An initiative of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, the Henry Grattan lecture series has been running since 2013, featuring speakers including former Taoiseach Mr John Bruton, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese and Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank.
This was the second lecture hosted in Washington; the inaugural lecture was held in 2019 with keynote speaker Congressman Richard Neal, Chair of the Ways & Means Committee.
In the wide-ranging discussion with Professor Cóilín Parsons, Director of Global Irish Studies at Georgetown University, the Ambassador reflected on Ireland-US Relations from a political, economic and cultural perspective. Professor Gail McElroy, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Trinity, chaired the event, which took place on Wednesday, 26 April 2023.