Mayor to make history at the White House
Date Published: 13-Mar-2009
THE Mayor of Galway City Padraig Conneely has been invited to Washington to meet US President Barack Obama in the White House on St Patrick’s Day.Mayor Conneely will make history when he becomes the first Galway Mayor to be received by an American president at the White House when he arrives there next Tuesday.The traditional St Patrick’sDay reception will also be attended by Taoiseach Brian Cowen, former Taoiseach and EU Ambassador to Washington John Bruton, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senator Ted Kennedy among others.“I am very honoured to be the first Mayor of Galway to visit the US President at the White House,” said Mayor Conneely. “The very special bond between Galway and the United States has been recognised by this invitation to attend the St Patrick’s Day celebration in Washington. It is also a unique...