Atlanta-based packaging giant WestRock is exploring a merger with Smurfit Kappa Group plc, a competitor based in Ireland. Smurfit announced that the companies’ boards of directors were in discussions on […]
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Atlanta’s Major League Rugby Team Sold, Will Relocate
After four seasons in the city, Atlanta’s professional rugby team, Rugby ATL, has been acquired by a new ownership group and will relocate. Major League Rugby announced the decision in […]
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Ireland Seeks Honorary Consul for Tennessee, Expanding Diplomatic Network in the South
Ireland’s expansion of its consular network throughout the Southeast U.S. as it prioritizes the region is set to continue with the proposed appointment of an honorary consul in Nashville. The […]
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Georgia Tech to Return to Ireland for 2024 Football Opener
Georgia Tech’s football team will return to Ireland for next year’s football opener in a contest that Atlanta boosters will likely once again use to showcase the city to Irish […]
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Atlanta Is Getting a Reputation in Ireland, Minister Says at St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast
When Atlanta comes up as a destination for ministerial visits, Irish government officials must be jostling for a spot at the front of the line. The city hosted an unprecedented […]
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Six Northern Ireland Tech Firms Set to Visit Atlanta on Trade Mission
Six tech companies from Northern Ireland are eyeing partnership opportunities in Atlanta during a trade mission March 27-29. The delegation led by the Invest Northern Ireland agency is part of a […]
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Diplomatic Digest: Unprecedented 10 New Consuls General Took Up Posts in Atlanta During 2022
The post-pandemic shakeup of the Atlanta Consular Corps continued throughout the course of 2022, with a number of new diplomats arriving just as their public schedules could return to normal […]
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Springboard Conference: Europe’s ‘Storms’ and Crises Shouldn’t Deter Investors
Neither rampant inflation and sliding currencies, nor a war and a looming energy crisis — even coming on the back of a pandemic — could dampen the spirits of investment […]
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Atlanta as a Global Relationship Platform: How Companies Use the City to Reach the World
Editor’s note: This commentary by Jorge Fernandez, consultant at The Pendleton Group, is published as part of the firm’s annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta. Most know that Atlanta has the world’s busiest airport and is […]
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Coca-Cola’s Globally Experienced CFO Named as New President
John Murphy, the Irish-born chief financial officer at Coca-Cola Co. with extensive experience in the company’s Japan, Southeast Asia and Latin American units, will now add president to his title. […]