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Ireland Gateway To Europe 2016 – A Week in Review

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Ireland Gateway To Europe (IGTE) returned to Boston for the third time in five years, hosting 11 events over 4 days from April 19th-22nd 2016.

 

Co-founded by Sigmar Recruitment in 2012, IGTE is a not-for-profit collective of 26 Irish service providers who promote Ireland to a US business audience. We were once again delighted to have broadcaster George Hook travel over with Newstalk to broadcast live from our events.

 

A Week In Review – Highlights From The Boston Trip:

Posted by Jamie Harnett, Associate Director Marketing & People Engagement on 7 December 2017

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