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EVENTS

Since the Speaker, Mr William Hay MLA, was elected in May 2007 he has welcomed many Presidents, Ambassadors and dignitaries to Parliament Buildings. The Speaker hosts a range of events designed to promote an understanding of the Assembly as an institution and to develop links with the wider Northern Ireland community. This page contains links to photographs of some events and visits by the Speaker and arranged by the Speaker's Office:

2009 (click photo to open slideshow)

Indian High Commissioner H.E. Mr Shiv Shankar Mukherjee Commonwealth Day 2009 Commonwealth Day 2009 Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations
       
Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations
       
President Obama Italian Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Giancarlo Aragona Convenor of Education, Lifelong Learning & Culture Committee, Ms Karen Whitefield MSP His Excellency Mr Iztok Jarc, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to London
       
Mr Krzysztof Stanowski NICVA’s Older Persons Parliament Delegation of Iraqi’s who attend a lunch in the Members’ Dining Room Delegation of Palestinians who attend a lunch in the Private Dining Room
       
His Excellency Ron Prosor, Ambassador of Israel to London Consular Association of Northern Ireland Deputy Speaker John Dallat meets with Ms Christine Quinn, New York City Council His Excellency Mr Kitti Wasinondh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
       
25th Anniversary of the 174 Trust
Representative Ritchie Neal
Representative Ritchie Neal congressional delegation
Mr Bruce Atkinson MLC for Australia
       
Ms Zuzana Chuda, Consul for Slovak Embassy in London The Chinese National Day Celebrations Ambassador Louis B. Susman European Board of the International Ombudsman
       
The Speaker is pictured with Jim Fitzpatrick and Martina Purdy before being interviewed for Stormont Live Mr TRAN Dai Quang, Vice Minister of Public Security of Vietnam House of Commons Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel
       
US Secretary of State, Mrs Hilary Clinton Mrs Hilary Clinton signs the Visitors Book His Excellency Mr Alexis P Lautenberg, Swiss Ambassador to the UK His Excellency Dr Sami Khryami, Syrian Ambassador to London
       
His Excellency Mr Julian King, British Ambassador to Ireland His Excellency Mr Hubert Wurth, the Luxembourg Ambassador to the UK & Ireland Intergenerational Event Dame Mary Peters
       
Roll of Honour Reception      

2008 (click photo to open slideshow)

European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Mr Charlie McCreevy Sheikh Human Bakir Abdulmajed Hamoudi, member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Ambassador of Poland, Mrs Barbara Krystyna Tuge-Erecińska Commonwealth Day Reception
       
Ms Li Libei, Head of Staff and Consul in the Chinese Consulate in Edinburgh Mr Gary Knell, President of Sesame Workshop St Patrick’s Day Celebration Mr Gerry Anderson
       
Piping Hot, Lambeg Drums Melisma, choral singers Mark Wilson Celtic Storm
       
Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, Mr Michael Kitt TD The President of Burundi Flemish Deputy Speaker, Mr Carl Decaluwe tree planting ceremony for the Woodland Trust
       
His Excellency Mr Edgardo Espiritu, Philippines Ambassador to the UK Ambassador to Slovenia Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor of New York and Mr Tony O'Reilly, Chairman of Heinze High Commissioner for Malta, HE Dr Michael Refalo
       
President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, Mr Ing René Núñez Téllez delegation of Nicaraguan Parliamentarians delegates from the CPA Scottish Branch The Committee on Procedures & Privileges from Seanad Eireann
       
International Parliamentary Governance Seminar delegates Ms Kaye Griffin, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Committee for Domestic Affairs of the Parliament of Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Prime Minister, Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
       
Ceann Comhairle of Dail Eireann, Mr John O'Donoghue TD US Deputy Secretary of State, Mr John Negroponte Speaker of the Kurdish National Assembly, Mr Adnan Rashad Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdish National Assembly, Mr Adnan Rashad Mufti,
       
reception for Cross community groups from across Northern Ireland reception for Cross community groups from across Northern Ireland reception for Cross community groups from across Northern Ireland Baroness Royall MP, Leader of the House of Lords

2007 (click photo to open slideshow)

Mr Alex Ferguson MSP and Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas the Lord Chief Justice President of the Czech Republic, Mr Václar Klaus Iranian Ambassador, Mr Rasoul Movahedian Attar
       
President of the Basque Parliament lighting of the Christmas Tree lighting of the Christmas Tree  

 

Events from previous mandates

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