May
16
2018
The University of Cork was the venue of the national commemoration that remembers the victims of the great famine, which hit Ireland in the middle of the 19th century and that caused more than one million victims and forced the largest emigration of Ireland. Its population was reduced by more than two and a half million people and even today Ireland has less population than in 1850.
Within the framework of a joint visit to the city of Cork, on the occasion of the annual National Famine Commemoration, which was hosted by the University of Cork, a representation of the Ambassadors of GRULAC residing in Ireland, composed of the Chiefs mission of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Mexico, held a courtesy meeting with the Lord Major of Cork, Tony Fitzgerald, who outlined the county's growth projects in territory and population, as well as the perspectives that are opening for a more extensive collaboration with other cities.
Within the framework of a joint visit to the city of Cork, on the occasion of the annual National Famine Commemoration, which was hosted by the University of Cork, a representation of the Ambassadors of GRULAC residing in Ireland, composed of the Chiefs mission of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Mexico, held a working meeting with Conor Healy, Executive Director and Katherine Fitzpatric, director of international relations of the Cork Chamber of Commerce.
The Cuban Ambassador in Ireland Hugo Rene Ramos Milanes held a meeting with Prof. Patrick G. O'Shea, President of the University College of Cork, as well as with other professors and executives in charge of the University's external cooperation.
In this meeting, the academic links of this house of high studies with Latin American Universities, including Cubans, in various areas such as language teaching, postgraduate specialization and obtaining scientific degrees in exact, technical and social sciences were highlighted.
