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Forging Business Connections between America and the Emerald Isle since 1963


For over 50 years, The Ireland-U.S. Council has bridged the gap between the United States and Ireland by promoting business connections and fostering a strong community among our many members.

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Welcome to The Ireland-U.S. Council

Our mission is to build business links between America and Ireland. We aim to create impactful relationships through the organization's many programs and activities in both the United States and in the Emerald Isle. We value your interest in the mission of the Council and always welcome new members. Please contact us and we will be happy to tell you more.


The Ireland-U.S. Council presents its

2023 Award for Outstanding Achievement

two Ireland-U.S. council members with award recipient Dermot Desmond

The Ireland-U.S. Council’s 60th Annual Dinner was held at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The Council’s Annual Award for Outstanding Achievement was presented to David McCourt, Chairman and Founder of Granahan McCourt Capital and also Chairman & CEO of National Broadband Ireland. The Council’s Cúchulainn Award was presented to Northern Ireland entrepreneur Dr. Terry Cross OBE. Pictured at the Diamond Anniversary dinner (from left):  David McCourt; Tom Higgins, President of the Ireland-U.S. Council and Dr. Cross.

The Ireland-U.S. Council Midsummer Gala Dinner was held

at Saint Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle on June 30, 2023


The Ireland-U.S. Council Ireland-U.S. Council presents its 2022 Award for Outstanding Achievement

two Ireland-U.S. council members with award recipient Dermot Desmond

The Ireland-U.S. Council presented its Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2022 to Dermot Desmond, Chairman & CEO of Dublin-based International Investment & Underwriting to mark his notable success in business. The Award also heralded his important achievements in building bonds between America and Ireland. The Award was a centerpiece of the Council’s 59th Annual Dinner which was held at the Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, November 10, 2022.


Seen at the presentation were Tom Higgins, Council President, Dermot Desmond and Denis O'Brien, Chairman of Digicel who made the podium introduction for the honoree.

Upcoming Events:


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poster for Ireland-U.S. Council Golf Day in Ireland 2023

Saint Patrick's Lunch

New York


Friday, March 15, 2024


The Metropolitan Club

New York City


11:30am Cocktails

12:30pm Lunch


Individual Ticket: $600

Harp Package: $7,500

(includes premium table for 10 guests, full page full-color ad in menu program, company signage, podium recognition and more )


Ireland-U.S. Council Award

for Excellence in the Performing Arts

Michael Flatley


Entertainment by Michael Londra


Greetings from Ireland

           Helen McEntee, T.D.

                            Minister for Justice

Government of Ireland 


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poster for Ireland-U.S. Council Golf Day in Ireland 2023

Spring Corporate Lunch

Dublin


Thursday, April 25, 2024


InterContinental Hotel

Ballsbridge, Dublin 4


12 noon Cocktails

12:45pm Lunch


Individual Ticket: €150

Shamrock Table: €2,500

(includes premium table for 10 guests, full page full-color ad in Menu program)

Harp Table: €4,000

(includes premium table for 10 guests, full page full-color ad in Menu program, company signage, podium recognition and more )


2024 Ireland-U.S. Council Award

for Excellence in International Business

Dr. John Teeling


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Midsummer Gala Dinner

Friday, June 28, 2024

Dublin Castle

Dublin, Ireland


Council Golf Day in Ireland

Friday, September 6, 2024

Dún Laoghaire Golf Club,

Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Ireland


61st Annual Dinner of the Council

Thursday, November 14, 2024

The Metropolitan Club, New York City


Edmund Burke Lecture

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Royal Irish Academy of Music, Whyte Recital Hall

Followed by refreshments @ Kennedy’s on Westland Row / Lincoln Place, Dublin, Ireland

A message from our President

Tom Higgins, council president

Tom Higgins
Council President

It was back in 1962 that, in preparation for the visit of President John F. Kennedy to Ireland the following year, two organizations were created as a measure to build institutional form around a structure to improve the relations between America and Ireland.

One was dedicated to cultural relations - the American Irish Foundation, which has since merged into the American Ireland Fund. Your Council was the other and was aimed at building business bonds between America and Ireland.

We cherish the shared commitments that connect us to our Council mission. During the past year, the Council has enjoyed outstanding support from members and from many benefactors, patrons and sponsors. On behalf of the Council's Board and the entire membership of the organization throughout the United States and in all parts of Ireland, we offer thanks for the support we continue to receive.

Tom Higgins
Ireland-U.S. Council President

Recent Council News

group photo of Ireland-US Council board members
03 Oct, 2022
The Ireland-U.S. Council's 2022 Golf Day was held at Dún Laoghaire Golf Club on the outskirts of Dublin on Friday, September 9. The event, which had not been staged since 2019 because of the Covid pandemic, was staged and enjoyed by the full-field contingent of members and their guests.
graphic advertising the midsummer dinner
28 Jul, 2022
We continue to make great strides in coming back from the pandemic interruption with a recent MidSummer Gala Dinner in Dublin Castle held on July 1, 2022. This short video report tells the story of the great event enjoyed by all.
board members with student award recipient
28 Jun, 2022
For the past two years, the pandemic has caused the cancellation of our annual Ireland-U.S. Council’s Student Work Experience Scholarships program. At an event in New York in early June hosted to celebrate its 90th Anniversary founding, CIE Tours International, a long-time supporter of the Council, offered an opportunity to piggy-back our 2022 scholarships event on their splendid evening occasion.

Council Programs

Student Work Experience Scholarships

The Ireland - U.S. Council Annual Student Work Experience Scholarship program is operated by the Council in which undergraduates from Irish Universities are assigned temporarily to work in American corporations. The Council also operates a program for post-graduate American students who work as management interns for companies in Ireland.

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Award For Outstanding Portraiture

The Ireland-U.S. Council Award for Outstanding Portraiture is an important part of the Ireland-U.S. Council’s program to support the Arts and Arts Education in Ireland. The esteemed award has been an important career marker for many of today’s successful portrait painters in Ireland and is presented in Ireland to an artist whose work is judged to be of outstanding merit.

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Award for Outstanding Achievement

The Ireland - U.S. Council each year presents its Award for Outstanding Achievement to an individual who has made a significant contribution to enhancing the economic relationships between the United States and Ireland. The annual Award marks notable and important achievements in building the business bonds and commercial connections between America and the Emerald Isle. The Award is the centerpiece of the Council’s Annual Dinner held at the Metropolitan Club in November in New York City.

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Creating connections since 1963

The Ireland-U.S. Council is the premier platform in the exciting and dynamic trans-Atlantic business universe connecting America and Ireland . This is one of the world’s most rapidly-expanding bilateral relationships embracing billions of dollars in trade, investment and tourism. Embrace connection today for expansion in the future—complete your member application today.

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