapham, The Manor and Paradise Garage in Bethnal Green.

SARAH GILL Restaurateur Business partner of Robin Gill, above RITA GILLIGAN MBE Former waitress now roving ambassador with The Hard Rock Café Galway-born Rita Gilligan was one of the very first waitresses at the Hard Rock Café when it opened in 1971. She is still with the company, but now acts as a cultural attaché’ She was awarded an MBE from Queen Elizabeth for services to the tourism industry.

PAUL HANNAGEN Owner and director, Cuisson IIBN member Paul Hannagen from Galway honed his craft as a sous chef at boutique five-star hotel Moy House in Clare before heading for London in 2009 and Gordon Ramsey’s Maze restaurant.

He founded Cuisson in 2011 to provide top level gastronomy in moveable feasts.

FINBAR HOLIAN Founder, Greencoats Ltd Born in Galway, Finbar Holian has established a pub chain that includes The Claddagh Ring in London and The Quays pub on Holloway Road.

ALAN KEERY Restaurateur Co-proprietor of The Cereal Killer Café, Shoreditch – along with his identical twin brother Gary – Belfast-born Alan Keery opened the café in east London offering 120 different types of cereals.

The café has won many plaudits as well as criticism for its ‘elitist, hipster’ menu and high prices.

GARY KEERY Co-proprietor The Cereal Killer Café, Shoreditch founder of The Cereal Killer Café, above.

PAT KING CEO The Doyle Collection Formerly chief financial officer of The Doyle Collection, Pat King is now CEO of the luxury hotel chain.

AOIFE LEDWIDGE Restaurateur, Co-founder The J+A Café The J+A Café in London’s Clerkenwell, co-founded and co-owned by Aoife Ledwidge (along with her sister Johanna), specialises in traditional Irish food and Irish craft bars.

JOHANNA LEDWIDGE Restaurateur, Co-founder The J+A Café Co-founder and co-proprietor of The J+A Café in London, specialising in traditional Irish food and beers.

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TIMOTHY RANDALL MARTIN Founder, JD Wetherspoon plc Founder of one of Britain’s biggest chain of pubs, Tim Martin was variously

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CEREAL SPECIALISTS: Alan and Gary Keery brought up in the North of Ireland and New Zealand. He opened the first Wetherspoon in Muswell Hill, London.

He now has bars throughout Britain, and has outlets in Dublin and Cork.

TOMMY MORAN Director Moran Hospitality Educated in Limerick and Dublin, Tommy Moran has been Director at Moran Hospitality since February following the successful sale of the Moran & Bewley’s Group of hotels and pubs.

ANDREW NOONE General Manager, Hard Rock Cafe Educated at Athlone Institute of Technology, Andrew Noone is in charge of the Hard Rock Café flagship in London.

JOHN NUGENT CEO, Green & Fortune In 2008 John Nugent, a Dublin catering college graduate, founded his own company Green & Fortune – a business

that encompasses three brands – Rotunda Bar, Restaurant and Private Dining; Green & Fortune Café; and Kings Place – an arts, conference and commercial building in Kings Cross.

OLIVER PEYTON CEO Peyton & Byrne Ltd Mayo native Oliver Peyton came to Britain in 1979 to study textiles in Leicester and is now a renowned restaurateur and TV personality.

Along with sister Siobhán, he is the man behind the Peyton and Byrne brand. He is a judge on BBC2’s Great British Menu.

SIOBHÁN PEYTON Managing Director Peyton & Byrne Ltd Mayo-born Siobhán Peyton moved to Britain when she was 15 years old. She co-founded restaurant and café brand Peyton and Byrne in 2005 with her brother Oliver.

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SHAUN PREECE Manager Birmingham Irish Centre Englishman Shaun Preece has been manager of Birmingham Irish Centre, one of Britain’s most successful Irish centres, for the last six years. He lives in Birmingham.

GERRY O’BRIEN Publican, Churchill Arms London From Co. Clare, Gerry O’Brien has been the landlord at the Churchill Arms in Kensington, London for over 30 years.

The pub is notable for its flowers, and O’Brien was featured on the BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time.

JOHN SCANLON General Manager, 45 Park Lane John Scanlon became General Manager of 45 Park Lane – home to CUT, Wolfgang Puck’s debut restaurant in Europe – in 2015. He is a graduate of the Shannon College of Hotel Management.

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ROM August to May, Saturdays mean just one thing to Leicester City FC Chief Executive Susan Whelan – football.

The rest of the time, if not in Leicester with the current Premier League champions, you’ll more than likely find Whelan in London or online – ‘I get around 300 emails a day, so I am never far from my computer, iPad or phone’ – dealing with the demands of commercial strategy and merchandising in her other role as Senior Executive Vice President with parent company King Power.

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With her mind never far from business, in other ways her heart is always in Ireland – Howth, Co. Dublin in particular.

“It’s not just because it is home and where my family and friends live that I love it,” she says. “I was a keen sailor and used to teach sailing. I grew up by the sea and the views over the harbour looking across the bay to Ireland’s Eye and Lambay cannot be beaten.”

For Whelan the simplicity of life in Ireland complements the clamorous day-to-day demands she faces in Britain.

Describing herself as an early bird rather than a night owl – ‘the days of being both are long gone!’

– she finds serenity in simplicity.

“Some of my happiest times are walking the cliff walk around Howth hill, or sharing simple meals with family and friends in one of the many restaurants around the harbour,” she says.

Though unsurprisingly, when it comes to business highlights, she counts May 7 last year as one of the greatest moments in her life to date.

“We lifted the Premier League trophy after the Everton Game, which was the culmination of five years as CEO and playing a small part in taking us from a lowly position in the second tier of English football to its pinnacle,” she says.

Whelan’s career path is best described as diverse – its twists and turns eventually taking her to the top of the British football industry.

Having grown up in the Irish capital, Whelan has nothing but fond and happy memories of her childhood – citing her

parents as her biggest inspiration and supporters.

“Personally, I feel my mum and dad instilled integrity, a work ethic and a zest for life, which has moulded my attitude to life,” she says.

Going from a family business to a huge multinational taught me to trust my instincts “Professionally, my dad taught me all about his business and without his encouragement and support throughout my life, I would not have joined Aer Rianta, and from there moved to the jobs I do now.

“Growing up I played a lot of sport, captaining the school hockey and tennis teams. I was a sailing instructor for many years, and head girl at school, so I guess I was pretty bossy also,” she jokes.

Getting her first taste of the working world from a young age – she would earn her pocket money helping out in her father’s jewellery shop in Dublin – Whelan later becoming a global buyer for Shannon-based Aer Rianta International.

Retail, she says, has always been in her blood.

“I remember my first buying trip alone for Aer Rianta International to Vicenza and being thrown in the deep end,” she says.

“It was terrifying going from the security of the family business to suddenly having a massive budget for a multinational, but it taught me to trust my instincts.”

A run of international roles followed, giving the Irish woman hands-on experience of successfully tackling a variety of challenges – learning from each along the way – that has stood her in good stead today.

“When opportunities have arisen, I have always given it a go and have been lucky that things have generally turned out well,” she adds.

Whelan’s instinctive traits have certainly served her well to date.

She has worked for the Srivaddhanaprabha family, Leicester City FC’s owners, for close to 20 years, with the group since its early days until now where it is ranked as the

ZEST FOR BUSINESS LIFE: Susan Whelan, and inset left, her sporting hero Brian O’Driscoll

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seventh largest operator of duty free shops in the world.

Her undivided loyalty and a driving desire to be involved in all aspects at all levels of business dealings have been key to success.

“The devil is in the detail,” she says. “I have an enormous workload and my management style is to delve into the detail, some may say too much. But I do not feel comfortable unless I know the detail. I like to have total involvement and know everything that is going on.”

In 2006, King Power opened 25,000 square metres of shops in the new Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, followed by a 12,500-square-metre downtown duty free shop.

A year later, in Cannes, both of these projects were awarded a Frontier Award – the Oscars of the travel retail business.

“I am not sure I have the physical stamina to ever repeat those projects again,” Susan admits.

“However I led

on the commercial side, and it was great being part of the team that delivered those projects.”

As Chief Executive at Leicester City FC, Whelan is ultimately responsible to the board for every aspect of the day-to-day running of the club, working with a management team of directors that cover all of the key areas from finance and commercial to the football itself.

“We work as a team and our aim is for Leicester City to be the best run club in the Premier league,” she says.

“My background is not football so I do not get in any way involved in team selection, tactics, or negotiating transfers. We have a wide range of dedicated specialists and the manager, who do that.

“The last year has been an incredible experience, for the fans, players, and all of the staff at the club. The run-in last season as Claudio and the team maintained an incredible pace and run of results, culminating in our final standing in the Premier League last season was extraordinary,” she says. “The pre-season in Stockholm and Los Angeles followed, and then the domestic

CHAMPIONS: Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater lifts the Premier League trophy

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and European campaigns so far this year, have all been an extraordinary and challenging experience.”

While she may not be the gaffer when it comes to player strategy, Whelan does help oversee the club’s football philosophy.

“We prioritise the development of a strong relationship with our fans and our responsibilities within the community, so a particularly enriching aspect personally of my job, is the work we do with our Foxes Foundation, and the Football in The Community Trust,” she adds.

Our aim is for Leicester City to be the best run club in the Premier League Surrounded by soccer stars such as Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Kasper Schmeichel, Whelan’s Irish sporting loyalties veer away from football.

“At home, rugby would be more my sport. My family are fanatical rugby fans and we watch games together whenever we can.

“The only conflict is that my brother is a Leinster man and my brother-in-law is Munster.”

Though she adds: “Inevitably, I’ve developed a greater affinity for football as it’s become such a big and important part of my life.”

As for her hero on the pitch...

“I have no hesitation on choosing Brian O’Driscoll,” she says.

“In every sense he is the perfect sporting role model. His skill, tenacity and consistency on the field and his personality, honesty and integrity makes him a true ambassador for both Ireland and rugby.”

Whelan’s Irish passport is a source of pride and has been a welcome companion on her many travels over the years.

“We are a very lucky nation in that we traditionally have very few enemies, have many friends, and are renowned for our conviviality, sense of humour and hard work,” she says.

“Having invented duty free, we then exported it so through spending my early years working with Aer Rianta, I worked in Moscow, Pakistan, China, Bahrain, and finally Thailand.”

Her career has taken her all over the world from Russia, Pakistan

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and China to the Middle East and Thailand – a country she still visits regularly today.

“For one week a month I am in Bangkok working from my office in the King Power Complex which, as well as our headquarters, also has a duty free shopping mall and the King Power Pullman hotel,” she says, recalling long haul flights of old to see family and friends.

“I spent 15 years in Thailand and would come back in the summer and at Christmas, but the journey took two flights and 16 hours door to door.

“At least now it is only a short hop from London.”

A typical day is a 5.15am start, if travelling from London, followed by a series of meetings with directors and staff as well as the many groups the club works closely with from police, hospitals and universities to major charities in Leicester.

But Saturdays are all about the beautiful game.

“When there is a home game, we leave home before 10am, go through all of the pre-match checks and host the directors of our visiting team and other guests for lunch at 1pm if the game is a 3pm kick-off,” she says. “When the last of our guests have left, we head back to London and are usually home by around 8.30pm. On top of this, with TV forever changing the times of fixtures and this season with midweek games in Europe, nothing is straightforward.”

Football aside, what does the woman at the helm of one of the biggest sports teams in Britain do to relax – if such a luxury exists?

As boxsets become the new sport for many, for Whelan TV is purely for catching up on the latest news and sport.

“Work takes up too much of what should be downtime, but my real passion is cooking,” she says.

“I have my eyes on a cookery course I have found in Italy. I would love to turn my enthusiasm and home-taught skills into something really special, but that is a long way off.”

She adds: “I think we spend most of our time trying to work out where we are going to find some downtime. In the future I would love to find more time to do the things I enjoy and to be able to have time to mentor younger people or fledgling businesses, if my own experience would be useful to them.

“I have been very lucky in my life, and I would love to be able to give something back to others.”

Looks like there’s plenty more to come for Susan Whelan.

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MUSIC MAKERS Musicians, singers, managers, producers & promoters STEVE ABBOTT Producer, promoter and artist manager Lead singer with UK Decay in the early 80s, Luton Irish man Steve Abbott is now a producer, artist manager and concert promoter.Ventures include The Good Life Experience festival.

SUSAN BOYLE Singer Susan Magdalane Boyle was born in West Lothian into a family with Donegal roots.

She became an overnight sensation after appearing on Britain’s Got Talent.

KEVIN BURKE Musician Kevin Burke was born in London to parents from Co. Sligo. Considered one of the finest living Irish fiddlers, his style has greatly influenced traditional music.

He has performed with seminal bands Patrick Street and The Bothy Band.

PATRICK CALLAGHAN Development Officer Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Scotland Patrick Callaghan has been connected with Comhaltas since an early age. He comes from a Tyrone/Donegal background, lives in Glasgow, and plays accordion. He hosts Trad with Pad on Celtic Music Radio.

CARA DILLON Singer, songwriter From Dungiven, Co. Derry, Cara Dillon is an award-winning singer.

Now married to her musical collaborator

TRAD WITH PAD: Paddy Callaghan Sam Lakeman, she lives in Frome, Wiltshire where she is pivotal in the town’s thriving music scene.

ELVIS COSTELLO Singer, songwriter Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, born in London, occupies a significant place in rock music, his material drawing on many influences. He, in turn, has inspired many artists from The Pogues to Suzanne Vega.

DANNY DOHERTY Founder Doherty Academy of Irish Dancing Danny Doherty, from Clonmany, Co. Donegal, left Ireland in 1964 and settled in Coventry. Since its foundation more than four decades ago the school has won more World Championships than any other school.

DONOVAN Singer, songwriter Donovan Philips Leitch was born in Glasgow to a family with Irish roots.

His ballad singing, songwriting and guitar playing is said to have influenced a wide range of artists.

Along with his family, he has lived in Co. Cork for many years.

GLOBAL STAR: Niall Horan

PATRICK DOYLE Composer

From Lanarkshire, Patrick Doyle is a long-time collaborator with Belfast actor-director Kenneth Branagh. He is known for his compositions for films such as Henry V (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Hamlet (1996), and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, plus many more.

JOHNNY FEAN Musician Johnny Fean is a member of Horslips. From Limerick, Fean lived in London for many years playing on the pub and folk circuit.

MICHAEL FLATLEY Dancer Michael Flatley first stepped onto the world stage when he toured with The Chieftains. In 1994 he changed the face of Irish dance forever with his breath-taking creation of Riverdance. He went on to create Lord of the Dance – he has become synonymous with spectacular artistry on a grand scale, mesmerising audiences worldwide.

JOHN GILHOOLEY Artistic Director, Wigmore Hall John Gilhooly from Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, nailed one of Britain’s most prestigious artistic jobs through food poisoning. “I was at home in bed recovering from food poisoning and my brother brought me a copy of The

Guardian.” He spotted the advert and subsequently landed the job.

DÓNAL GALLAGHER Director, Strange Music Ltd The brother of guitar legend Rory Gallagher, Dónal Gallagher was brought up in Derry. He has ensured his brother’s legacy has been kept alive.

LIAM AND NOEL GALLAGHER Musicians William John Paul Gallagher was born in Manchester, to Irish parents Thomas and Peggy Gallagher. Along with his brother he formed the seminal band Oasis.

NIALL GALLAGHER Chairman Irish Heritage Educated in Cork, Niall Gallagher has retired from banking, and now devotes his time to working with Irish Heritage, a voluntary arts organisation in London.

THERESA GALLAGHER-MURPHY Scottish Regional Chair, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Theresa Gallagher-Murphy, whose roots lie in Donegal, is a tin-whistle player, flautist, and primary teacher with East Renfrewshire Council. She is head of Comhaltas in Scotland.

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BOB GELDOF Musician & campaigner Lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, the Dublin man became globally famous after promoting Live Aid at Wembley.

He is also a successful businessman, largely in the communications and media sector.

JEM FINER Singer, songwriter, musician Co-writer of A Fairytale of New York along with Shane MacGowan, Finer is one of the founding members of The Pogues.

NIALL HORAN Singer From Mullingar, Horan is a member of One Direction, put together after five singers appeared individually on the X Factor. Horan lives in London.

DILLIE KEANE Singer, songwriter Louise Miriam “Dillie” Keane is an Olivier Award-nominated actress, singer and comedian. Best known as a member of Fascinating Aïda, her father was a Co. Mayo doctor, her mother from Tralee. Dillie Keane now lives in Oxford.

of the 20th century, A Fairytale of New York.

GARETH MALONE OBE Choirmaster & Broadcaster Gareth Malone’s father James grew up in Scotland in an Irish family; his mother is also of Irish descent.

Until 2009 he worked for the London Symphony Orchestra. Today he is best known for choir-focused programmes on BBC 2.

FAMILY TIES: James Keegan with sister Louise and mum Josephine Picture: Danny Claffey

MORRISSEY Singer, songwriter Steven Patrick Morrissey, professionally known as Morrissey, was born to working-class Irish Catholics in Manchester.

Founder member of The Smiths, he crafted some of the most enduring indie rock songs of the 1980s.

LOUISE KEEGAN Founder, Keegan Academy of Irish Dancing Louise Keegan has family roots in Leitrim and Roscommon. Along with her brother James, she founded the academy three years ago in Manchester.

TONY MURRAY Director of the Irish Studies Centre Tony is director of the Irish Studies Centre at London Metropolitan University. He is responsible for the Archive of the Irish in Britain, a unique collection of ephemera cataloguing the history of the Irish in Britain.

JAMES KEEGAN Dancer Keegan, whose parents come from Roscommon and Leitrim, had to choose between a career with Manchester United or Irish dancing. He opted for the latter, and stars in Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance.

MICHAEL NEVIN Chair, Provincial Council of Britain for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Michael Nevin, chair of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Britain has been involved with the organisation since 1988.

ANNE NOLAN Singer, actor One of the Nolan Sisters, Anne Nolan, born in Ireland, moved to Blackpool at the age of 11 to join her family working the northern clubs. She now has a solo career, has written her biography and continues with her charity work.

MICHAEL KEEGANDOLAN Choreographer Dublin-born choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan has worked as a dancer and choreographer across a wide range of theatre, dance and opera projects.

He founded dance company Fabulous Beast which concentrates on productions that embrace Irish history, music and literature as well as classic dance pieces from round the world.

DENISE NOLAN Singer, actor After leaving the Nolan Sisters, Denise began a solo singing career. She has also starred as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers — one of four Nolans to play the role.

JOHN NOLAN Co-founder and Chair of the Celtic and Irish Cultural Society From Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, now living in Crawley, West Sussex, John Nolan is also a board member of Irish in Britain.

JOHN LYDON Singer, songwriter Better known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, John Lydon was brought up in north London, the son of Galway parents. He was a pivotal figure in the punk movement of the 1970s.

SHANE MacGOWAN Singer, songwriter Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan was born in Kent to Irish parents. He spent much of his early childhood in Co. Tipperary. His band The Pogues transformed Irish folk music, and in 1987, along with Jem Finer, he wrote one of the greatest Christmas songs

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ANN MURRAY Opera singer Dublin-born Ann Murray has soloed at all of the world’s major opera houses, but today performs mainly at Covent Garden. In 2012, she was made an Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Diamond Jubilee Honours for services to music.

ELECTRIC PERFORMER: Michael Flatley, pictured with wife Niamh O’Brien

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MIKE NOLAN Singer From Dublin, Mike Nolan was one of the band Buck’s Fizz which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. He still performs with other members of the original band.

He lives in England.

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MUSICAL GIFT: Karen Ryan

CHARLIE O’CONNOR Member of Horslips Charles O’Connor, from Middlesbrough, plays concertina, mandolin, fiddle and guitar. Aside from his musical pursuits, he owns an antique shop in Whitby, The Stonehouse Emporium.

JOE O’DONNELL Musician Joe O’Donnell plays fiddle in East of Eden (Jig-aJig), and worked with Rory Gallagher on the epic album Gaodhal’s Vision. From Limerick, he now lives in Coventry.

JULIE O’HARE Secretary, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Britain Julie O’Hare, born in St Helen’s, has family roots in both Limerick and Mayo.

She is a fl ute player and has been Secretary of Comhaltas na Breataine for the last two years.

CHOIR MASTER: Gareth Malone

KEVIN O’HARE Director of The Royal Ballet O’Hare was born in Kingston upon Hull to Northern Irish parents. He trained locally alongside elder siblings Anne and Michael while attending St Charles’s RC Primary School and St Thomas More RC School in Hull.

GILBERT O’SULLIVAN Singer, songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan, born Raymond Edward O’Sullivan, is best known for his early 1970s hits Alone Again (Naturally), Clair, and Get Down. He largely grew up in Swindon.

CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN Singer, songwriter, musician O’Sullivan was born in London, England, to Denis O’Sullivan, an Irish racing driver and World Champion sailor, and Marie-José, a French artist.

She was raised in the village of Passage West, near Cork, Ireland. Her niche following has made her a nearimmovable fixture at festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

VINCE POWER Entertainment impresario From Kilthomas, Co. Waterford, Vincent Power arrived in London aged 15, and ultimately became one of Britain’s major music impresarios through the Mean Fiddler Group. He is currently proprietor of Nells Jazz and Blues club in West Kensington.

SUPERSTAR: Ed Sheeran

KEVIN ROWLAND Singer, songwriter Rowland was born in Wolverhampton to parents from Co. Mayo. He lived for part of his childhood in Ireland. He is best known for his work with Dexy’s

Midnight Runners. According to Paul Moody in the influential Uncut magazine: “Rowland... is a towering contribution to British music, both visually and musically.”

KAREN RYAN Musician, teacher, promoter Karen Ryan with roots in Galway and Mayo, is Director and co-founder of

Return to Camden Town Festival and Irish Music and Dance in London (IMDL). She is also co-founder of The London Lasses.

ED SHEERAN Singer, songwriter Sheeran was born in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire to a family with Irish roots. He has been described as a genuinely great songwriter with memorable melodies, infectious rhythms, and lyrics that huge numbers of people identify with.

TOM SPRINGFIELD Singer, songwriter, record producer Born Dionysius P. A. O’Brien in London, Tom Springfield is the brother of Dusty Springfield (Mary Bernadette O’Brien).

He was an important figure in the 1960s folk and pop world, initially as a performer in The Springfields, then latterly as a producer and songwriter, most notably for The Seekers. He wrote and produced a number of top 10 hits for them in the mid 1960s, and also co-wrote the song Georgy Girl.

CAITRIONA WALSH Founder Irish Film Orchestras, singer Caitriona Walsh’s musical career began as a singer with The New Seekers. After stints as General Manager of UK Orchestras Ltd and The London Chamber Orchestra she moved to Ireland and established Irish Film Orchestras as the country’s leading employer of freelance musician.

LOUIS WALSH Impresario, TV personality Mayo native Louis Walsh has masterminded the careers of Boyzone, Westlife, Samantha Mumba, Girls Aloud and Jedward. He is a long time member of the X Factor panel.

GAY WOODS Singer Dublin-born Gabriel Corcoran was one of the original members of Steeleye Span, and with her husband Terry Woods formed the critically acclaimed Woods Band. She lives in Essex.

UNDERTAKERS Funeral directors & repatriation PAUL FURLONG Funeral director, Patrick Ryan & Daughter The son-in-law of Limerick man Pat Ryan who founded Patrick Ryan Funerals, Paul Furlong now runs the London funeral business with Lynn, his wife, who is Patrick Ryan’s daughter.

DESMOND MAGUIRE Owner & MD Desmond Maguire Funeral Directors Desmond Maguire has run his funeral company in Glasgow since 2006 — after being in the business since the age of 15. His family roots are in Co. Fermanagh and Co. Donegal.

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LAWMAKERS Lawyers, barristers, solicitors, security & legal minds IAN ACHESON Legal system observer From the North of Ireland, Ian Acheson served at command levels at a number of British prisons. He left the Prison Service to become Executive Director at the international charity, Prisoners Abroad. He is an EU-recognised expert on Youth Justice and has lectured and written about radicalisation in prison custody.

GRACE AYLWARD Solicitor, Herbert Smith Freehills Grace Aylward is a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills, and serves on the Executive Committee of the London Irish Lawyers Association.

ALAN BURKE Corporate Partner, White & Case Alan Burke is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of global law firm. A graduate of University College Dublin, he specialises in international contracting.

LOUIS BURKE Head of Mason Hayes Curran’s London Office Louis Burke is the Head of Mason Hayes Curran’s London Office and a member of the Irish firm’s financial services team.

DERMOT CASEY Barrister, Coram Chambers London From Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Dermot Casey was called to the bar in 1994. Prior to that he worked as a mental health and child protection social worker.

MAIRIN CASEY Coroner, Nottingham From Co. Kerry, Mairin Casey began work at the Crown Prosecution Service in 1987.

She has been coroner in Nottingham since 2011, the first woman to fill that that role.

MICK CREEDON Chief Constable, Derbyshire Constabulary Mick Creedon’s family roots are in Co. Cork. His grandfather left Co. Cork in 1914 to fight in the First World War. Eventually hospitalised (after four years of gas, and suffering from trench foot) in England, he never went home – one Creedon line had arrived in England.

ALAN DAVIS Partner, Jones Day With a Law degree and Diploma in European Law from University College Dublin, Alan Davis is now partner with Jones Day and oversees a wide range of sectors.

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SIMON EDENS Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Simon Edens, from the North of Ireland, became Chief Constable of Northamptonshire in 2015.

DAVID ENGLISH Customer Contact Advisor, Independent Police Complaints Commission David English, from Ravensdale in Co. Louth, studied at Lancaster University.

His role at the IPCC involves evaluating the validity of appeals and advising on the complaints process.

KATHLEEN GARRETT Partner, Arthur Cox, London London-based finance lawyer Kathleen Garrett trained in Dublin with Arthur Cox and has been a partner in the firm since 1998.

KEVIN GALLAGHER Digital Change Director, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service Formerly the Chief Information Officer at Channel 4, Kevin Gallagher joined Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service in 2015. The body is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals throughout England and Wales.

PROFESSOR CONOR GEARTY Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics From Abbeylara, Co. Longford, Conor Gearty graduated in law from University College Dublin before embarking on an academic career. He is also a barrister and a founder member of Matrix chambers, from where he continues to practise.

PATRICK HARTE Barrister, Temple Gardens London-based barrister Patrick Harte joined chambers in 2008. He is a founding committee member of the London Irish Lawyers Association.

CAROLINE HAUGHEY Barrister, Furnival Chambers Caroline Haughey prosecutes and defends across a wide range of the most serious and high profile criminal cases. She is a daughter of Mary Haughey, Baroness Ballyedmond.

BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY Barrister, broadcaster Helena Kennedy is renowned for her work on human rights. She was born in Glasgow to Joshua Patrick and Mary Kennedy, both committed Labour activists. Kennedy still regularly attends Mass and professes that her Catholicism “remains very much part of who I am”, even though she eschews its more traditional values.

ACTIVIST: Gareth Peirce STEPHEN KEOGH Partner & Head of William Fry London Dublin-born Stephen Keogh is a lawyer specialising in private equity and venture capital work. He is also the External Examiner for Business Law in the Law Society of Ireland.

SINEAD MAC LUA Senior Lawyer, Practice Head GB Business Banking & NI Businesses, Bank of Ireland Mac Lua’s career has concentrated on dispute resolution work in banking, property, professional negligence matters as well as fraud, insolvency and multi-party claims. Her father, Brendan Mac Lua was a co-founder and editor of The Irish Post.

MARY KAYE Partner, Shakespeare Martineau Based in Birmingham, Mary Kaye was born and educated in Limerick, arriving in Britain in 1977.

ANDY KERMAN Senior Partner, Kerman & Co. With family roots in Co. Wexford, Andy Kerman co-founded Kerman & Co along with Daniel O’Connell in 1998.

During a long career Andy Kerman has advised Heads of State, entrepreneurs and people from all walks of life on a wide range of issues.

VALERIE LAWLOR Partner, McCann Fitzgerald

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Alongside Hugh Beattie, Valerie Lawlor overseas McCann Fitzgerald’s London office. McCann FitzGerald was the first major Irish law firm to establish offices in London in 1986.

RONAN MAGUIRE Principle Solicitor & Director, Maguires Solicitors With offices in London and Manchester legal firm Maguires was founded in 2008 by Ronan Maguire. His first job was as a criminal litigation clerk in his native Enniskillen in 1993.

PROFESSOR AILEEN McCOLGAN Professor of Human Rights Law at King’s College London From Derry, Aileen McColgan is a British barrister and academic. She is an expert in labour law, discrimination and human rights. She works as a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers.

TONY McDAID Practice Director, No5 Chambers Tony McDaid is the longest serving member of No5 Chambers’ administration team. Sitting on the Professional Practice Committee of the Bar Council, he is also a council member of the Birmingham Law Society.

GRÁINNE MELLON Barrister, Garden Court Chambers Gráinne Mellon is a public and employment law barrister who also

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practises in discrimination, human rights and international law. She is also Chair of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA).

ANNA MULLINS Solicitor, Forsters LLP Anna Mullins specialises in all areas of commercial and residential property litigation. She is also Secretary of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA).

SEAN O’REGAN Analyst, Goldman Sachs From Co. Cork, O’Regan serves as an analyst at Goldman Sachs, the American multinational finance company. He is also a board member of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA).

DANIEL O’CONNELL Co-founder & Managing Partner, Kerman & Co. Born in Tipperary Town, Daniel O’Connell studied law at University College Dublin. He co-founded Kerman & Co with Andy Kerman in 1998.

GREG Ó CEALLAIGH Barrister, Garden Court Chambers Greg Ó Ceallaigh is a barrister specialising in human rights, asylum and immigration law. He is also a member of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA).

MAEVE O’ROURKE Barrister, Thomas Bingham Chambers

Co. Dublin-born Maeve O’Rourke was called to the Bar in 2012. She is known for her pro bono work with the group Justice for Magdalenes, aiming to secure compensation for survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries.

CLIONA O’TUAMA Founder, Cliona O’Tuama Cliona O’Tuama set up her own private law firm specialising in probate, tax and trusts work and charity law in 1994.

GARETH PEIRCE Lawyer & human rights activist Gareth Peirce, who has received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad , is a British solicitor and human rights activist.

She has advocated in a number of high-profile cases, including the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six. KIRSTY ROGERS Executive Partner (Manchester) & Head of Client Development, DWF Born in Uganda, Kirsty Rogers’ mother is from Co. Down, her father Scottish.

She is also Chair of the Board of Governors at Delamere Academy, Cheshire. She maintains strong ties with Co. Down.

SEAN SEXTON Founding Partner, MSB Solicitors With Irish roots in Clare and Kilkenny Sean is one of the founding partners of MSB. He appears as an advocate in the European Court of Human Rights.

POWER BROKERS Westminster leaders, politicians, councillors & consultants JONATHAN AITKEN Former Conservative minister Jonathan Patrick Aitken was born in Dublin to an aristocratic family. The Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, who knew his grandparents, attended his baptism.

PADDY ASHDOWN Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, usually referred to as Paddy Ashdown, was born in India but brought up in Co. Down. He is the great great grandson of Daniel O’Connell.

KEVIN BRENNAN MP Cardiff West (Labour) Kevin Brennan is the Shadow Minister for Arts & Heritage. Mr Brennan is also the Deputy Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

CONOR BURNS MP Bournemouth (Conservative) Conor Burns was born in Belfast but grew up in Hertfordshire. Openly gay, he voted for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. He was a close acquaintance of Margaret Thatcher.

BREFFNEY COGAN Corporate Communications and Policy Lead at Deliveroo From Cork, Breffney is a PR and political consultant across sectors ranging from financial services to communications.

DAMIAN COLLINS MP Folkestone and Hythe (Conservative) Damian Collins is Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select.

Educated at St Mary’s Roman Catholic High School and Belmont Abbey, he was PPS to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers under David Cameron.

MARY CREAGH MP Wakefield (Labour) Of Irish descent, Mary Helen Creagh has occupied several roles in the shadow cabinet.

PAUL FARRELLY MP Newcastleunder-Lyme (Labour) Farrelly was born in Newcastle-underLyme, Staffordshire. His father was a gas pipe-layer, his mother a nurse.

Mitcham and Morden since the 1997 general election and has served as an Assistant Whip in the Labour Government. She is a Catholic of Irish descent.

JON CRUDDAS MP Dagenham and Rainham (Labour) Cruddas, a Catholic with Donegal roots, has been an MP since 2001.

GEORGE GALLOWAY Politician, broadcaster, writer George Galloway, of Irish descent, is a former MP and leader of The Respect Party. He has described himself as “born in an attic in a slum tenement in the Irish quarter of Dundee, which is known as Tipperary”.

BARONNESS MARGARET McDONAGH Management consultant Margaret Josephine McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh is a British Labour Party politician and was General Secretary of the Labour Party from 1998 to 2001. She is a sister of Siobhain McDonagh with whom she lives.

FEARGAL DALTON Councillor, Glasgow Feargal Dalton, the son of a Crossmaglen woman raised in Dublin, is an SNP councillor for Partick West.

A Royal Navy officer for 17 years, he was accused in 2015 of supporting republican ideology by his political opponents.

JIM DOWD MP Lewsiham West and Penge (Labour) James Patrick Dowd, was born in Germany, the son of an Irish father and German mother, and grew up in Lewisham.

He has been an MP since 1992.

JACK DROMEY MP Birmingham Erdington (Labour) Dromey, who has served in the Labour shadow cabinet, was born to Irish parents in Brent and raised in Kilburn, London.

He is married to Harriet Harman.

PATRICK GRADY MP Glasgow North (SNP) Patrick John Grady was brought up in Inverness. Between 2011 and 2015, he worked as an advocacy manager for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund, and has lived and worked in London and Malawi.

KATE HOEY MP Vauxhall From Mallusk, Co. Antrim, Kate Hoey, has been Labour MP for Vauxhall since 1989. She served as Minister for Sport 1999-2001, and is currently Chair of the Countryside Alliance.

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SIOBHAIN McDONAGH MP, Mitcham and Morden (Labour) Siobhain Ann McDonagh has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for

MARTIN McELROY Councillor, Glasgow City Council Martin McElroy is a Labour councillor for the Glasgow Kelvin ward. On his father’s side his roots are Inch Island, Donegal and Fermanagh, on his mother’s side Lurgan and Portadown.

PAT McFADDEN MP Wolverhampton South East (Labour) Patrick Bosco McFadden is the son of Annie and James McFadden, both native Irish language speakers from Donegal. He is currently the Shadow Minister for Europe.

PATRICK McLOUGHLIN MP West Derbyshire (Conservative) McLoughlin has been called “that rare beast, a working-class Tory of Irish extraction who worked as a miner, like his father and grandfather before him”. He is the Chairman of the Conservative Party.

CAROL MONAGHAN MP Glasgow North West (SNP) Carol Monaghan is the Scottish National Party’s Public Services and Education spokesperson in the House of Commons. She is married to Glasgow City SNP councillor Feargal Dalton.

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STORYTELLERS Journalists, broadcasters, presenters, bloggers & the media FIONA AUDLEY Managing Editor, The Irish Post Fiona joined The Irish Post as a senior reporter in 2008 and quickly rose through the ranks. Born in California to Irish parents from Galway, she moved with her family to North London when she was three years old.

JACQUIE BELTRAO Sky Sports Presenter Jackie Beltrao, born Jacqueline Leavy in Dublin, grew up in Coventry, now lives in London and works with Sky News.

She is a former Olympic gymnast.

ENDA BRADY Sky News Correspondent Enda Brady joined Sky News in 2005 and remains one of its high profile correspondents. From Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, he is also an ambassador for ovarian cancer charity The Eve Appeal.

SIOBHÁN BREATNACH Editor-inChief, The Irish Post Originally from Waterford, Siobhán is a former Daily Star Sunday Irish Editor. A UCD Law graduate she also holds an MA in Journalism from the University of East London.

BOB BROLLY BBC Broadcaster, singer, entertainer, charity fundraiser Derry-born Bob Brolly, 15 when his family moved to Coventry from Derry, has received many awards over the years for his fundraising.

JAMES BURKE Television presenter Derry-born James Burke is a broadcaster, science historian and author, who is known for his many documentary television series including Tomorrow’s World.

CATHY CLUGSTON BBC broadcaster Kathy Clugston from Belfast, is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra and the BBC World Service.

JOHN CROWLEY Editor-in-Chief, The International Business Times John Crowley, with family roots in West Cork and Fermanagh, is editor-in-chief of The International Business Times.

He previously worked as a reporter for The Irish Post.

PETER CURRAN Broadcaster, writer, publisher Peter Curran grew up in Belfast, the eldest of six children and worked on funfairs in the US before moving to London. He then worked as a carpenter before re-training as a BBC reporter.

He formed audio publisher Talking Music with Patrick McQuaid in 2011.

FR BRIAN D’ARCY Rector, The Passionist Monastery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh Arguably, Ireland’s highest profile priest, Fr D’Arcy is a regular broadcaster on the BBC, including BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought slot .

JUDY DEMPSEY Senior Associate, Carnegie Europe Dublin-born Dempsey is senior associate at Carnegie Europe and editor-in-chief of Strategic Europe. She has contributed to several books on Eastern Europe.

TADHG ENRIGHT Journalist, presenter From Dublin, Tadhg Enright broadcasts on CNN, Sky News, RTÉ – mostly on business matters.

ENTERTAINER: Bob Brolly

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GUIDO FAWKES Journalist, website publisher Paul De Laire Staines is a political blogger, responsible for the Guido Fawkes website. His

website was described by The Daily Telegraph as “one of Britain’s leading political blogsites”. Staines was born in Ealing to Dublin-born Mary Cronin and Indian-born Terril De Laire Staines.

TONY GALLAGHER Editor-in-chief, The Sun Tony Gallagher was appointed as editor-in-chief of The Sun in early September 2015. He is a former editor at The Daily Telegraph and was joint deputy editor of The Daily Mail before his current post. He attended Finchley Catholic High School.

DIARMUID GAVIN TV presenter, garden designer, Diarmuid Gavin, born in London but brought up in Ireland, broadcasts regularly on BBC television. He once appeared in an episode of Only Fools and Horses. In 1995 he won the bronze medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

ALAN GREEN Sports commentator Alan Green, from Belfast primarily commentates on football. The forthright Green, who has a degree in modern history from Queen’s University of Belfast, has been the subject of complaints from viewers, fellow commentators and football clubs. He has had an ongoing feud with Alex Ferguson for some twenty years.

ORLA GUERIN Broadcaster and journalist, BBC Orla Guerin, from Dublin, is an award-winning foreign correspondent with BBC News. She began her career with RTÉ after graduating from Dublin Institute of Technology.

EAMONN HOLMES Broadcaster & journalist From Belfast, Eamonn Holmes presents shows on Sky, BBC, Channel 5, and is a celebrity ambassador for the children’s charity, Variety GB. He lives in Surrey and is the host of the annual Irish Post Awards.

GLORIA HUNNIFORD TV presenter Gloria Hunniford is a vastly experienced and popular television and radio presenter on both BBC and ITV. She is from Portadown, Co. Armagh.

FERGAL KEANE Journalist & historian Born in London but brought up in Dublin and Cork, Fergal Keane has been a foreign correspondent for much of his career with the BBC. His other projects include the 2011 documentary The Story of Ireland.

MARTHA KEARNEY Broadcaster, presenter BBC Martha Kearney was born in Dublin but brought up largely in England. She is

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the main presenter of BBC Radio 4’s lunchtime news programme The World at One. HENRY KELLY Broadcaster, journalist From Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Henry Kelly was the Belfast-based Northern Editor of The Irish Times in the 1970s, before switching to broadcasting.

PATRICK KIELTY Presenter, comedian From Downpatrick, Co. Down, Kielty made his name as a stand-up. He now broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio.

DESMOND LYNAM OBE TV presenter Born in Ennis, Co. Clare, Desmond Lynam has enjoyed a broadcasting career spanning 40 years and has covered some of the world’s great sporting occasions.

JOE LYNAM BBC business correspondent From Dublin, Joe Lynam is the BBC’s business correspondent. Before becoming a journalist, Lynam ran a chain of pubs in Germany.

ANNIE MAC Broadcaster, TV presenter & DJ Dublin-born Annie McManus has been a DJ on BBC Radio 1 since 2004. A graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast, she now lives in London.

MAXINE MAWHINNEY BBC Broadcaster, newscaster Born in Bangor, Co. Down, Maxine Mawhinney was BBC duty presenter in 1997 when news broke of the car crash of Diana, Princess of Wales. She can be seen in this role in the feature film The Queen. She is currently a newsreader on BBC News, the BBC’s 24-hour rolling news channel.

MALCOLM McNALLY Photojournalist As staff photographer for The Irish Post, Malcolm is an established photojournalist in the south east and among London’s Irish community.

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CONNOR McNAMARA Sports commentator Conor McNamara, born in Limerick, now lives in Manchester. He works for BBC Radio 5 Live, Match of the Day and BBC Television’s Rugby Union coverage.

DONAL McINTYRE Journalist & Visiting Professor of Criminology Birmingham City University Donal McIntyre from Dublin is an investigative journalist, specialising in undercover operations and television exposés.

DONNACHADH McCARTHY Author, broadcaster, journalist Cork man Donnachadh McCarthy is an author, broadcaster and journalist on environmental issues. His home in Camberwell was London’s first carbon negative house.

JOSEPH PATRICK McCORMICK Weekend Editor, Pink News With roots in Coleraine, Joseph McCormick edits the weekend section of Pink News.

PIERS MORGAN TV presenter Piers Morgan was born Piers Stefan O’Meara in Sussex , to Vincent Eamonn O’Meara, originally from Galway, but relocated to Co. Offaly, and Gabrielle Georgina Sybille Oliver who also has Irish roots. Morgan, a former journalist and editor, has said that when he is in Ireland “it feels like home”.

DERMOT MURNAGHAN Television presenter, broadcaster Murnaghan was educated St Malachy’s Primary School in Armagh City and Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, Co. Down. Having worked extensively on the BBC, he is currently with Sky. SARAH MURPHY Commercial Manager, The Irish Post This Dubliner heads up commercial and business development at The Irish Post, and has been a driving force behind the brand’s annual Awards ceremony.

COLIN MURRAY Radio presenter From Dundonald, Co. Down, Murray is a sports and music radio and television presenter. In 2010 he became host of BBC Television’s Match of the Day 2 on BBC Two. He is currently with BBC Radio 5 Live.

COLEEN NOLAN Television presenter Coleen Nolan (one of the Nolan Sisters) is a regular on ITV1’s flagship shows Loose Women and This Morning. She has also co-presented ITV’s Dancing on Ice & hosted her own Sky series, The Secret Guide to Women’s Health.

LAURA PERRINS Co-editor, The Conservative Woman Irish woman Laura Perrins is a former barrister, and tutors at University College London. She campaigns for Mothers at Home Matter, and regularly writes for The Daily Telegraph and The Catholic Herald.

MARY PORTAS Broadcaster, journalist, consultant

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Mary Portas was born into a large Irish family in North Watford. She attended St Joan of Arc Catholic School in Rickmansworth.

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SEAN RAFFERTY BBC Radio 3 presenter Belfast-born Sean Rafferty, a graduate in Law of Queen’s University, Belfast is best known for his work on BBC Radio 3. He presents In Tune, Radio 3’s weekday evening programme.

ERNIE REA Radio presenter, journalist, writer, Former Head of Religious Broadcasting, BBC Ernie Rea graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast. He joined the religious broadcasting section of the BBC, and eventually rose to become Head of Religious Broadcasting. He currently presents BBC Radio 4 programme Beyond Belief, which discusses religious issues.

ANNE ROBINSON Television presenter Born in Crosby, Lancashire, Robinson has family roots in Fermanagh. Her mother was a manager of a market stall.

Anne Robinson became famous for her role presenting The Weakest Link.

COLEEN MARY ROONEY Television presenter, columnist, product endorser Of Irish descent, Coleen Rooney (née McLoughlin) is married to Wayne Rooney.

ZOE SALMON Television presenter Zöe Salmon, born in Co. Down, came to prominence hosting Blue Peter. Since then she has appeared on a range of light entertainment programmes.

ANGELA SCANLON TV Presenter, journalist & stylist Dublin-born London-based Angela Scanlon has hosted and presented a variety of programmes on BBC. ANNE MARIE SCANLON Journalist, writer Anne Marie Scanlon, born in Donegal but Dublin raised, is a freelance writer, working in print and broadcast media. She is the author of The Mammy Monologues.

JOHN WALSH Journalist, columnist Prolific writer and commentator John Walsh has been editor of The Independent Magazine, literary editor of the Sunday Times and features editor of London’s Evening Standard newspaper.

DENIS TUOHY Broadcaster, newsreader, journalist Born in Belfast, Tuohy presented and reported for several of the BBC’s heavyweight current affairs programmes. Tuohy was the first person to appear officially on BBC2.

FERGUS WALSH BBC Radio presenter, journalist Fergus Walsh was born in Leicester to Irish parents. He has been the BBC’s medical correspondent since 2006, winning several awards for medical and health journalism.

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LAURA WHITMORE Television presenter, MTV Born in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Laura Whitmore is based in London for MTV Europe. She has also presented I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! on ITV2.

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HENRY WYMBS Producer & presenter BBC Radio Oxford and Berkshire From Cliffoney, Co. Sligo, Henry Wymbs joined Oxford City Police in 1967, and retired as Detective Inspector in 1997.

He presents Irish Eye on Sunday afternoons.

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PIONEERS Retailers, business minds & entrepreneurs SIMON BURKE Chair & Non Executive Director, Blue Diamond Ltd Blue Diamond is one of the largest British garden centre retail groups, based in Guernsey. Burke is an experienced accountant.

SINEAD CROWLEY Executive Director, Irish International Business Network Originally from Cork City, Sinead Crowley has been with the IIBN for six years. She also organises fundraising and events for Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy.

CHARLES HANDY Businessman Born in Kildare, Handy is known for his management writings, including The Empty Raincoat. He has received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2015.

CHRIS KANE Principal, Chris Kane Associates Born in Co. Kildare, Chris Kane has a degree from Trinity College Dublin.

His company is an advisory business service to a range of sectors.

TERRY LEAHY Former Tesco CEO Sir Terence Patrick Leahy was born in Liverpool to Irish parents. In 2010, The Tablet publication named him as one of Britain’s most influential Catholics. He lives in Hertfordshire.

PAUL MARCHANT CEO Primark Stores Ltd Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ryan in Dublin, Primark – or Penneys in Ireland – has grown to become an international fashion retailer with close to 350 branches throughout Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe.

PETER MULLEN Entrepreneur London-based Dubliner Peter Mullen has a multi-million stake in Hunter, the wellington boot business. Formerly, he and his brothers James and John sold shirtmaker Thomas Pink to the French company, LVMH, for £49million.

DR GERARD MURPHY Non-Executive Director, British American Tobacco plc Irish-born, now living in Britain, Dr. Gerard Murphy has been a NonExecutive Director of British American Tobacco plc since March 2009.

BIG BUSINESS: Terry Leahy with David and Samantha Cameron GERRY O’BOYLE Director, Telegreen Ltd Gerry O’Boyle is the owner of Telegreen, a recycling equipment sales company providing waste reduction machines.

O’Boyle, who previously ran Filthy McNasty’s in Islington, is also Director of The Boogaloo Bar in London.

ARTHUR RYAN Chairman of Primark / Penneys Arthur Ryan was born the son of a Cork-born insurance clerk and educated in Dublin. After emigrating to London, he worked in the clothes trade before establishing Penneys in Dublin.

SIR GERRARD JUDE ROBINSON Business executive and TV presenter Gerry Robinson born in Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal, moved to England in his early teens. After briefly training as a Catholic priest, he entered the business world. He is the former Chair/CEO of Granada and non-executive Chairman of Allied Domecq. Robinson also served as chairman of the Arts Council England.

NADIM SADEK Entrepreneur Nadim Sadek is a British-based, Irish-Egyptian marketing entrepreneur. He was educated at St Columba’s College in Dublin and Trinity College.

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SPIRITUAL LEADERS Bishops, priests, nuns and religious servants BISHOP JOHN ARNOLD Bishop of Salford Bishop Arnold has family roots in Co. Cork, has drawn a parallel between the struggle to integrate Muslims into British society today and the historical precedent of Irish Catholic communities migrating to Manchester in the 19th century.

BISHOP PAUL MCALEENAN Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster Born in Belfast in 1951, Bishop McAleenan was ordained to the priesthood in June 1985 and has served as a priest in England for over 40 years.

CANON PAT BROWNE Parish Priest As well as serving as a Parish Priest at Holy Apostles, Pimlico Canon Pat Browne from Ratoath, Co. Meath, is the first official Catholic Duty Priest to Parliament since the Reformation. He is also Chaplain for London’s Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.

MONSIGNOR PAT BROWNE Parish Priest Mgr Pat Browne has been parish priest at St Anne’s Church in Birmingham since 2010. He was created Monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI for services to the Church.

BISHOP TOM BURNS Bishop of Menevia Belfast man Tom Burns is based in West Wales. As well as his diocesan duties, he is Bishop Promoter for the Apostleship of the Sea, providing assistance to seafarers.

FRANCIS MARTIN-XAVIER CAMPBELL Vice Chancellor St Mary’s University, Twickenham Co. Down man Francis Campbell has been Vice Chancellor since 2014 following a distinguished career as diplomat and academic. From 2005 to 2011, he was British Ambassador to the

Holy See, the first Catholic to hold the post since the Reformation.

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BISHOP MICHAEL CAMPBELL Bishop of Lancaster Bishop Michael Campbell OSA, from Larne, Co. Antrim, was ordained to the priesthood in 971. He is the first Augustinian Friar to be ordained in England since the Reformation.

FATHER MICHAEL CORCORAN Superior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill The Society of Mill Hill sends missionaries throughout the world.

Father Corcoran took up the post in 2015. Previously he had been President of the Irish Missionary Union.

BISHOP SÉAMUS CUNNINGHAM Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle From Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Bishop Cunningham was ordained to the priesthood in 1966 having studied at St John’s College, Waterford.

CANON THOMAS FARRELL Parish Priest Canon Farrell, with family roots in Co. Roscommon, was ordained as a priest in 1983. He has been with the Diocese of Birmingham since then, becoming a canon in 1996 and serving as Parish Priest at Christ the King in Coventry.

ANTHONY HORAN Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland Anthony Horan most recently worked as a solicitor and acting legal manager for Glasgow City Council. He has family roots in Achill Island, Co. Mayo.

PETER KEARNEY Director, Catholic Media Office Peter Kearney has been Director of the

Catholic Media Office since 2001. His great grandfather Bernard Kearney, from Armagh, helped build the West Highland railway line. Other family roots are in Enniskillen. He lives in Glasgow.

BISHOP JOHN KEENAN Bishop of Paisley Bishop Keenan, one of the five children of Joseph and Philomena Keenan, was born in Glasgow where he was baptised at St Joseph’s Church, Cowcaddens.

DAVID KERR Communications Director, Diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh With family roots in Co. Meath and Co. Tyrone, David Kerr, a former journalist, has vast experience of the media, notably during 12 years with the BBC. BISHOP PATRICK LYNCH Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Southwark Bishop Lynch, from Cork City, has served in the Diocese of Southwark since 1998.

BISHOP PATRICK McKINNEY Bishop of Nottingham Bishop Patrick McKinney is the eldest son of Patrick and Bridget McKinney, from Ireland, and was brought up in Birmingham. He was appointed 10th Bishop of Nottingham in 2015.

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BISHOP BRIAN McGEE Bishop of Argyll and the Isles Born in Greenock to parents Seamus and Brighid McGee from Donegal and Belfast, Bishop Magee was ordained priest for the Diocese of Paisley in 1989.

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BISHOP WILLIAM NOLAN Bishop of Galloway William Nolan was the fourth of 11 children born to William and Catherine Nolan in Craigneuk. He was ordained a priest in 1977.

CARDINAL CORMAC MURPHYO’CONNOR Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster Born in Reading, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor is the second most senior Catholic in Britain. One of six siblings, his parents were from Cork.

He lives in west London.

CANON TIM O’SULLIVAN VF Parish Priest St Mary’s, Derby Fr O’Sullivan was born in Massachusetts, before moving, aged two months, to Kerry. He studied for the priesthood at Kilkenny College and was ordained in 1961 for the Diocese of Nottingham.

BISHOP MARK O’TOOLE Bishop of Plymouth A former Private Secretary to Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, then Archbishop of Westminster, Bishop Mark O’Toole was born in London, with family roots in the west of Ireland.

SISTER RITA Presentation nun A native of Cork city, Sister Rita left for Britain at the age of 17. She joined the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A nun for 50 years, her life’s work has been crusading against poverty in Manchester. She now features in her own BBC One series Sister Rita to the Rescue.

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HEALERS Healthcare, medicine, veterinary & pharmaceuticals PROFESSOR NOEL FITZPATRICK Founder, Fitzpatrick Referrals Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, originally from Laois, opened Britain’s largest dedicated small animal orthopaedic and neuro-surgical veterinary practice in Surrey in 1997. He has featured in two episodes of ITV’s Heartbeat, both as a vet and a sheep rustler.

ANT HANLON Founder & CEO, Leeds Irish Health and Homes Ant Hanlon set up Leeds Irish Health and Homes, a charitable organisation to offer a variety of services and support to the community.

MARY HAUGHEY Deputy Chair of Norbrook Laboratories Mary Haughey, Baroness Ballyedmond, along with other family members, own Norbrook Laboratories, the world’s leading veterinary pharmaceutical company. It was founded by the late Lord Ballyedmond who died in a helicopter accident in 2014.

LIAM LEHANE Assistant Director of Operations Resilience, London Ambulance Service Educated at Bishop Ward Catholic School, London Liam Lehane has been Assistant Director for 22 years.

MAURICE MALONE CEO Birmingham Irish Association

Born in Birmingham to Irish parents, Malone has been with Birmingham Irish Association, formerly Irish in Birmingham, since 2004. He previously worked in Adult Social Care & Health for Birmingham City Council.

NORMAN McKINLEY Managing Director of Operations British Red Cross Norman McKinley, a graduate from Queens University Belfast also holds an MBA from the Ulster Business School at the University of Ulster. He now lives in Gloucestershire.

JOE MULLIGAN OBE Head of First Aid Education British Red Cross Joe Mulligan, originally from Callow, Co. Mayo, has been with the Red Cross for over 20 years. He lives in Bedfordshire.

EOIN O’NEILL Director of Sales and Customer Care, Aviva Healtcare A senior member of the Aviva Health Executive team, Eoin O’Neill also serves as Vice President of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce.

DES SHIELDS Chief Executive, Aspen Healthcare Originally from Donegal, Des Shields is the chief executive of Aspen Healthcare, offering patients a range of private healthcare and clinical services.

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EDUCATORS Teachers, professors, academics & charity BRIAN ARNOLD Teacher & Co-founder of HegartyMaths From Dublin, Brian Arnold is a qualified teacher who trained in London. Along with Colin Hegarty, he devised the concept of YouTube tutorials for maths.

PROFESSOR JIM BENNETT Retired Jim Bennett from Belfast was Director of the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford University, retiring in 2012. He has appeared in a number of television and radio documentaries and discussions.

DAME SUSAN JOCELYN BELL BURNELL Visiting Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford; Fellow of Mansfield College From Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Bell is an astrophysicist who discovered the first radio pulsars. The fact that Bell did not

receive recognition in the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics has been a point of controversy ever since.

ROSE CALDWELL Executive Director, Concern Worldwide UK Rose Caldwell is a qualified chartered accountant. She became Executive Director of Concern Worldwide UK in 2008.

PROFESSOR EAMON DUFFY Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge Professor Eamon Duffy, originally from Dundalk, Co. Louth, is a Fellow and former President of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is a regular broadcaster/ writer about religious matters on British media.

PROFESSOR MONICA GRADY Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University Professor Monica Grady is a high profile figure in scientific circles, at NASA and the European Space Agency. She was born in 1958 in Leeds as the eldest of eight children.

COLIN HEGARTY Teacher & Co-founder HegartyMaths With family roots in Clare and Mayo, Colin Hegarty is a qualified maths teacher with a first class degree from Oxford. In 2011 he teamed up with Brian Arnold to produce YouTube maths tutorials, now available globally.

PROFESSOR MARY HICKMAN Professorial Research Fellow at St. Mary’s University Twickenham

Liverpool-born Mary Hickman established the Irish Studies Centre at the former University of North London in 1986. Now based in St Mary’s University, she is also Professor Emeritus in Irish Studies and Sociology at London and a Trustee of the London Irish Centre.

PROFESSOR FRANK KELLY Director of the Analytical & Environmental Sciences Division Professor Frank Kelly holds the chair in Environmental Health at King’s College London, where he is Director of the Analytical & Environmental Sciences Division. He is from Belfast.

PROFESSOR JOHN KELLY Emeritus Research Fellow in English St John’s College, Oxford Educated at Trinity College Dublin —

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where he was a Foundation Scholar — and at Cambridge University, John Kelly has written extensively on 19th and 20th century literature and is General Editor of The Collected Letters of W.B Yeats.

PROFESSOR RALPH KENNA Deputy Director, Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University From Athlone, Professor Ralph Kenna has lived in England since 2002.

His research areas include critical phenomena, sociophysics and the ancient sagas of Ireland.

SIR ANTHONY JOHN PATRICK KENNY Philopher Sir Anthony Kenny has made a significant contribution to Analytical Thomism, a movement whose aim is to present the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas in the style of modern philosophy. He is a founder-member of The British-Irish Association RUTH KELLY Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise, St Mary’s College, Twickenham From Limavady, Co. Derry, Ruth Kelly was MP for Bolton West 1997-2010, and held various ministerial positions under Tony Blair. She is a member of Opus Dei. PROFESSOR MARY McALEESE Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies St Mary’s University, Twickenham Belfast-born Professor Mary McAleese served as the 8th President of Ireland from 1997-2011. She graduated in Law from Queen’s University Belfast in 1975.

PROFESSOR FRANCIS XAVIER McDONOUGH, Professor of International History, Liverpool John Moores University Professor Frank

McDonough is a respected historian.

His key area is international history, particularly Anglo-German relations in the 20th century.

PROFESSOR JOHN MITCHELL Former Chief Scientist, Met Office John Mitchell, from Downpatrick, Co. Down, is a leading world expert on climate change, serving as Chief Scientist at the Met Office, and on its Executive, for seven years. He now advises the current Chief Scientist.

PROFESSOR JOHN O’KEEFE Research scientist, University College London Professor John O’Keefe, with roots in Cork and Mayo, is a researcher in the field of neuroscience. He won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

PÓL Ó MÓRÁIN Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board, School of Management University of Bradford As well as his work at the University of Bradford, Pól Ó Móráin is a member of Irish Government’s Export Trade Council and a board member of the Irish International Business Network (IIBN).

PROFESSOR LANCE PETITT Professor and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies St Mary’s University, Twickenham Lance Petitt is an Englishman but with longestablished connections to Ireland, having studied in Dublin during the 1980s at University College Dublin.

PROFESSOR OF IRISH LIFE: Lance Petitt PROFESSOR LOUISE RICHARDSON Principal & Vice Chancellor, St Andrews Waterford-born Professor Louise Richardson is the first female principal of St. Andrews. A political scientist, and has written extensively on international politics and t errorism.

DR SEAN RYAN Lecturer in Biblical Studies Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Heythrop College, University of London. As well as his university duties, Ryan is a prolific writer on religious matters.

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PROFESSOR PETER SHIRLOW Director and Blair Chair,

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PROFESSOR FRANK SHOVLIN Head of Department, Institute of Irish Studies University of Liverpool Frank Shovlin, originally from Donegal, has been at the Institute of Irish Studies since 2000.

MICHAEL WALSH Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, writer Michael Walsh has family roots in Co. Cork. He writes extensively on religious matters.

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MOTIVATORS Club owners, sports players, managers & promoters HARRY ARTER Footballer Arter plays as a midfielder with AFC Bournemouth. Born in Sidcup, he is a Republic of Ireland international player.

LEON BEST Footballer Best is striker for Ipswich Town. Born in Nottingham he is a Republic of Ireland international player.

KYRAN BRACKEN Dancer, charity worker, former rugby player Kyran Patrick Bracken, born in Dublin, opted to play for England at rugby.

He was capped 51 times. After his rugby career he enjoyed a successful spell with Dancing on Ice. Currently he is an Honorary President of the rugby charity Wooden Spoon improving the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in Britain and Ireland. He is also an Ambassador of the Royal National Children’s Foundation.

BARONNESS KARREN BRADY CBE Sporting Executive, broadcaster, writer & Conservative Life Peer in the House of Lords Karren Brady was born in London to an Irish father and Italian mother. She is currently Vice-chair of West Ham United FC and appears on BBC’s The Apprentice alongside Lord Alan Sugar.

ROBBIE BRADY Footballer Dublin-born Brady currently plays for Norwich City. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at all levels.

GARY BREEN Football coach, former player Gary Patrick Breen is a former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. He won 63 caps for the Republic of Ireland, and played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. BRENDIE BRIEN Secretary of the Provincial Council of Britain GAA Originally from Co. Galway, Brendie Brien is formerly President of British GAA. TONY CASCARINO Sports pundit, journalist, former player Born in Kent, Tony Cascarino turned out 88 times for the Republic of Ireland.

Currently he is a sports presenter and journalist.

BOB CASEY CEO London Irish Rugby Football Club Bob Casey is a former Ireland rugby international who, after a 10-year playing career at London Irish, became CEO. Originally from Maynooth, he lives in Sunbury.

JACK CHARLTON Former international football coach, former player

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A member of England’s World Cup winning team of 1966, Charlton was manager of the Republic of Ireland soccer side for ten years. He was awarded honorary Irish citizenship in 1996.

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CIARAN CLARK Footballer Harrow-born Clark is a defender/ midfielder for Aston Villa. He is a regular Republic of Ireland player.

SÉAMUS COLEMAN Footballer Séamus Coleman from Killybegs, Donegal, was originally a Gaelic footballer, before beginning his football career with Sligo Rovers. Now with Everton, he is the current captain of the Republic of Ireland national side.

STEVE COLLINS Former boxer, farmer Dublin-born Stephen Collins has been WBO boxing world champion at middleweight and super-middleweight level. He now lives in St Albans, England where he has a farm, and has also done some acting.

SIMON COX Footballer Reading-born striker Simon Cox plays for Southend and the Republic of Ireland.

GREG CUNNINGHAM Footballer Galway-born Cunningham plays as a left back for Preston North End and the Republic of Ireland national team.

KENNY CUNNINGHAM Former footballer Dublin-born Cunningham made more than 500 appearances as a defender in the Football League and Premier League playing for Millwall, Wimbledon, Birmingham City and Sunderland. He turned out for the Republic 72 times.

MICK CROSSAN President London Irish Rugby & Chairman Powerday Chairman of recycling and waste management company Powerday, Mick Crossan is President of London Irish Rugby. He has also been officially recognised for his support and commitment to the London Amateur Boxing Association.

OLIVER DINGLEY Diver From Harrogate, Dingley qualified for the 2016 Olympics and gained an 8th place for Ireland. He qualifies for Irish nationality through an Irish born grandparent.

SHANE DUFFY Footballer Derry-born Shane Patrick Michael Duffy plays as a defender for English club Brighton & Hove Albion. He initially played for Northern Ireland at youth international level before switching to the Republic of Ireland.

KATIE-GEORGE DUNLEVY Cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy, whose father is from Donegal, competes for Ireland in cycling. Katie-George, who is blind, won gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in a team trial event.

ROB ELLIOT Footballer Elliot plays as goalkeeper for Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland national football team.

STEVE FINNAN Former footballer, property developer Limerick-born Finnan longest playing stint was with Fulham and Liverpool.

He turned out for the Republic 52 times.

In 2005 he was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, but was later cleared of all charges. Five years later and he was in The Gambia, providing irrigation for areas susceptible to drought.

He now lives in London and is involved in property development with a company called Finnan Developments.

KEVIN FOLEY Footballer Luton-born Kevin Patrick Foley plays as a defender for League One club Charlton Athletic. He is an international player for the Republic.

DAVID FORDE Footballer Forde, from Galway, is goalkeeper with Portsmouth and the Republic of Ireland.

DARRON GIBSON Footballer Darron Thomas Gibson, from Derry, plays as a defender for Everton, and is an international player for the Republic of Ireland.

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SHAY GIVEN Footballer Séamus John James Given, from Donegal, plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Stoke City. He announced his retirement from international football after having played 134 times for the Republic of Ireland— making him the Republic’s second most capped player of all time after Robbie Keane.

PAUL GREEN Footballer Paul Jason Green was born in Yorkshire.

He currently plays as a midfielder for League One club Oldham Athletic, and is a Republic of Ireland international player.

JEFF HENDRICK Footballer Dublin-born Jeffrey Patrick Hendrick plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Burnley and is a Republic of Ireland international player.

SEÁN HACKETT President of Provincial Council of Britain GAA Seán Hackett was born in Antrim, grew up in Tyrone, and moved to England in 1997. He has been associated with the GAA since the age of eight, and works as a real estate litigator.

WES HOOLAHAN Footballer Wes Hoolahan, born in Dublin, Hoolahan is a midfielder for Norwich City and is a Republic of Ireland international player.

RAY HOUGHTON Sports analyst, former player Raymond James “Ray” Houghton is a

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retired football player, and current analyst and commentator with RTÉ Sport. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Houghton qualified to play for Ireland through his Irish father. He was capped 73 times for the Republic.

CHRIS HUGHTON Manager Brighton & Hove Albion, former footballer Christopher Hughton, the son of an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father became, in 1979, the first mixed race player to represent the Republic of Ireland, winning 53 caps.

DAVID HUMPHREYS MBE Director of Rugby, Gloucester Rugby (since 2014) Belfast-born Humphreys played 72 times for Ireland, scoring 560 points. He has recently signed for Gloucester Rugby.

STEPHEN HUNT Former footballer Stephen Patrick Hunt played as a left midfielder or left back in the English League. Hunt won 39 caps for the Republic.

DENIS IRWIN Former footballer Denis Joseph Irwin from Cork played as a full-back from 1983 to 2004, mainly for Manchester United, who he turned out for 368 times. In addition, he gained 56 international caps for the Republic.

He now works as a sports presenter.

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PAT JENNINGS OBE Football coach Pat Jennings was born in Newry, Co. Down and is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers these islands have produced. He played 119 games for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper.

He lives in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, ED JOYCE Cricketer Dublin-born Ed Joyce is best known as the batsman who played for two different countries in successive World Cups. Joyce switched to England for the 2007 World Cup becoming the first Irishman in the modern game to play for England.

He switched back to Ireland for the next World Cup in 2011.

JOE KINNEAR Former footballer, manager Joseph Patrick Kinnear played as a defender, spending most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur. Born in Dublin, his family moved to England when he was seven, and young Joe was brought up on a council estate in Watford.

ROBBIE KEANE Footballer Ireland’s most capped player of all times with 146 caps, Robbie Keane spent his longest time in his club career with Tottenham Hotspur.

ROY KEANE Manager Roy Keane, from Cork, is the joint-most successful Irish footballer of all time, having won 19 major trophies, 17 of which came at Manchester United, in his club career. Currently the assistant

manager of the Republic of Ireland national side, he lives in Hale near Liverpool.

STEPHEN KELLY Footballer Dublin-born Stephen Kelly is a defender with Rotherham United. He has been capped for the Republic 38 times.

CORNELIUS LYSAGHT BBC horseracing correspondent From Irish aristocratic roots on both sides of his family (Lysaght and Nolan) Cornelius Lysaght took up the position of horseracing correspondent at the BBC in 2001.

DARRAGH MacANTHONY Chairman, Peterborough United Darragh MacAnthony took over as chairman at Peterborough United in 2006 at the age of 30, making him the youngest chairman in the Football League. MacAnthony has been involved in a range of businesses from satellite television to property.

AIDAN McGEADY Footballer Aiden McGeady began his league career with Celtic. He is now a winger for Preston North End. He has earned 86 caps for the Republic.

MARK McCALL Director of Rugby, Head Coach Saracens From Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, McCall is a former coach of Ulster. He played 13 times for the Ireland national rugby union team.

McCall has been the Saracens head coach since the 2010-2011 season.

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MICK McCARTHY Football manager, player Michael Joseph McCarthy, born in Barnsley, played 57 times for the Republic. He went on to manage the national side guiding them to the knock-out stages of the 2002 World Cup. McCarthy currently manages Ipswich Town.

BARRY McGUIGAN MBE President, Professional Boxing Association Finbar Patrick McGuigan, aka The Clones Cyclone, was the WBO world heavyweight champion in the featherweight division. Currently he is the CEO and founder of Cyclone Promotions, a sports promotions company. McGuigan, who lives in Whitstable, Kent, also works as a boxing pundit for Sky TV and is President, Professional Boxing Association.

SHANE McGUIGAN Boxing coach One of the youngest boxing coaches around – he’s still in his twenties – Shane McGuigan’s innovative training skills have been used to great effect with Carl Frampton. Shane is the son of Barry McGuigan.

PADDY McNALLY Founder Allsport Management Donegal-born Paddy McNally, a former racing driver, has now retired from the Formula 1 hospitality business having founded Formula 1 trackside advertising company Allsport Management. He owns the former Wiltshire home of James Bond author, Ian Fleming.

ANDREW McQUAID Director, Trinity Sports Management Trinity Sports Management is a leading athlete management company whose client list includes elite talent from 13 countries around the globe. The company was founded by Andrew McQuaid whose grandfather, father and brother all raced competitively and represented Ireland at international level.

PAUL McSHANE Footballer Paul McShane plays as a defender for Reading. The Wicklow man has played 33 times for the Republic.

KELLIE MALONEY Boxing promoter, manager Kellie Maloney (born Francis “Frank” Maloney in Peckham) managed Lennox Lewis to the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World. She underwent gender reassignment in 2014. Her parents are Irish, and in the past considered becoming a Catholic priest. In the London mayoral election in 2004, Maloney was the UKIP candidate.

TOM MOHAN Chairman, Tirchonnail Gaels From Frosses, Co. Donegal, Tom Mohan is also managing director of property company Reel Estates.

TERRY NEILL Sports commentator, businessman, former footballer Belfast-born Terry Neill captained and later managed Arsenal. He turned out 59 times for Northern Ireland. Since retiring from footballer Neill has

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opened sports bars and is involved in the Hub (London), a total media management company.

BRENDAN O’DOWDA FA Licensed Intermediary at Summit Sports Management Brendan O’Dowda helps professional footballers look after their business interests at Summit Sports Management. He was previously Assistant Chief Constable at Thames Valley Police. His father was the singer Brendan O’Dowda, famous for the definitive interpretation of Percy French songs.

FRANK O’FARRELL Former football manager, player Cork-born O’Farrell is the only Irishman to have been manager (1971-1972) of Manchester United in its long history. He played for Cork United, West Ham United, Preston North End and Weymouth before taking up a magerial career.

DAVID O’LEARY Former football manager, player O’Leary was born in Stoke Newington, London, but was brought up in Dublin after his family relocated. Most of O’Leary’s career was with Arsenal.

His tally of 722 appearances still stands as a club record. He was capped 98 times for the Republic.

MARTIN O’NEILL OBE Manager Republic of Ireland Born in Kilrea, Co. Derry, O’Neill studied law at Queen’s University Belfast before opting for a football career. He was capped 64 times for Northern Ireland; most of his club time was at Nottingham Forest, winning the European Cup twice. His managerial career has included spells at Leicester, Aston Villa, Celtic and Sunderland. He became manager of the Republic national side in 2013.

JOHN O’SHEA Former footballer Waterford-born John O’Shea, plays as a defender for Sunderland. He is, to date, the third most capped player for the Republic.

CONOR O’SHEA Head Coach, Italy Limerick-born Conor O’Shea, a former rugby player, represented Ireland, Lansdowne and London Irish. After six years as Director of Rugby with English side Harlequins, in early 2016 he left the club. In March it was announced he would become the head coach of the Italian national team.

NIALL QUINN Businessman, sports commentator, former footballer Originally a Gaelic footballer from Dublin, Niall Quinn was capped for the Republic of Ireland football side 98 times. After a long career at top English clubs, he became manager, then chairman at Sunderland. Today he is involved in various business ventures from IT to horse racing.

BRENDAN RODGERS Football manager Rodgers, from Carnlough on the Antrim coast, is currently manager of Celtic.

Beginning his career as a defender at

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ANTON RODGERS Footballer The son of Celtic manager Brendan Rogers, Anton – born in Reading – plays for Swindon Town. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at U19 level.

KEVIN SHEEDY, Football coach, former player Kevin Sheedy spent most of his playing career with Everton – with whom he won the FA Cup, European Cup Winners’ Cup and two Football League titles. Born in Wales, Sheedy played 46 times for the Republic of Ireland and scored the country’s first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup finals. He is now an academy coach for Everton.

STEVE STAUNTON Former footballer, manager Steve Staunton, from Co. Louth, earned 102 caps for the Republic before managing the national side. His playing career is particularly notable for his time with Aston Villa and Liverpool.

His most recent coaching job was with Sunderland.

PETER STRINGER Rugby player Peter Stringer from Cork played 98 times for Ireland in the number 9 position (hooker). He is currently with English side Sale.

ANDY TOWNSEND Sports commentator, former player Andy Townsend, from Maidstone in Kent, played in two World Cups for the Republic of Ireland, winning 70 caps.

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He is now a television and radio pundit.

GARY WADDOCK Football manager Gary Patrick Waddock (born on St Patrick’s Day 1962 in Kingsbury, London), is currently manager of Aldershot Town. He played 20 times for the Republic.

JON WALTERS Footballer Jon Walters plays as a striker for Premier side Stoke City. From Merseyside, he is a Republic of Ireland international player.

OLLIE WALSH GAA Brothers Pearse Club Secretary Ollie Walsh left his native Athenry in 1962 and has championed the GAA in Huddersfield over five decades, holding various positions in the Brothers Pearse GAA club.

STEPHEN WARD Footballer Stephen Robert Ward, from Dublin, plays for Burnely. He is a Republic of Ireland international player.

SUSAN WHELAN CEO Leicester City Dublin-born Susan Whelan began her career in the family jewellery store, moving on to work with Aer Rianta before taking up a number of retail jobs working internationally.

She has been CEO at Leicester City since 2011.

DAVE WHELAN Owner Wigan Athletic Dave Whelan, a former English league footballer, is owner of Whelan is owner of Championship club Wigan Athletic.

Whelan was born in Bradford, and raised in Wigan. His forebears come from Co. Tipperary.

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WORDSMITHS Publishers, writers & authors ADRIAN BRADY CEO Eulogy! Ltd As CEO of PR agency Eulogy! Adrian Brady helped Royal Mail dream up the idea of the Golden Post Boxes in the home-towns of London 2012 Olympic gold medallists.

CATHERINA CASEY Founder, Craic It Catherina Casey, from Bandon, Co. Cork is the former General Manager of the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith.

She founded Craic-It, a London Irish website two years ago.

STEPHEN QUINN Publishing Director of British Vogue From Kilkenny, Quinn has been at the helm of Vogue for almost a quarter of a century. He came to London more than 50 years ago, and trained as an accountant. He career has included stints on Nova, Conde Nast and Harpers & Queen.

MICK FEALTY Founder, Slugger O’Toole Mick Fealty is founding editor of the influential and widely read Slugger O’Toole. He also commentates on the impact of the Internet on politics and the wider media.

RORY GODSON Founder & CEO, Powerscourt Dublin-born Rory Godson began his career in journalism in the mid-1980s

and was a former deputy editor of the Sunday Tribune. Later he joined The Sunday Times and moved to London where he set up the financial PR company Powerscourt in 2004.

FELICITY HAYES-McCOY Writer & Co-founder, JHM Felicity Hayes-McCoy is a professional writer and former actress originally from Dublin. She founded JHM — an umbrella organisation for artistic projects. She now lives and works between Bermondsey, London and the Dingle Peninsula.

MARY HEANEY Managing Director, The Global Legal Post Originally from Newry, Co. Down Mary Heaney is an entrepreneur, journalist and publisher. She lives in London.

ELGIN LOANE Owner, The Irish Post Owner of the biggest-selling newspaper to the Irish in Britain and the website irishpost.co.uk, which has an impressive 500,000 unique visitors from Britain, Ireland and the US. Other business interests include digital printing and design services The Color Company, luxury bespoke stationers The Wren Press as well as entertainment, celebrity and lifestyle website loaded.co.uk. The Cork-born businessman lives in London.

LEGAL MIND: Mary Heaney

GROUNDBREAKERS Construction, waste management, energy & engineers BRIAN ACHESON CEO Dornan Engineering Ltd Educated at Dublin City University, Brian Acheson has overseen some of Dornan’s high profile projects which has seen turnover to increase to well over £200million.

MATTHEW BEHAN CEO, Barhale plc Behan joined Barhale in 2016. He was previously CFO at PJ Hegarty & Son. STEPHEN BOWCOTT Managing Director Ireland & UK, John Sisk & Son Stephen Bowcott has more than 40 years of experience in the construction industry. He was educated at City University, London.

ANGELA BRADY OBE Architect

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Director, Brady Mallalieu Dublin-born Angela Brady founded her London-based firm over 30 years ago.

She is a former President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

PAUL BRUTON, Joint Managing Director, Bennett Construction Bennett Construction is an international family-owned construction services company with offices and projects in London, Dublin and Germany. Founded in 1917 in Mullingar, Bennett first entered the British and particularly the London market in the mid 1980s.

JEREMY BROWNE Executive Chairman, J Browne Construction Ltd Trinity College Dublin graduate, Jeremy Browne leads civil engineering and utility company J Browne Construction.

JEREMY BROWNLEE Founder & Managing Director, Pump Technology Ltd Pump Technology Ltd was set up in 1992 and is still led today by Jeremy Brownlee. The Berkshire-based company is also a leading supporter of Irish community groups, among them London Irish Rugby.

MICHAEL BYRNE CEO Byrne Group Michael Byrne is CEO of the Byrne Group. The Teddington-based construction and engineering firm was founded by brothers Patsy and Johnny Byrne in 1969.

Company projects include The Shard, Canary Wharf and the O2 Arena.

CAREY BROTHERS, Carey Group plc Brothers John, Tom and Pat Carey, from

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Ballyporeen in Co. Tipperary, established the Carey Group in 1969.

With its head office in Wembley the construction and demolition company have operations across Britain and Ireland.

JOHN CAREY JR Managing Director, Seneca & Careys New Homes John Carey Jr joined the Carey Group in 1980. He is the founder of resource recovery company, Seneca.

DERMOT CLANCY Joint Chairman, The Clancy Group plc, trading as Clancy Dowcra The Clancy Group plc was founded by Michael Clancy as

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M.J. Clancy & Sons Ltd in 1958. Almost 60 years later the business is one of the most successful family-owned construction firms in Britain.

KEVIN CLANCY Joint Chairman, The Clancy Group plc See above for The Clancy Group.

JAMES COFFEY Founder, Managing Director J Coffey Group James Coffey founded the construction company J Coffey Group in 1991.

BRIAN COMER Chair of UK Operations, The Comer Group From Glenamaddy in Co. Galway, Brian Comer set up one of Europe’s most successful property companies with his brother Luke. They moved to London in 1984 and Brian now lives in Hertfordshire.

LUKE COMER Chair of European Operations The Comer Group From Glenamaddy, Co. Galway, Luke Comer set up a plastering firm with his brother Luke, which turned into a £2billion enterprise. He lives in Monaco, but spends much of his time in London.

MICHALE CONWAY Chief Executive Officer, FM Conway Michael was appointed as Managing Director in 1981, upon his father, Frank Conway’s retirement, and has developed the business from its origins of a highway maintenance contractor into the business it is today. Renowned for his vision, innovation and determination, over the last 30 years Michael has gained a reputation for his progressive approach to construction industry recycling and sustainability.

SEAMUS KEOGH CEO, The Clancy Group plc, trading as Clancy Dowcra From Callan in Co. Kilkenny, Seamus Keogh was appointed to the Board of M.J. Clancy Ltd and R.E. Docwra Ltd in 1999. He lives in Enfield.

EAMON CONNEELY Chairman & CEO Conneely Construction Eamon Conneely, from Galway, founded the Conneely Group in Dublin in 1985 as a plastering and partitioning subcontractor. The London offices were opened in 2006.

TOM FERNCOMBE Founder and Chairman of Cappagh Group Tom Ferncombe founded Cappagh Contactors Construction in 1973. The company has a huge portfolio of blue chip customers from Thames Water to Southern Gas.

STEPHEN CREANER Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Group Managing Director, Grosvenor Cleaning Services Ltd Stephen Creaner has 30 years experience in the sector. The company operates across Britain, Ireland and the US.

SEAN FITZPATRICK Executive Chairman, VGC Group Cavan native Sean Fitzpatrick has guided VGC into a major provider of services.

Previously a teacher at The Cardinal Wiseman in Greenford he is Chairman of the Board at Botwell School, and Trustee and Treasurer for the AP Taylor Trust and Harlington Hospice.

DENNIS CURRAN Chairman, Barhale plc Dennis Curran founded Barhale in 1980 as a specialist tunnelling contractor.

Today Barhale provides civil engineering services to a wide range of construction and infrastructure sectors.

PHILIP CUSACK Managing Director, PF Cusack (Tool Supplies) Ltd PF Cusack is one of Britain’s leading suppliers of contractors’ tools, personal protective equipment, signage and traffic management products.

DENIS DEACY Group Managing Director, Carey Group plc Denis Deacy was appointed as Group Managing Director of the Carey Group in 2010.

TIM DEVLIN Managing Director, Clifford Devlin Tim Clifford has been with demolition business Clifford Devlin since 1978.

TREVOR DIVINEY Co-Founder, Ground Construction Ltd With roots in Donegal and Wexford, Diviney co-founded Ground Construction in 1997 with Tipperary man Paddy Shanahan.

CLARE DUFFY General Manager, UK ESB Investments Clare Duffy has extensive experience in power systems engineering industry in both Britain and the US. She was appointed manager in 2011.

MICHAEL FERNCOMBE Managing Director, Cappagh Group The family-owned Cappagh Group civil engineering and waste management firm was established in the 1960s. Michael oversees both Cappagh Contractors and Cappagh Public Works.

PAT GALLAGHER Chairman, Gallagher Group Ltd After 44 years in business the Gallagher Group has established itself as Kent’s premier building, civil engineering, quarrying and property business.

Privately-owned and family-run, the company began as a civil engineering and groundworks contractor, founded

by Leitrim native Pat Gallagher in 1973.

DONAL GALLAGHER Managing Director, The Galldris Group Donal Gallagher co-founded Galldris Construction with his business partner Sean O’Driscoll in 1998. It now boasts a total workforce of more than 500.

AARON GAUGHAN Managing Director, Gaughan Services Aaron Gaughan left his native Mayo aged 11 when his parents moved to London.

He founded Gaughan Services age 21.

THOMAS HALLIGAN Director, Total Plant Hire Ltd Based in Manchester, Total Plant Hire operates a fleet of excavators to a variety of private and public works contractors.

AIDAN HEAVEY CEO, Tullow Oil plc Roscommonborn CEO Aidan Heavey heads up the Chiswick headquartered company founded in Tullow. Co. Carlow

BROTHERS: Brian and Luke Comer

SHANE KELLY Manager of Operational Readiness at Vattenfall Kelly, who is a graduate from the National University of Ireland, Galway, has been with Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest energy producers, since September2016. He is also a board member of the London Irish Business Society.

SEAMUS KEOGH CEO, The Clancy Group plc, trading as Clancy Dowcra From Callan in Co. Kilkenny, Seamus Keogh was appointed to the Board of M.J. Clancy Ltd and R.E. Docwra Ltd in 1999. He lives in Enfield.

EAMON LYNAM Director, Kylemore Services Ltd Eamon Lynam, who attended Salvatorian College School in Harrow Weald, has been director at Kylemore, a specialist building services contractor, for 19 years. High profile projects that have had a Kylemore involvement include the London Olympic Stadium and BBC Broadcasting House.

CORMAC McCRANN Managing Director of Canary Wharf Contractors Ltd Born and raised in Dublin, after college, in 1982 as a young quantity surveyor, MacCrann left Ireland bound for a Dutch construction site in Iran, Today, after 27 years, he is the company’s Managing Director of with responsibility for project management and construction of Canary Wharf’s projects both on and off the Canary Wharf estate.

NIALL McLAUGHLIN Founder, Niall McLaughlin Architects Born in 1962 in Geneva, Switzerland, Niall McLaughlin grew up in Ireland and studied architecture at University College Dublin before heading to London in the late 1980s. He won Young British Architect of the Year in 1998 and this year’s RIBA Charles Jencks Award.

TOM MITCHELL Founder, T Mitchell & Co Plant Hire Tom Mitchell was born in Maugherow, Co. Sligo in 1944. He moved to London in 1963, starting out on his own in 1973. His company now offers a full range of modern plant operated or self-drive throughout the south-east of England.

MICHAEL MORAN Founder, MP Moran & Sons Ltd In 1976, having spotted a gap in the market, Michael opened a hardware store on Kilburn’s busy High Road, which flourished and set up the foundation for a group that would eventually employ over 180 people. Today his stores provide everything from materials for major building projects to equipment for garden landscaping.

SEAN MULRYAN Chairman, Ballymore Group As 2014’s Irish Post Outstanding Contribution to Business in Britain

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award-winner Sean Mulryan is the founder and chairman of the international property development company, Ballymore Group.

He founded Ballymore Group in 1982 at the age of 26.

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TOM O’BRIEN Founder O’Halloran O’Brien Ltd Since its incorporation in 1972, O’Halloran O’Brien has expanded from a small groundworks subcontractor to a major multi-disciplined contractor.

The company’s clients include Berkeley Homes and Taylor Wimpey.

RONAN O’BRIEN Quantitative Analyst, Lacima Group Lacima is a leading company in the energy trading and risk management.

O’Brien, who gained his degree at the University of Warwick, is also a board member of the London Irish Business Society.

PAUL O’DONNELL Managing Director, Pod-Trak Ltd Pod-Trak is a privately owned company established in 2007 and since then has grown steadily to provide in-house design, management labour and OTP caoabilities, having started as a specialist labour supplier to carry out conductor rail renewals on the Docklands Light Railway.

JACQUELINE O’DONOVAN Managing Director O’Donovan Waste Disposal Ltd O’Donovan (Waste Disposal) Ltd was founded by Joe O’Donovan from west Cork in the 1950s. Joe died suddenly in 1985, and his family took over the business. Industry award-winner Jacqueline O’Donovan is now Managing Director of the company, which is now one of London’s largest and leading independent waste management firms.

SEAN O’DRISCOLL Managing Director The Galldris Group Sean O’Driscoll co-founded Galldris Construction with his business partner Dónal Gallagher in 1998. The pair originally operated from an office within their homes but with a can-do attitude they have gone on to build a hugely successful firm with longstanding client relationships.

DERMOT O’GRADY Founder, Ardent Tide Contracting Solutions Company Ardent Tide is one of the largest CIS payroll companies in Britain.

Dermot O’Grady has also been honoured with the Freedom of the City of London.

MICHAEL QUINN Owner & Director Kylemore Ltd With over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry Michael Quinn is the owner and director of Kylemore Services Ltd with Eamon Lynam, who is also the founder of sister company, Quants Surveying Services LLP. DAVID REILLY Financial Director, John Reilly Civil Engineering Ltd Established by three brothers in 1986

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as a civil engineering and groundworks company, over the years John Reilly Civil Engineering has grown and developed from its Hampshire and Dorset base to much of the south of England.

JOHN REILLY Chairman, John Reilly Civil Engineering Ltd Established by three brothers in 1986 as a civil engineering and groundworks company, over the years John Reilly Civil Engineering has grown and developed from its Hampshire and Dorset base to much of the south of England.

MICHAEL REILLY Managing Director, John Reilly Civil Engineering Ltd Established by three brothers in 1986 as a civil engineering and groundworks company, over the years John Reilly Civil

Engineering has grown and developed from its Hampshire and Dorset base to much of the south of England.

BRENDAN RINEY MBE Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, JB Riney & Co Ltd Kerry man Brendan Riney founded civil engineering company in East London over 30 years ago.

GERRY ROCHFORD Director Rochford Construction Ltd Founded in 1986, Gerry Rochford is one of the directors at Rochford who has helped steer the family-owned company to success.

Founded in 1986 the firm has grown from a traditional paving contractor into a well-respected Groundworks RC Frames and Paving Contractor.

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STEPHEN WALSH Chairman, The Walsh Group Headquartered in London and with a reputation for excellence, the group estimates 85 per cent of its work is from repeat business. One of its latest residential projects, Cobalt Lane in Battersea, has been shortlisted in the Community or Residential Structures category of the 2016 Structural Engineering Awards.

MIKE WRIGHT Managing Director PHD Modular Access Services Ltd PHD Scaffolding was founded by Bernard Dwyer in 1984 in Middlesex.

Iconic projects have included The Houses of Parliament; Terminal 2: Dublin Airport; London Olympics 2012 and the recent QEOP Stadium Transformation for West Ham United.

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IN BUSINESS 2016 INDEX SCREENPLAYERS DANNY BOYLE Film director SIR KENNETH BRANAGH Director, producer, scriptwriter, actor AMANDA BURTON Actor LEON BUTLER Scriptwriter, filmmaker and producer STEVE COOGAN Actor FRANK COTRELL-BOYCE Scriptwriter, author MICHAEL CRAWFORD Actor JAMIE DORNAN Actor, musician HELEN FLANAGAN Actor ORLA FITZGERALD Actor ANNA FRIEL Actor SIR MICHAEL GAMBON CBE Actor CONLETH HILL Actor RONAN HILL Sound Engineer AMY HUBBARD Casting director DAN HUBBARD Casting director ROS & JOHN HUBBARD Founders Hubbard Casting MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY Actor, singer, songwriter STEPHEN KENNEDY Actor RYAN KELLY Actor CHARLES LAWSON Actor JOE McGANN Actor MARK McGANN Actor PAUL McGANN Actor STEPHEN McGANN Actor, writer JIMMY McGOVERN Screenwriter, producer CONOR MCPHERSON Playwright MICHAEL MALONEY Actor NEIL MORRISSEY Actor JAMES NESBITT OBE Actor LINDA NOLAN Actor, singer MAUREEN NOLAN Actor, singer KELLY O’CONNOR Founder & Director Irish Film London SEAN O’CONNOR Television editor and producer PAUL O’GRADY MBE Television & radio presenter, actor, writer EMERALD O’HANRAHAN Actor DAVID PATRICK O’HARA Actor RACHEL O’RIORDAN Artistic Director, The Sherman Theatre SHANE RICHIE Actor IMELDA STAUNTON CBE Actor AIDAN TURNER Actor

CREATORS DUNCAN CAMPBELL Artist, film-maker CONOR CLINCH Photographer DAMIAN HIRST Artist MICHAEL LANDY Artist JOHN MINIHAN Photographer PATRICK MURPHY Artist & curator BARBARA STANLEY Founder, Barbara Stanley Gallery BRIAN WHELAN Artist

ENTERTAINERS AISLING BEA Actor, comedian, actor, writer FRANKIE BOYLE Comedian KATHY BURKE Actor, comedian, writer, theatre director ED BYRNE Comedian JIMMY CARR Comedian ROISIN CONATY Comedian JIMMY CRICKET Comedian DECLAN DONNELLY OBE Television presenter SHARON HORGAN Actor, writer and producer GRAHAM LINEHAN Scriptwriter ARTHUR MATHEWS Scriptwriter ANDREW MAXWELL Comedian PAULINE McLYNN Comedian, actor, novelist PAUL MERTON Comedian, broadcaster, writer ANTHONY MCPARTLIN OBE Television presenter

DYLAN MORAN Comedian, actor, writer PHILIP MORROW Managing Director, Wild Rover Productions TONY SLATTERY Comedian, actor MARIA SCHWEPPE Founder London Irish Comedy Festival GRAHAM NORTON Presenter, actor, broadcaster DARA Ó BRIAIN Comedian, broadcaster CHRIS O’DOWD Comedian, actor ARDAL O’HANLON Comedian, actor DERMOT O’LEARY Presenter JARLETH REGAN Comedian, podcaster ROY WALKER Comedian, presenter, actor

CONNECTORS TIM COLLINS OBE CEO & co-founder, New Century, former soldier SINEAD CONLON Client Solutions Manager, Facebook BERNARD DOHERTY CEO & co-founder of LD Communications KARL DUFFY Client Partner & Director, BT Global Services DECLAN GANLEY Chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks ALAN GLEESON Head of Sales & Marketing at Keelvar.com JONATHAN GREY Founder/CEO, Ovation Incentives BLÁTHNAID HEALY UK Editor, Mashable TOMMY HUTCHINSON Founder & CEO i-genius; co-founder Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces GERRY KEANY Founder Cara Stationery IAN KEARNEY ITV Senior Producer TIM KELLY Founder & Chairman, Kelly Group HOWARD KINGSTON Co-founder @Adludio and Startup Remarkable JOHN LEAHY Operations Director, Zutec Technologies Ltd MICHAEL LYNCH Co-founder, Autonomy Corporation MARY McKENNA MBE Technology entrepreneur & angel investor SIR DAVID McMURTRY Co-founder of Renishaw plc CONOR McNICHOLAS Co-founder, CEO, AllTogetherNow JOHN McVEIGH Managing Director, Instalcom Ltd MAURICE MARTIN Director, Server and Cloud Business at Microsoft

NETWORKERS ANNE ARCHIUDEAN Attaché, Embassy of Ireland, London CLARE BROSNAN Press Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London MARY CLANCY Co-founder Women’s Irish Network ETTA COHEN OBE Founder Forward Ladies NOELEEN CURRAN First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London BARBARA CULLINANE Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland, London MARINA DONOHOE Director UK and Northern Europe Enterprise Ireland NORA DELANEY Third Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London KARL DUFFY Chair, London Irish Business Society JACKY DWYER Chair of Leeds St Patrick’s Day Parade MÁIRE FARRELL Attaché, Embassy of Ireland, London NIALL FITZGERALD KBE Businessman KEVIN FITZPATRICK Managing Director St Kentigern’s Social Club KAY FORREST Vice Chair, Coventry Irish Society MICHAEL FORDE Director, Irish World Heritage Centre CECILIA GALLAGHER Chair, Women’s Irish Network NOELETTE HANLEY Chief Officer Luton Irish Forum TONY HENNIGAN Chair, Mayo Manchester Tourism & Business MICHAEL KEAVENEY Regional Director UK and Ireland, The Conference Board

KATE McCARTHY Secretary, Coventry Irish Society SIMON McCARTHY Manager, Coventry Irish Society SEAMUS McGARRY Director Irish Cultural Centre MARY McCARTY First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London SÉADHNA MacHUGH Third Secretary Embassy of Ireland, London PETER McNULTY CEO Irish in Britain JENNIE McSHANNON Organisational Consultant, Tavistock Consulting GAVIN McWHIRTER UK Manager Software, Services, Life Sciences and Consumer, Enterprise Ireland in Britain JANET MATTHEWSON CEO, Young Barnet Foundation SEAN MORIARTY Vice Chair, Kerry Association London DECLAN MORRIN Counsellor, Irish Embassy, London DANIEL MULHALL Irish Ambassador to Britain MARY MURPHY Co-ordinator Derby Rose Centre MIKE MURPHY Executive Director Co-operation Ireland GB PAT MURPHY Founder Nottingham Irish Studies Group PATRICK MORRISON Chair, Irish in Britain ALMA NÍ CHOIGLIGH First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London DEIRDRE O’BYRNE Chair of Nottingham Irish Studies Group, Lecturer in Irish Literature, Loughborough University DONAL O’CONNELL Attaché, Embassy of Ireland, London FRANCES O’GRADY General Secretary, British TUC JIM O’HARA Chair, Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith DANNY O’SULLIVAN Chair, Kerry Association TERRY O’SULLIVAN First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London LEMBIT ÖPIK Director of Communications Motorcycle Action Group CHRIS RUANE Community worker CAROLINE SAVAGE Attaché, Embassy of Ireland, London DON SEXTON Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland, London CHRISTIE POWER Manager, Leeds Irish Centre JACK TROW Chair, Irish Heritage Foundation Scotland CATHERINE WILEY Founder Catholic Grandparents’ Association MARTINA WINTOUR Chair, Jersey Irish Society

NUMBER CRUNCHERS ORLA BANCE Director of OB Business Solutions and Alchemy Business UK Group JIM BARRETT Director Julius Baer HUGH BEATTIE Partner, McCann Fitzgerald DAVID BOAL Managing Director, Siguler Guff PAT BUTLER Partner, Resolution Financial Markets MARK CARNEY Governor of the Bank of England MARK CARRIGAN Managing Director, Ireland Fund of Great Britain MICHELLE CONAGHAN Head of Emerging Business Europe & UK, IDA Ireland ANDREW COPPEL CBE Independent Non-Executive Chairman, Dolphin Capital Investors Ltd

BREON CORCORAN Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Paddy Power Betfair.

DAVID D’ALTON Co-founder and UK Consultant Director, British Irish Chamber of Commerce, DIARMUID DENNEHY Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley DERMOT DESMOND Businessman ROSS FINEGAN Founder & Partner Lonsdale BASIL GEOGHEGAN Partner PJT Partners, Irish Aviation Authority RICHARD HENRY Chief Sales Officer Lex Risk Solutions PAUL HERNON Vice President, Recovery and Resolution Planning, State Street SARAH JANE HUTCHINSON Business Development Executive, CEO’s Office, IDA Ireland COLM KELLEHER President, Morgan Stanley JOE KELLIHER Life President, Kelliher Insurance Group HARRY KEOGH Regional Managing Director & Head of London, Coutts & Co. GILLIAN LAWLESS Project Executive, IDA Ireland COLM LYON Founder, Fire Financial Services SEAN McDONAGH Group Managing Director Tony McDonagh & Co Ltd/North London Insurance Group BERNARD McEVOY Partner, Brown Rudnick JOHN McGRANE Director General, British Irish Chamber of Commerce GERALDINE McKENNA Advisor, Cedar Capital Partners DANIEL McMAHON Head of Irish Desk, Corporate Foreign Exchange, World First MARTIN MOCKLER Managing Partner Evans Mockler ADRIAN MULRYAN Partner, Arthur Cox London DAMON OLDCORN Managing Partner, Oldcorn & Oldcorn LLP LAURA O’CALLAGHAN Recruiter, Enterprise Applications, Consulting at Deloitte UK BRIAN O’CONNELL Consultant Director British Irish Chamber of Commerce BRIAN O’CONNELL Investment Analyst, Alcentra

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JAIME LEE O’CONNELL ICAP Securities and Derivatives Exchange DERMOT O’GRADY Chief Executive, Ardent Tide Ltd GERARD O’KEEFFE Head of Allied Irish Bank (GB) DAVID O’REILLY Managing Director of Hampton Court Capital MICHAEL O’TOOLE Managing Director, Global Head of Enterprise Production Management, Morgan Stanley MICHAEL ROCHE Senior Partner St James’s Place Wealth Management PAUL PRICE Head of International Distribution Morgan Stanley Investment CONOR REDMOND Client Integration Manager, CreditInfo ANDY ROGERS Consultant Director British Irish Chamber of Commerce PAUL RUDDLE Founding partner of PMM Partners LIZ SHANAHAN Co-founder & Executive Chair, Reconfiguration and Engagement Partners Ltd PETER SLATTERY Head of Corporate Business, Allied Irish Bank plc (UK) MARTIN SHANAHAN CEO, IDA Ireland PETER SUTHERLAND KCMG Businessman NADIM SADEK Entrepreneur MARK STOKES Senior Associate, Teneo MICHAEL WALSH Managing Director at Mirexa Capital

STARMAKERS ROSALEEN BLAIR Founder & CEO, Alexander Mann Solutions ÁINE CONNELLAN Group Marketing Manager (UK & Ireland) Morgan McKinley MAURICE DUFFY Founder & CEO, Global Blackswan Ltd RICHARD EARDLEY Managing DIrector, Hays Ireland RORY GODSON Founder, Powerscourt Ltd MICHAEL HEGARTY Co-Director UK Recruiting Ltd PATRICK JOSEPH KEARY Director, PJ Keary Ltd DENIS NOLAN Founder, Manguard Plus Ltd DARRAGH O’BRIEN Co-founder, UK Recruiting

TRAILBLAZERS ANDY BOLAND CEO, Addison Lee DECLAN COLLIER CEO London City Airport MIKE de COURCEY Founder & Managing Director, Travel de Courcey GERRY FLYNN Founder Enjoy Travel MICHAEL GOOLEY CBE Founder & Chairman Trailfinders JOHN GRIFFIN Founder, Addison Lee LIAM GRIFFIN Vice Chair, Addison Lee MICHAEL KINGSTON Partner, DWF law firm VANESSA MARKEY Head of Great Britain Tourism Ireland CAROLYN McCALL CEO easyJet PAUL O’DONNELL Managing Director Pod Trak WILLIE WALSH CEO International Airlines Group Dublin-born

TRENDSETTERS EIMEAR VARIAN BARRY Fashion blogger and Instagramer PIXIE GELDOF Model, singer SLIM BARRETT Jewellery designer and artist EMMA CANNING Co-founder, Brilliant Inc DERVLA COGAN Co-founder Brilliant Inc PAUL COSTELLOE Founder, Paul Costelloe Design Ltd LIAM FAHY Designer & Founder Liam Fahy London JASMINE GUINNESS Designer ORLA KIELY Designer LOUISE KENNEDY CEO Louise Kennedy ANN MARIE MCDONAGH Founder Serenity and Grace CATHERINE ORPEN GALIS Managing Director, Orpen Design Solutions Ltd SIMONE ROCHA Fashion designer PAURIC SWEENEY Founder, Pauric Sweeney Ltd DR LEAH TOTTON Founder, Dr Leah Cosmetic Skin Clinics PHILIP TREACY OBE Milliner & Founder, Philip Treacy Ltd

EDDIE O’KANE Founder, O’Kane Irish Foods PAUL REENAN Managing Director, John West Foods DAVID COLLINS Marketing Director, Great National Hotels and Resorts RICHARD CORRIGAN Chef and restaurateur CIARAN FAHY CEO, Ellerman Hotels LIZ FLANNELLY Owner, Flannelly’s Club NED GUINNESS, EARL OF IVEAGH, Farmer, restaurateur CHRIS GALVIN Restaurateur & Co-founder, Galvin Restaurants JEFF GALVIN Restaurateur & Co-founder, Galvin Restaurants ROBIN GILL Restaurateur & chef, The Dairy Group SARAH GILL Restaurateur RITA GILLIGAN MBE Former waitress now roving ambassador with The Hard Rock Café PAUL HANNAGEN Owner and director, Cuisson FINBAR HOLIAN Founder, Greencoats Ltd ALAN KEERY Restaurateur GARY KEERY Co-proprietor The Cereal Killer Café, Shoreditch PAT KING CEO The Doyle Collection AOIFE LEDWIDGE Restaurateur, Co-founder The J+A Café JOHANNA LEDWIDGE Restaurateur, Co-founder The J+A Café TIMOTHY RANDALL MARTIN Founder, JD Wetherspoon plc TOMMY MORAN Director Moran Hospitality ANDREW NOONE General Manager, Hard Rock Cafe JOHN NUGENT CEO, Green & Fortune OLIVER PEYTON CEO Peyton & Byrne Ltd SIOBHÁN PEYTON Managing Director Peyton & Byrne Ltd SHAUN PREECE Manager Birmingham Irish Centre GERRY O’BRIEN Publican, Churchill Arms London JOHN SCANLON General Manager, 45 Park Lane

MUSIC MAKERS STEVE ABBOTT Producer, promoter and artist manager SUSAN BOYLE Singer KEVIN BURKE Musician PATRICK CALLAGHAN Development Officer Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Scotland CARA DILLON Singer, songwriter ELVIS COSTELLO Singer, songwriter DANNY DOHERTY Founder Doherty Academy of Irish Dancing DONOVAN Singer, songwriter PATRICK DOYLE Composer JOHNNY FEAN Musician MICHAEL FLATLEY Dancer JOHN GILHOOLEY Artistic Director, Wigmore Hall DÓNAL GALLAGHER Director, Strange Music Ltd LIAM AND NOEL GALLAGHER Musicians NIALL

GALLAGHER Chairman Irish Heritage THERESA GALLAGHER-MURPHY Scottish Regional Chair, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann BOB GELDOF Musician & campaigner JEM FINER Singer, songwriter, musician NIALL HORAN Singer DILLIE KEANE Singer, songwriter LOUISE KEEGAN Founder, Keegan Academy of Irish Dancing JAMES KEEGAN Dancer MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN Choreographer JOHN LYDON Singer, songwriter SHANE MacGOWAN Singer, songwriter GARETH MALONE OBE Choirmaster & Broadcaster MORRISSEY Singer, songwriter ANN MURRAY Opera singer TONY MURRAY Director of the Irish Studies Centre MICHAEL NEVIN Chair, Provincial Council of Britain for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann ANNE NOLAN Singer, actor DENISE NOLAN Singer, actor JOHN NOLAN Co-founder and Chair of the Celtic and Irish Cultural Society MIKE NOLAN Singer CHARLIE O’CONNOR Member of Horslips JOE O’DONNELL Musician JULIE O’HARE Secretary, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Britain KEVIN O’HARE Director of The Royal Ballet GILBERT O’SULLIVAN Singer, songwriter CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN Singer, songwriter, musician VINCE POWER Entertainment impresario KEVIN ROWLAND Singer, songwriter KAREN RYAN Musician, teacher, promoter ED SHEERAN Singer, songwriter TOM SPRINGFIELD Singer, songwriter, record producer CAITRIONA WALSH Founder Irish Film Orchestras, singer LOUIS WALSH Impresario, TV personality GAY WOODS Singer

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UNDERTAKERS PAUL FURLONG Funeral director, Patrick Ryan & Daughter DESMOND MAGUIRE Owner & MD Desmond Maguire Funeral Directors

LAWMAKERS IAN ACHESON Legal system observer GRACE AYLWARD Solicitor, Herbert Smith Freehills ALAN BURKE Corporate Partner, White & Case LOUIS BURKE Head of Mason Hayes Curran’s London Office DERMOT CASEY Barrister, Coram Chambers London MAIRIN CASEY Coroner, Nottingham MICK CREEDON Chief Constable, Derbyshire Constabulary ALAN DAVIS Partner, Jones Day SIMON EDENS Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire DAVID ENGLISH Customer Contact Advisor, Independent Police Complaints Commission KATHLEEN GARRETT Partner, Arthur Cox, London KEVIN GALLAGHER Digital Change Director, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service PROFESSOR CONOR GEARTY Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics PATRICK HARTE Barrister, Temple Gardens CAROLINE HAUGHEY Barrister, Furnival Chambers BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY Barrister, broadcaster STEPHEN KEOGH Partner & Head of William Fry London SINEAD MAC LUA Senior Lawyer, Practice Head GB Business Banking & NI Businesses, Bank of Ireland MARY KAYE Partner, Shakespeare Martineau ANDY KERMAN Senior Partner, Kerman & Co. VALERIE LAWLOR Partner, McCann Fitzgerald RONAN MAGUIRE Principle Solicitor & Director, Maguires Solicitors PROFESSOR AILEEN McCOLGAN Professor of Human Rights Law at King’s College London TONY McDAID Practice Director, No5 Chambers GRÁINNE MELLON Barrister, Garden Court Chambers ANNA MULLINS Solicitor, Forsters LLP SEAN O’REGAN Analyst, Goldman Sachs DANIEL O’CONNELL Co-founder & Managing Partner, Kerman & Co. GREG Ó CEALLAIGH Barrister, Garden Court Chambers MAEVE O’ROURKE Barrister, Thomas Bingham Chambers CLIONA O’TUAMA Founder, Cliona O’Tuama GARETH PEIRCE Lawyer & human rights activist KIRSTY ROGERS Executive Partner (Manchester) & Head of Client Development, DWF SEAN SEXTON Founding Partner, MSB Solicitors

POWER BROKERS JONATHAN AITKEN Former Conservative minister PADDY ASHDOWN Former leader of the Liberal Democrats KEVIN BRENNAN MP Cardiff West (Labour) CONOR BURNS MP Bournemouth (Conservative) BREFFNEY COGAN Corporate Communications and Policy Lead at Deliveroo DAMIAN COLLINS MP Folkestone and Hythe (Conservative) MARY CREAGH MP Wakefield (Labour) JON CRUDDAS MP Dagenham and Rainham (Labour) FEARGAL DALTON Councillor, Glasgow JIM DOWD MP Lewsiham West and Penge (Labour) JACK DROMEY MP Birmingham Erdington (Labour) PAUL FARRELLY MP Newcastle-under-Lyme (Labour) GEORGE GALLOWAY Politician, broadcaster, writer PATRICK GRADY MP Glasgow North (SNP) KATE HOEY MP Vauxhall SIOBHAIN McDONAGH MP, Mitcham and Morden (Labour) BARONNESS MARGARET McDONAGH

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Management consultant PAT McFADDEN MP Wolverhampton South East (Labour) PATRICK McLOUGHLIN MP West Derbyshire (Conservative) CAROL MONAGHAN MP Glasgow North West (SNP)

STORYTELLERS FIONA AUDLEY Managing Editor, The Irish Post JACQUIE BELTRAO Sky Sports Presenter ENDA BRADY Sky News Correspondent SIOBHÁN BREATNACH Editor-in-Chief, The Irish Post BOB BROLLY BBC Broadcaster, singer, entertainer, charity fundraiser JAMES BURKE Television presenter CATHY CLUGSTON BBC broadcaster JOHN CROWLEY Editor-in-Chief, The International Business Times PETER CURRAN Broadcaster, writer, publisher FR BRIAN D’ARCY Rector, The Passionist Monastery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh JUDY DEMPSEY Senior Associate, Carnegie Europe TADHG ENRIGHT Journalist, presenter GUIDO FAWKES Journalist, website publisher TONY GALLAGHER Editor-in-chief, The Sun DIARMUID GAVIN TV presenter, garden designer, ALAN GREEN Sports commentator ORLA GUERIN Broadcaster and journalist, BBC EAMONN HOLMES Broadcaster & journalist FERGAL KEANE Journalist & historian MARTHA KEARNEY Broadcaster, presenter BBC HENRY KELLY Broadcaster, journalist PATRICK KIELTY Presenter, comedian DESMOND LYNAM OBE TV presenter JOE LYNAM BBC business correspondent ANNIE MAC Broadcaster, TV presenter & DJ MAXINE MAWHINNEY BBC Broadcaster, newscaster MALCOLM McNALLY Photojournalist CONNOR McNAMARA Sports commentator DONAL McINTYRE Journalist & Visiting Professor of Criminology Birmingham City University DONNACHADH McCARTHY Author, broadcaster, journalist JOSEPH PATRICK McCORMICK Weekend Editor, Pink News PIERS MORGAN TV presenter DERMOT MURNAGHAN TV presenter, broadcaster SARAH MURPHY Commercial Manager, The Irish Post COLIN MURRAY Radio presenter

COLEEN NOLAN TV presenter LAURA PERRINS Co-editor, The Conservative Woman MARY PORTAS Broadcaster, journalist, consultant SEAN RAFFERTY BBC Radio 3 presenter ERNIE REA Radio presenter, journalist, writer, Former Head of Religious Broadcasting, BBC ANNE ROBINSON Television presenter COLEEN MARY ROONEY Television presenter, columnist, product endorser ZOE SALMON Television presenter ANGELA SCANLON TV Presenter, journalist & stylist ANNE MARIE SCANLON Journalist, writer DENIS TUOHY Broadcaster, newsreader, journalist FERGUS WALSH BBC Radio presenter, journalist JOHN WALSH Journalist, columnist LAURA WHITMORE Television presenter, MTV HENRY WYMBS Producer & presenter BBC Radio Oxford

PIONEERS

NOT THE WEAKEST LINK: Anne Robinson, Dr. Leah Totton, below left and footballer Seamus Coleman

SIMON BURKE Chair & Non Executive Director, Blue SINEAD CROWLEY Executive Director, Irish International Business Network CHARLES HANDY Businessman CHRIS KANE Principal, Chris Kane Associates TERRY LEAHY Former Tesco CEO PAUL MARCHANT CEO Primark Stores Ltd PETER MULLEN Entrepreneur DR GERARD MURPHY Non-Executive Director, British American Tobacco plc GERRY O’BOYLE Director, Telegreen Ltd SIR GERRARD JUDE ROBINSON Business executive and TV presenter NADIM SADEK Entrepreneur

SPIRITUAL LEADERS BISHOP JOHN ARNOLD Bishop of Salford BISHOP PAUL MCALEENAN Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster CANON PAT BROWNE Parish Priest MONSIGNOR PAT BROWNE Parish Priest BISHOP TOM BURNS Bishop of Menevia FRANCIS MARTIN-XAVIER CAMPBELL Vice Chancellor St Mary’s University, Twickenham BISHOP MICHAEL CAMPBELL Bishop of Lancaster FATHER MICHAEL CORCORAN Superior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill BISHOP SÉAMUS CUNNINGHAM Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle CANON THOMAS FARRELL Parish Priest ANTHONY HORAN Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland PETER KEARNEY Director, Catholic Media Office BISHOP JOHN KEENAN Bishop of Paisley DAVID KERR Communications Director, Diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh BISHOP PATRICK LYNCH Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Southwark BISHOP PATRICK McKINNEY Bishop of Nottingham BISHOP BRIAN McGEE Bishop of Argyll and the Isles BISHOP WILLIAM NOLAN Bishop of Galloway CARDINAL CORMAC MURPHY-O’CONNOR Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster CANON TIM O’SULLIVAN VF Parish Priest BISHOP MARK O’TOOLE Bishop of Plymouth SISTER RITA Presentation nun

HEALERS PROFESSOR NOEL FITZPATRICK Founder, Fitzpatrick Referrals ANT HANLON Founder & CEO, Leeds Irish Health and Homes MARY HAUGHEY Deputy Chair of Norbrook Laboratories LIAM LEHANE Assistant Director of Operations MAURICE MALONE CEO Birmingham Irish Association NORMAN McKINLEY Managing Director of Operations British Red Cross JOE MULLIGAN OBE Head of First Aid Education British Red Cross EOIN O’NEILL Director of Sales and Customer Care, Aviva Healtcare DES SHIELDS Chief Executive, Aspen Healthcare

EDUCATORS BRIAN ARNOLD Teacher & Co-founder of HegartyMaths PROFESSOR JIM BENNETT Retired DAME SUSAN JOCELYN BELL BURNELL Visiting Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford; Fellow of Mansfield College ROSE CALDWELL Executive Director, Concern Worldwide UK

PROFESSOR EAMON DUFFY Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge PROFESSOR MONICA GRADY Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University COLIN HEGARTY Teacher & Co-founder HegartyMaths PROFESSOR MARY HICKMAN Professorial Research Fellow at St. Mary’s University Twickenham PROFESSOR FRANK KELLY Director of the Analytical & Environmental Sciences Division PROFESSOR JOHN KELLY Emeritus Research Fellow in English St John’s College, Oxford PROFESSOR RALPH KENNA Deputy Director, Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University SIR ANTHONY JOHN PATRICK KENNY Philopher RUTH KELLY Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise, St Mary’s College, Twickenham PROFESSOR MARY McALEESE Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies St Mary’s University, Twickenham PROFESSOR FRANCIS XAVIER McDONOUGH, Professor of International History, Liverpool John Moores University PROFESSOR JOHN MITCHELL Former Chief Scientist, Met Office PROFESSOR JOHN O’KEEFE Research scientist, University College London PÓL Ó MÓRÁIN Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board, School of Management University of Bradford PROFESSOR LANCE PETITT Professor and Director of the

Centre for Irish Studies St Mary’s University, Twickenham PROFESSOR LOUISE RICHARDSON Principal & Vice Chancellor, St Andrews DR SEAN RYAN Lecturer in Biblical Studies PROFESSOR PETER SHIRLOW Director and Blair Chair, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool PROFESSOR FRANK SHOVLIN Head of Department, Institute of Irish Studies University of Liverpool MICHAEL WALSH Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, writer

MOTIVATORS HARRY ARTER Footballer LEON BEST Footballer KYRAN BRACKEN Dancer, charity worker, former rugby player BARONNESS KARREN BRADY CBE Sporting Executive, broadcaster, writer & Conservative Life Peer in the House of Lords ROBBIE BRADY Footballer GARY BREEN Football coach, former player BRENDIE BRIEN Secretary of the Provincial Council of Britain GAA TONY CASCARINO Sports pundit, journalist, former player BOB CASEY CEO London Irish Rugby Football Club JACK CHARLTON Former international football coach, former player

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ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: The Oasis brothers, Noel and Liam Gallagher

CIARAN CLARK Footballer SÉAMUS COLEMAN Footballer STEVE COLLINS Former boxer, farmer SIMON COX Footballer GREG CUNNINGHAM Footballer KENNY CUNNINGHAM Former footballer MICK CROSSAN President London Irish Rugby & Chairman Powerday OLIVER DINGLEY Diver SHANE DUFFY Footballer KATIE-GEORGE DUNLEVY Cyclist ROB ELLIOT Footballer STEVE FINNAN Former footballer, property developer KEVIN FOLEY Footballer DAVID FORDE Footballer DARRON GIBSON Footballer SHAY GIVEN Footballer PAUL GREEN Footballer JEFF HENDRICK Footballer SEÁN HACKETT President of Provincial Council of Britain GAA WES HOOLAHAN Footballer RAY HOUGHTON Sports analyst, former player CHRIS HUGHTON Manager Brighton & Hove Albion, former footballer DAVID HUMPHREYS MBE Director of Rugby, Gloucester Rugby (since 2014) STEPHEN HUNT Former footballer DENIS IRWIN Former footballer PAT JENNINGS OBE Football coach ED JOYCE Cricketer JOE KINNEAR Former footballer, manager ROBBIE KEANE Footballer ROY KEANE Manager STEPHEN KELLY Footballer CORNELIUS LYSAGHT BBC horseracing correspondent DARRAGH MacANTHONY Chairman, Peterborough United AIDAN McGEADY Footballer MARK McCALL Director of Rugby, Head Coach Saracens MICK McCARTHY Football manager, player BARRY McGUIGAN MBE President, Professional Boxing Association

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SHANE McGUIGAN Boxing coach PADDY McNALLY Founder Allsport Management ANDREW McQUAID Director, Trinity Sports Management PAUL McSHANE Footballer KELLIE MALONEY Boxing promoter, manager TOM MOHAN Chairman, Tirchonnail Gaels TERRY NEILL Sports commentator, businessman, former footballer BRENDAN O’DOWDA FA Licensed Intermediary at Summit Sports Management FRANK O’FARRELL Former football manager, player DAVID O’LEARY Former football manager, player MARTIN O’NEILL OBE Manager Republic of Ireland JOHN O’SHEA Former footballer CONOR O’SHEA Head Coach, Italy NIALL QUINN Businessman, sports commentator, former footballer BRENDAN RODGERS Football manager ANTON RODGERS Footballer KEVIN SHEEDY, Football coach, former player STEVE STAUNTON Former footballer, manager PETER STRINGER Rugby player ANDY TOWNSEND Sports commentator, former player GARY WADDOCK Football manager JON WALTERS Footballer OLLIE WALSH GAA Brothers Pearse Club Secretary STEPHEN WARD Footballer SUSAN WHELAN CEO Leicester City DAVE WHELAN Owner Wigan Athletic

WORDSMITHS ADRIAN BRADY CEO Eulogy! Ltd CATHERINA CASEY Founder, Craic It STEPHEN QUINN Publishing Director of British Vogue MICK FEALTY Founder, Slugger O’Toole RORY GODSON Founder & CEO, Powerscourt FELICITY HAYES-McCOY Writer & Co-founder, JHM MARY HEANEY Managing Director, The Global Legal Post ELGIN LOANE Owner, The Irish Post

GROUNDBREAKERS BRIAN ACHESON CEO Dornan Engineering Ltd MATTHEW BEHAN CEO, Barhale plc STEPHEN BOWCOTT Managing Director Ireland & UK, John Sisk & Son ANGELA BRADY OBE Architect Director, Brady Mallalieu PAUL BRUTON, Joint Managing Director, Bennett Construction JEREMY BROWNE Executive Chairman, J Browne Construction Ltd JEREMY BROWNLEE Founder & Managing Director, Pump Technology Ltd MICHAEL BYRNE CEO Byrne Group CAREY BROTHERS, Carey Group plc JOHN CAREY JR Managing Director, Seneca & Careys New Homes DERMOT CLANCY Joint Chairman, The Clancy Group plc, trading as Clancy Dowcra KEVIN CLANCY Joint Chairman, The Clancy Group plc JAMES COFFEY Founder, Managing Director J Coffey Group BRIAN COMER Chair of UK Operations, The Comer Group LUKE COMER Chair of European Operations The Comer Group MICHALE CONWAY Chief Executive Officer, FM Conway SEAMUS KEOGH CEO, The Clancy Group plc, trading as Clancy Dowcra EAMON CONNEELY Chairman & CEO Conneely Construction STEPHEN CREANER Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Group Managing Director, Grosvenor Cleaning Services Ltd DENNIS CURRAN Chairman, Barhale plc PHILIP CUSACK Managing Director, PF Cusack (Tool Supplies) Ltd DENIS DEACY Group Managing Director, Carey Group plc TIM DEVLIN Managing Director, Clifford Devlin TREVOR DIVINEY Co-Founder, Ground Construction Ltd CLARE DUFFY General Manager, UK ESB Investments MICHAEL FERNCOMBE Managing Director, Cappagh Group

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TOM FERNCOMBE Founder and Chairman of Cappagh Group SEAN FITZPATRICK Executive Chairman, VGC Group PAT GALLAGHER Chairman, Gallagher Group Ltd DONAL GALLAGHER Managing Director, The Galldris Group AARON GAUGHAN Managing Director, Gaughan Services THOMAS HALLIGAN Director, Total Plant Hire Ltd AIDAN HEAVEY CEO, Tullow Oil plc SHANE KELLY Manager of Operational Readiness at Vattenfall SEAMUS KEOGH CEO, The Clancy Group plc, trading as Clancy Dowcra EAMON LYNAM Director, Kylemore Services Ltd CORMAC McCRANN Managing Director of Canary Wharf Contractors Ltd NIALL McLAUGHLIN Founder, Niall McLaughlin Architects TOM MITCHELL Founder, T Mitchell & Co Plant Hire MICHAEL MORAN Founder, MP Moran & Sons Ltd SEAN MULRYAN Chairman, Ballymore Group TOM O’BRIEN Founder O’Halloran O’Brien Ltd RONAN O’BRIEN Quantitative Analyst, Lacima Group PAUL O’DONNELL Managing Director, Pod-Trak Ltd JACQUELINE O’DONOVAN Managing Director O’Donovan Waste Disposal Ltd SEAN O’DRISCOLL Managing Director The Galldris Group DERMOT O’GRADY Founder, Ardent Tide MICHAEL QUINN Owner & Director Kylemore Ltd DAVID REILLY Financial Director, John Reilly Civil Engineering Ltd JOHN REILLY Chairman, John Reilly Civil Engineering Ltd MICHAEL REILLY Managing Director, John Reilly Civil Engineering Ltd BRENDAN RINEY MBE Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, JB Riney & Co Ltd GERRY ROCHFORD Director Rochford Construction Ltd STEPHEN WALSH Chairman, The Walsh Group MIKE WRIGHT Managing Director PHD Modular Access Services Ltd

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IN BUSINESS YOU HAVE TO BE SINGLE MINDED. And the same goes for a bank. At Allied Irish Bank (GB), we’re single minded. We specialise in offering Owner Managed Businesses all the banking they need.

To talk to a bank that’s as focused as you are, call 0345 034 3253 or visit aibgb.co.uk

Telephone lines open from 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays in England and Wales. Calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

Calls to 0345 numbers are the same costs as a call to “01” or “02” landline numbers and charged at local rate. Calls to an 0345 number are also included in any bundled minutes or free talk that covers landline calls.

Allied Irish Bank (GB) and Allied Irish Bank (GB) Savings Direct are trademarks used under licence by AIB Group (UK) p.l.c. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.), incorporated in Northern Ireland. Registered Office 92 Ann Street, Belfast BT1 3HH. Registered Number NI018800. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.

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