{"63733":{"#nid":"63733","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ireland, Europe \u0026 Atlanta: Transatlantic Partnerships on the Road to Recovery","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThe European Center of Excellence (EUCE) is hosting a breakfast briefing with Mr. Paul Gleeson (Consul General of Ireland), \u0022Ireland, Europe \u0026amp; Atlanta: Transatlantic Partnerships on the Road to Recovery\u0022.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E**To view the Agenda and to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/viewform?hl=en\u0026amp;formkey=dHhpTWpaUnQzQ1ZJMC1fTmRuWVpGaXc6MQ#gid=0\u0022\u003ERSVP\u003C\/a\u003E, please view the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/euce\/flyers\/Paul Gleeson Breakfast Lecture Flier.pdf\u0022\u003Eflyer\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul Gleeson was announced as Ireland\u2019s first Consul General in Atlanta by Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen in July 2010. He took up office the following month and began the job of establishing Ireland\u2019s first new Consulate in the United States since the 1930s. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the London School of Economics, Mr. Gleeson joined Ireland\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs in 2001. He has served at the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa (where he had responsibility for reporting on political developments in Zimbabwe); at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels; and at Ireland\u2019s Mission to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.  Prior to taking up his post as Consul General in Atlanta, Mr. Gleeson had responsibility for NorthSouth cooperation within Ireland\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs, helping to implement the all-island aspects of Ireland\u2019s landmark 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement. He has also worked in support of Ireland\u2019s development cooperation and aid programmes in Mozambique and Lesotho.  Away from work, Paul is a fan of most sports, particularly football (soccer) and hurling. At university, he was Auditor (President) of the Trinity College Historical Society, the oldest undergraduate debating society in the world. He won the prestigious Irish Times Debating Competition and was a finalist at the World University Debating Championships. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul is married to Alita Byrd. They have two sons, Zach and Daniel.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Center of Excellence (EUCE) is hosting a breakfast briefing with Mr. Paul Gleeson (Consul General of Ireland), \u0022Ireland, Europe \u0026amp; Atlanta: Transatlantic Partnerships on the Road to Recovery\u0022.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Breakfast briefing with Mr. Paul Gleeson, Consul General of Ireland"}],"uid":"27184","created_gmt":"2011-01-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:53:52","author":"Jene Gladstone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-01-27T08:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-01-27T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-01-27T10:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-01-27 13:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-01-27 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-01-27 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/euce\/flyers\/Paul Gleeson Breakfast Lecture Flier.pdf","title":"See Flyer"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.euce.gatech.edu\/","title":"Read more about EUCE at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11696","name":"cousul general"},{"id":"612","name":"EUCE"},{"id":"174","name":"Europe"},{"id":"11691","name":"European Center of Excellence"},{"id":"11693","name":"Gleeson"},{"id":"999","name":"IAC"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"504","name":"Ireland"},{"id":"11695","name":"Partnerships"},{"id":"11692","name":"Paul Gleeson"},{"id":"11694","name":"Recovery"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnsley Hynes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEUCE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ansley.hynes@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Ansley Hynes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-6237\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}