{"id":797,"date":"2024-01-17T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomat.ie\/?p=797"},"modified":"2024-01-17T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:42:55","slug":"tanaiste-welcomes-announcement-of-the-presidential-distinguished-service-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomat.ie\/index.php\/2024\/01\/17\/tanaiste-welcomes-announcement-of-the-presidential-distinguished-service-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e1naiste welcomes announcement of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

The T\u00e1naiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Miche\u00e1l Martin TD, has welcomed the awarding by President Michael D. Higgins of the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for 2023 to thirteen members of Ireland\u2019s diaspora.<\/p>\n

The awards were presented at a ceremony in \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in on Tuesday, 16 January 2024.<\/p>\n

This year, the recipients were acknowledged for their outstanding contributions to Ireland and to the Irish abroad in a variety of fields. These include human rights protection and advocacy, development, Irish community care, disarmament, education, Irish Studies, the arts, and business.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the ceremony, T\u00e1naiste Miche\u00e1l Martin TD, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was delighted to meet the thirteen recipients of the 2023 Presidential Distinguished Service Awards. Each has in their own way has made a notable contribution in their particular areas of endeavour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn doing so, they are representative of the many millions of Irish people who have over the years had such a positive impact in so many different parts of the world, and continue to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt serves as a reminder to all of us of the capacity of diaspora and immigrant communities to make a hugely positive contribution to their adopted communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Sean Fleming, TD, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Presidential Distinguished Service Awards is an annual opportunity for us to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of Ireland\u2019s diaspora.<\/p>\n

\u201cIrish communities all over the world enhance Ireland\u2019s global reputation by their actions and by their commitment to tolerance, inclusion and to justice and equality for all. These are values which we continue to hold very dear here in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PDSA 2023 recipients are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Mr. Aidan Connolly and Ms. Pauline Turley<\/td>\nArts, Culture, and Sport<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Beatriz Kopschitz Xavier Bastos<\/td>\nArts, Culture, and Sport<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Philip Treacy<\/td>\nArts, Culture, and Sport<\/td>\nBritain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. h.c. Fritz Senn<\/td>\nArts, Culture, and Sport<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Howard Keeley<\/td>\nBusiness and Economic Development<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Caoilfhionn Gallagher K.C.<\/td>\nCharitable Works and Advocacy<\/td>\nBritain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Stanley Quek<\/td>\nCharitable Works and Advocacy<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Patricia Mary Lewis<\/td>\nEducation, Science, and Innovation<\/td>\nBritain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Maria Doyle<\/td>\nInclusion and Equality<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Sin\u00e9ad El Sibai<\/td>\nIrish Community Support<\/td>\nUAE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Seamus Sullivan<\/td>\nIrish Community Support<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fr. Gabriel Dolan<\/td>\nPeace, Reconciliation, and Development<\/td>\nKenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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