Mr. Eoin O'Neill:

Last week we ran an evening for 170 younger Irish business leaders in the UK under the banner, Ireland is Open for Business, not about Brexit, with significant support from the Irish Ambassador, HE Mr. Adrian O'Neill, who hosted the evening for us. One of the universal facts was the strength of the Erasmus programme. Fondly remembered on the night was the late, Peter Sutherland, for his support of that programme. He was remembered from the floor on that night because many in the room had availed of the Erasmus programme and how it had opened up their opportunity to go travelling, to work and to learn and experience. Their final point is that many had landed in the UK but after sojourns to places like Rome, Paris, Berlin and it all kicked off from the Erasmus programme, which I think underpins the strength of that historical relationship.