Romanian Community in Cork

Congratulations to Mircea Cartarescu who adds the Dublin Literary Award to his long list of international accolades - with his novel Solenoid. Congratulations to Sean Cotter, the skilful translator into English with whom Mircea Cartarescu shared the prize.

“The writer as a jockey!” Mircea Cărtărescu, the winner of @DublinLitAward, in dialogue with his (future) readers in Dublin, during the @ILFDublin!

Wonderful gathering of the Romanian community in Cork today to welcome the photo exhibition and stories of grandparents passing on traditions and language to their Irish-born grandchildren - with special guest Lord Mayor of Cork @cllrkmac. 🇷🇴🇮🇪🇲🇩

Nice opportunity to showcase Romanian food and artefacts. Come and visit Romanian stall at the International Charity Bazaar tomorrow between 11.00 and 16.30!

Pleased to meet students and young people of Romanian descent, most of them born in Ireland, for an open discussion about their Romanian roots and their multilayered identity. #ZiuaRomanilorDePretutindeni

Touched by the welcome of @OCCNobber staff and students during my visit along with Minister @ThomasByrneTD for #EuropeDay2023. EU was transformative for both 🇮🇪 and 🇷🇴. Children from all nationalities, including Romanian, sang the 🇪🇺 anthem in both Irish and English.

Extremely pleased to put on display at the Ro Embassy the artistic accomplishments of the bright students from 🇷🇴Romania and 🇮🇪Ireland. @GlassSocietyIre and especially @RdeBuitlear played a key role in bringing them together! 🇷🇴🤝🇮🇪

A special Sunday night to celebrate #Roumanie30AnsFrancophonie with singer Jezebel and piano player Alexandru Burca alongside distinguished guests such as Minister of State @nealerichmond, Senator @gerryhorkan and the CEO of @wexfordopera Randall Shannon. Vive la francophonie!

Always a pleasure to meet Lord Mayor of Cork @deirdreforde. Discussed about the significant 🇷🇴 community living in Ireland and about ways to increase political participation among the migrant communities. Happy to discover common friends, especially in the @EU_CoR - @Emil_Boc.

Cette #JourneedelaFrancophonie est très speciale pour la Roumanie qui célèbre 30 ans d’appartenance à @OIFrancophonie. J’ai fait mes études de sciences politiques en français sous les auspices de @auf_org - un example de l’importance de la francophonie dans la vie des Roumains!

Magical night with so many friends gathered to celebrate #RomaniaNationalDay and to share the joy of great music with famous Romanian violonist Alexandru Tomescu (playing a Stradivarius) and @RteContempo. Gratitude to Former President Mary McAleese and to @FitzgeraldFrncs!

At the University College Cork, we laid the ground for enhanced cooperation between @UCC and Romanian universities with President John O’Halloran @johbees and Director of European Relations and Public Affairs Jean van Sinderen-Law @JvSL1 and Romanian-born Professor Sabin Tabirca.