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We’re #CelebratingIrish success in sport today, highlighting a few of the many Irish athletes with British connections and British athletes with Irish connections as well as the thriving GAA community in GB. 🇮🇪🇬🇧⚽️🏊🏐🏃♂️
Many members of @TeamIreland have connections with or trained & competed in GB in the run up to the Tokyo @Olympics & @Paralympics.🇯🇵🇮🇪🇬🇧
#Irish diver Tanya Watson will be making history at #Tokyo2020 as the first ever Irish female diver to compete in the Olympics.👏👏 #WomenInSport #TeamIreland @swimireland
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We’re #CelebratingIrish sports stars and organisations in GB this week in the run up to the Tokyo @Olympics. #IrishSport ⚽️🏉⛳️🏇🏊♀️
Ireland's long golfing history dates back to the mid-1800s with #Irish golfers punching well above their weight in British & international tournaments over the years.
🇮🇪 is home to some of the world's oldest & best courses as well as the oldest golfing union @GUIGolf
🇮🇪 is home to some of the world's oldest & best courses as well as the oldest golfing union @GUIGolf
European golfers from Ireland, Britain and across the continent join forces every two years to play in the men’s Ryder Cup & women’s @TheSolheimCup against the USA, with this year’s @rydercup European team being captained by @padraig_h
Numbers of patients visiting GP is still lower than it should be, people avoiding GP and delaying treatment, collateral damage from #Covid19. But what worries me more is the hidden reason for going to the GP, the cue that the GP picks up on with a patient who they’ve known for 1/
years that something is
a bit off that’s prompts the question ‘is everything ok?’ with a sympathetic look. This often reveals the real reason for the appointment, that that person is struggling, be it with a medical, social, psychological or mental health problem. These are 2/
a bit off that’s prompts the question ‘is everything ok?’ with a sympathetic look. This often reveals the real reason for the appointment, that that person is struggling, be it with a medical, social, psychological or mental health problem. These are 2/
often the most difficult, but ultimately most rewarding, consults for doctors and patients alike. Phone/video consultations don’t really allow for us to pick up these cues as effectively. Really important for us as GPs to still be on the lookout and ask that question ‘Are you 3/
A big theme in my speeches across Western US is the formative impact that Irish people & those of Irish descent have had in shaping modern day Western US. This is very true in #SanFrancisco where there is huge Irish heritage & where we have a vibrant @GlobalIrish community today!
Around 11% of the Bay Area is of Irish descent & there is a large Irish born community too. The people to people connections between the region & Ireland are very strong as evidenced by multiple sister city connections: @sfgov & @corkcitycouncil; @CityofSanJose & @DubCityCouncil
@SantaClaraCity & @LimerickCouncil are sister cities, as are @CityofMenloPark & @GalwayCityCo! Quick shout out to Kathy Watanabe @Carunningmom, the Vice Mayor of Santa Clara with proud #Roscommon heritage. Here’s me meeting with Mayor @LisaGillmor & Kathy earlier this year.
Today I’m going to tweet about our Consulate in #SanFrancisco. It’s the third oldest Irish Consulate in the US established in 1933 after our Consulates in New York and Boston. You can reach us on twitter & instagram @IrelandinSF.
We’re a pretty busy office! In 2017 we issued about 4,658 passport & travel documents - the 2nd highest in the US and 4th in the world. Applicants from overseas can apply for passports online: passportonline.dfa.ie but we’re still busy with renewals for children & 1st time apps
We also issue Working Holiday Auhorisations which allow recent graduates in the US to work & travel in Ireland for a 12 month period. Irish graduates can do the same in the US under the J12 prog. A lot of our younger @GlobalIrish community in #SF have arrived here on this prog.
