New Voices in a Modern Ireland: An Evening with Eamonn Ryan and Niall Mellon
July 24, 2007 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue: The Irish Consulate, 345 Park Avenue at 51st Street (photo ID required for entry)
Time: 6.45PM to 9.00PM
Date: Thursday, 24th July
We are delighted to announce a very exciting evening with Eamonn Ryan, the newly elected Minister at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and Niall Mellon, property developer and philanthropist to be held at the Irish Consulate. Be sure to clear your diaries for Tuesday July 24th from 6.45pm.
Eamonn Ryan of the Green Party was first elected to Dail Eireann in May 2002, from Dublin South. More recently as a result of the Green Party’s outstanding success in the May 2007 election, not only was he re-elected to the Dail, but he has been appointed Minister for the Environment. He is one of the youngest Ministers in the current government. He is passionate in his efforts to raise worldwide awareness of Climate change and to encourage real action by all, in order to avoid devastating consequences. With Eamonn’s passion and expertise in this field, Ireland can now truly become an influential voice in solving this global crisis.
In his own words - “The issue of climate change is top of the agenda at every international summit. The science is now clear; developed economies will have to make radical cuts in their emissions in the next decade to stop the world going past a ‘tipping point’ which would trigger runaway and catastrophic changes”
Niall Mellon, property developer and philanthropist from Dublin. He had made his first million before the age of 25 in the financial services industry. Today the multi-million euro Niall J. Mellon Group has interests in property, hotels, leisure and fund management.
However Niall is most popularly known for his amazing charitable foundation, the Niall Mellon Township Trust. In 2002, he visited the Imizamo Yethu Township in Cape Town, South Africa. He was so moved by the horrendous living conditions he saw there, that he set up his Trust, in order to help alleviate the plight of its residents.
This year 1,300 Irish men and women will be part of the biggest ever Township Challenge building 200 homes in one week. It will be the largest exodus of Irish people to a charity event overseas and will be the fifth Township Challenge. When commenting on the Township Challenge he said “Anyone who comes here to help will not only feel inspired but will walk away feeling proud to be Irish. I want the lasting legacy of the Celtic Tiger to be that the Irish can look beyond their own lives and help those less fortunate.”