Deval Patrick with Enda Kenny
IRISH TRAVEL & CULTURE GUIDE
SUMMER 2013
June 2013
GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK
Trade Mission to Ireland
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray led a trade delegation to Dublin, Ireland in May to promote expanding opportunities for economic development and job creation between Massachusetts and Ireland. They met with Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore.
The delegation attended the Digital Health and Life Sciences Trade Summit, sponsored by the Massachusetts’ Life Sciences Center and the HealthXL Accelerator Program.
In 2012, Ireland was the Commonwealth’s 14th largest export partner, with over $509 million in goods and services to Ireland. Massachusetts is also Ireland’s sixth largest import partner. The Commonwealth imported over $1.2 billion worth of goods and services from Ireland last year.