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Red Buildings celebrate China

The Mansion House and City Hall in Dublin were illuminated in red this week, to mark the 2016 Chinese New Year and welcome the Year of the Monkey.

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Pictured are Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland; Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní Dhálaigh; and Pan Xiongwen, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, at the Mansion House in Dublin which was illuminated in red to mark Chinese New Year.

Dublin City Council and Tourism Ireland arranged for the two important civic buildings to be illuminated in red, in appreciation of Beijing’s agreement to turn the iconic Great Wall of China into the ‘Green Wall of China’ once again on St Patrick’s Day this year – joining Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening initiative for the third year in a row. The installation of green lights on the famous wall will be made possible by the combined efforts of the Irish Embassy and the Tourism Ireland team in China, as well as the Beijing Municipality Government.

HE Mr Jianguo Xu, Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, said: “I'm absolutely delighted to learn of the plan of Dublin City Council and Tourism Ireland to have the City Hall and the Mansion House lit up in red in honour of Spring Festival, which is also known as Chinese New Year.

Sodexo Honours Dedication

Four outstanding examples of dedication and commitment to responsible working practices were celebrated at

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Sodexo Ireland’s 2015 Corporate Responsibility Awards, presented to individuals or teams for their efforts in four categories. The winners, who were presented with their Awards at a ceremony in Dublin, were the team at Paypal Dundalk in the Employer category, Steven White, business development manager in the Dublin office in the Community category; The facilities team at the Portlaoise Schools Campus for Environment and Allstate in Belfast for Nutrition, Health and Wellness. The manager and teams at GSK OC Dungarvan and the Central Bank of Ireland were highly commended in the Employer and Environment Awards respectively.

Shirley Collins (right) general services manager for Sodexo at PayPal, is pictured accepting the Employer Award at Sodexo Ireland’s 2015 Corporate Responsibility Awards. She is pictured with Margot Slattery, country president and Aidan Walker, client relationship director.

Siva is Top Employee

Siva Nallan (pictured with general manager Ewan Plenderleith), has been named 'Employee of the Year' by Herbert

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Park Hotel, Dublin;

Having worked in Food and Beverage in the hotel for over six ears, Siva has been selected as the 2015 Employee of the Year. Along with the plaque,Siva receives a €1,000 cheque.

Tourism film is a Star

Tourism Ireland’s Star Wars film has been listed in the “top 10 YouTube ads in January” by Marketing Week magazi

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ne in Britain.

Tourism Ireland commissioned the ‘behind-the-scenes’ video during the filming of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2014 on Skellig Michael. The short film sees Star Wars director JJ Abrams and other crew members discussing why they chose this special location.

Aherlow House Sold

Aherlow House hotel which closed last week, leaving has been sold.

It has been bought by Dublin-based hotel operator Adrian Shanagher from receivers Grant Thornton.

Mr Shanagher has committed to honouring all weddings that were already booked and confirmed he will offer the couples “full credit against their future wedding cost in Aherlow House Hotel for any deposits they lost with the previous operator, Auburn Hotels (Aherlow) Limited”.

However, the hotel is not scheduled to reopen until March 3rd, after some refurbishments.Mr Shanagher said he would also contact the 47 former staff to offer them new employment.