Billy Lawless Address at Safe Home Ireland
Senator Lawless speech at a forum in Galway Oct 7th, which hears first hand of some of the issues, challenges facing returning Irish citizens.
Speech on Returning Emigrants - Billy Lawless
Speech in Seanad Éireann 26 September 2017
Pre-Budget Submission Returning Emigrants
Senator Billy Lawless Senator Billy Lawless Pre-Budget Submission (PDF – Click on link to view or download). Since 2009, 193,200 people between the ages of 15 and 24 have left Ireland. Although the number of young people leaving in the year up to end of April 2014 has dropped, the latest available figures show that about…
Billy Lawless's speech to the Ireland Network USA Annual Conference Chicago
Ireland Network USA Annual Conference Chicago Ladies and Gentlemen, I am absolutely delighted to be here with you today, for what is my first Ireland Network USA conference, since my appointment as Senator for the Global Irish last summer. I am deeply honoured to be the first emigrant Senator to be appointed to Seanad Eireann…
Taoiseach & Billy Lawless in Chicago with Irish Diaspora
Enda Kenny was in Chicago on June 6th at the end of his final US trip as Taoiseach. He addressed a community reception at Drake Hotel where Billy Lawless was also in attendance. Click here to view news clip from RTE Six One News
Billy Lawless: the former dairy farmer turned senator for the Irish diaspora
By Maria Moynihan on 08 June 2017, http://www.farmersjournal.ie Former dairy farmer Billy Lawless has become one of Chicago’s most successful restaurateurs. He wants to bring that same drive to his role as senator for the Irish diaspora, writes Maria Moynihan. It’s been 40 years since Billy Lawless was interviewed by The Irish Farmers Journal. “We were…