Cowen to Brief Obama Seek Investment

 

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen will use his forthcoming trip to New York and the White House to promote Irish trade and investment and to highlight the plight of the Irish undocumented living here.

Cowen will arrive in New York on Sunday for an official visit accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin, before heading on to Washington, D.C. to present the traditional bowl of shamrock to President Barack Obama at the White House on St. Patrick’s morning.

On Sunday Cowen will launch the new Irishcentral.com website and present the Irish America magazine Irish American of the Year award to Dr. Kevin Cahill in New York, before traveling on to his first White House meeting with the new president.

On Monday morning he will be guest of honor at a special breakfast on Wall Street hosted by Enterprise Ireland. Cowen will be accompanied by leading businessmen from Ireland hoping to make American connections.  In the afternoon he will speak at the annual St. Patrick’s luncheon of the Ireland-U.S. Council.  He will then travel to the nation’s capital, and will attend the American Ireland Fund dinner that evening.

In Washington, D.C. on St. Patrick’s morning, Cowen will first have a 45 minute bilateral meeting with Obama before the traditional shamrock bowl ceremony.  Then both men will attend the annual Speaker’s luncheon on Capitol Hill hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Cowen will meet leaders of the Irish American community later in the day at an Irish Embassy sponsored event at a local hotel, and then at 7 p.m. he will be guest of honor at a reception at the White House hosted by Obama and attended by Irish American leaders.

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Nster.com