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Government gives $1.3 million to US groups
By Noreen Bowden | June 27, 2007
Grants of nearly $1.3 million for US Irish organisations were announced yesterday by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern. The money will go to 13 groups that are engaged in the provision of support, information and advisory services.
The Minister said:
“I am delighted to allocate increased funding, again this year, to the Irish immigration centres in the US. These grants reflect the Government’s continuing commitment to Irish communities abroad, particularly to supporting the vulnerable members of our community in the US. �
The Government has given a total of $1.431 million to Irish immigrant groups in the US; in April, Mr Ahern announced grants of $50,000 for the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform and $100,000 for the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centres in the US.
The funded organisations include:
- Aisling Irish Centre
- Emerald Isle Immigration Centre
- New York Irish Centre
- Project Irish Outreach
- Irish Immigration and Pastoral Centre, Philadelphia
- Irish Apostolate
- Irish Immigration Centre, Boston
- Irish Pastoral Centre, BostonÂ
- Irish Immigration Pastoral Centre, San Francisco
- Seattle Irish Immigration Support Group
- Irish Outreach San Diego
- Irish Connect Initiative
- Chicago Irish Immigrant Support
For more information, read the press release.
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