Events with the Participation of the Embassy
Find out more about all major events which took place with the participation of the German Embassy.
About a hundred people attended this year's German Remembrance Day, which took place in Glencree (Co. Wicklow) on 13 November 2011. The commemoration began with an ecumenical service.
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This year's International Charity Bazzar took place on 13 November 2011 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. The stand of the German Embassy offered German Marzipan, sweets, gingerbread, advent calendars, the well beloved 'Stollen' and much more. All money raised was used to support Irish charities.
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Film screening: Luther
As a contribution to the 'Luther Decade', the film Luther (dir. by Eric Till) was shown at the Goethe-Institut Dublin on 3 November 2011. A discussion led by Dr. Dermot Moran (University College Dublin) followed the screening. This was the opening event to a series of seminars, lectures, concerts and other events which will all take place to mark the 'Luther Decade'. The evening was a conjoint event of the Embassy, the Goethe-Institut and the Lutheran Church in Ireland. Please take a look at the welcoming speech by Mr. Harald Seibel, the Embassy's Press and Cultural Affairs Officer.
On 10th October 2011, the Ambassador hosted a reception in Galway on the occasion of the Day of German Unity and the appointment of Prof Schmidt-Hannisa as Honorary Consul. The reception concluded a four-day trip to cities of Limerick and Galway as well as the counties Limerick and Galway.
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After having arrived in Ireland this summer, Ambassador Dr. Eckhard Lübkemeier and his wife Annegret Lübkemeier hosted the traditional reception on Germany’s Day of National Unity for the first time.
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On Sunday 25 September 2011, the local community of Donore (Co. Meath, a short drive from Drogheda) gathered to remember Bettina Poeschel, a young German journalist who 10 years ago had been murdered in the area. She had been visiting the nearby Newgrange. The murderer was caught and convicted and is serving a life sentence. The village of Donore and the family of the victim who live in Munich, Germany, have established close relations.
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Commemoration of North Strand bombing
Please take a look at the following address, which was given by Ambassador Busso von Alvensleben on 31 May 2011 on the occasion of the commemoration of the North Strand bombing by a German aircraft in 1941.
The German Ambassador recently visited the German landscape architect Dorothea Burger in Ballymun (Co. Dublin). Mrs Burger is currently the Senior Executive landscape architect with Ballymun Regeneration Ltd. (BRL) and is managing the external works for the past 10 years.
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Opening of art exhibition in Booterstown, Co. Dublin
The German Ambassador opened the Booterstown art exhibition on 8 April 2011. The exhibition was displayed at the Community Centre in Grotto Avenue.
The German Ambassador H.E. Busso von Alvensleben visited St. Philomena's Primary School as part of the Bray Lions Club's 'Windows on the World' Project on 10 February 2011.
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