Past Events

2024 Events

Visit to Leinster House

31. January 2024

Finnish Business Network Ireland and Swedish Chamber (Chair Paul Keane) members just had an excellent visit to Leinster House! We had an opportunity to have a guided tour of the national Parliament and enjoyed a lunch in their fantastic restaurant . We had an engaging meeting with Minister Roderick O’Gorman. He spoke passionately in favour of amendments to the constitution and outlined his priorities in the in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

2023 Events

Christmas Lunch with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce

1.December 2023

Venue: Law Society

2022 Events

Christmas Lunch with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce

24. November 2022

Venue: The Law Society

Dinner Dance with Eino Grön and Samae Koskinen

15. October 2022

Venue; Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin

Business Lunch with economist Dr. David Duffy

Date: 25. March 2022

Venue: Brooks Hotel

Business Meets Politics with Damien English

A joint event with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Ireland

Venue: Leinster House

Date: 14. June 2022

AGM: 13.May 2022

Venue: Zoom - on line

2020 Events

AGM: 1st September 2020 at 6 p.m. GMT.

Venue: Zoom - on line

"Virtual Lunch" with economist Dr. David Duffy

Date: 25th September from 12:30 - 13:30

"Virtual Dinner" with Colonel Bernard Markey

Date: 27/11/2020

2018 Events

Brexit Seminar

Brexit Seminar on 6/4 was the Club's main event in 2018. It was a joint effort with the Irish and Finnish Embassies, Irish Business Club in Finland, and the FBC. The Finnish Ambassador for Ireland Jaana Teckenberg kindly accommodated the event in her residence. Maeve Collins, The Irish Ambassador to Finland was also present and the and the first speaker of the Day was the Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee followed up by an impressive list of speakers; Dr. David Duffy - IBEC, Anne Lannigan - Enterprise Ireland, Mark Kennedy - Mazars, Richard Redmond - Papertek, and Anton Scott -SoftCo.

Visit to European Foundation

2018 got a good start with a visit to the European Foundation. We heard the results of their latest research, and concluded that they are doing really fantastic work that benefits all EU countries.

2017 Events

Freezer Golf 28/12/2017

Suomi 100 Years

Suomi100Ireland main event took place 18/11 at Filmbase in Templebar. During the all-day event the audience had an opportunity to hear presentations and to visit an exhibition. The evening event at Clayton Hotel was sold out and was a huge success. I’d like to thank all the hard working Committee Members, volunteers, speakers, and the audience for creating a wonderful Year for us all! We also received fantastic support from a good number of sponsors. The Club would like to thank all sponsors and everyone who helped in the fundraising efforts to make it a Year to remember.

Naval visit of FNS Hämeenmaa to Dublin 25.5.2017

14/4 Good Friday Golf

Easter got off to a good start on Good Friday morning with Richard Redmond's traditional golfing event at Castlewarden Golf course. This year the event focused on celebrating Finland's 100th anniversary of Independence.

Players from the Finnish Business Club, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and many Irish friends had a great day.

The Club is very grateful to its sponsors, Laura Eklund - Red Earth at Beacon South Quarter, Edward Dillon – Finlandia Vodka, Donal Denham – Helsinki Dry Gin, and Papertech for their generous prizes.

10/2 FBC Business Lunch with Dr. David Duffy - Ibec

2016 Events

2/2 Lunch with Swedish Chamber

4/3 FBC Business Lunch with Dr. David Duffy - ESRI

14/4 FBC Annual General Meeting

7/4 Visit of Vammalan Yrittajat - Hosts: Tiina Walsh, Teemu Saloranta

11/5 Visit of Pohjois Pohjanmaan Yrittajat - Speakers: Ambassador Jaana Teckenberg, Teemu Saloranta

19/9 Visit of K-Kauppiaat - Speakers: Ambassador Jaana Teckenberg, Teemu Saloranta

1/11 Visit to Lilly's Eco-Clean, CEO Titta Jones

2015

Annual Budget Briefing Lunch @ Brooks Hotel in Dublin on Friday February 27th. Dr. David Duffy from ESRI gave us a talk about the recent Budget, and the underlying economic assumptions.
Manu Raivio, who is organizing Finnish stand up comedian Ismo Leikola's Dublin performance in mid-March, also gave a talk about the upcoming event.
Thank you, Dr. Duffy, Manu and everyone for the good company!

2014

Christmas Lunch 28th November 2014 with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce , Old Jameson Distillery, Bow Street, Dublin 7

Business Lunch 14th November 2014

Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Markey, from the Irish Defence Forces delivered a presentation about his recent 6 month’s deployment in Afghanistan. He has also recently spent 6 months in Lebanon, where the Irish Defence Forces are engaging in peacekeeping duties together with the Finnish Defence Forces.

Finnish Business Club & SCCI Visit to CRANN Institute, Trinity College on September 26th, 2014.

We were kindly invited to CRANN Institute by our member, Dr. Jussi Tuovinen, the Executive Director of the institute. CRANN Institute (the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices) is the largest research institute in Trinity College Dublin. CRANN brings together over 300 researchers including 37 leading Investigators based across multiple disciplines including Trinity's Schools of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Engineering and Pharmacology.
We'd like to thank Dr. Tuovinen for interesting presentations and the tour around!

6.6.2014 Markus Teir's Farewell reception

12th May FBC Annual General Meeting

22nd May FBC visit to IBM Innovation Centre.

30th April

Business Lunch at Fitzwilliam Hotel. The event was arranged by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce. Many thanks for SCCI and the Guest Speaker Fred Karlsson, founder of DoneDeal and a leadingentrepreneur in Ireland.

18th April

Good Friday Golf

Many thanks to Richard Redmond for excellent arrangements and to Papertech for sponsoring the event! The event took place at Castlewarden

and 27 players enjoyed the most glorious weather and beautiful display of flora that only Irish countryside can offer.

11th February

Finnish Business Club Chairman, Business Consultant Teemu Saloranta was decorated with the Cross of Order of the Lion of Finland for his achievements and important work abroad. Teemu has been the Chairman of the Finnish Business Club in Ireland for many years and is actively involved with Irish-Finnish Society and Team Finland among others. He arrived in Ireland for the first time already in 1988.
The Grand Master in granting this highly honorable recognition is the President of Finland. Ambassador of Finland in Ireland, HE Hilkka Nenonen had the honor to deliver the honor to Teemu with her spouse Rainer Lahmann. The Committee and Members of Finnish Business Club would like to congratulate Teemu!

Teemu and Christine Saloranta, Finnish Ambassador Hilkka Nenonen and her spouse Rainer Lahmann. — at Ambassador's Residence, Dublin.

31st January

Annual Budget Briefing Lunch with Dr. David Duffy from ESRI (The Economic and Social Research Institute) giving the briefing. Followed by a lunch in Brooks Hotel.

2013

22nd November - Christmas Lunch at the Whiskey Corner

12 November - - “Key Changes in Business Law” Presentation by Paul Keane, Managing Partner of ReddyCharlton

13 June -Ambassador Pertti Majanen delivered to FBC members an overview of his tenure in Ireland

7 May - Swedish Chamber Event: Tour of the Central Criminal Courts by Judge Paul Carney

22 April - FBC Annual General Meeting & Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Markey: update of the Irish-Finn Battalion's peacekeeping activities in Lebanon

11 April - Swedish Chamber event: Talk by Gerry Vahey, Tax Partner in Mazars, on “SMEs – What the tax system can do for you”.

29 March - Good Friday Golf, Castlewarden Golf Club

27 February – Business Meets Politics – Meeting with Sean Sherlock TD, Minister for Research and Innovation.

1 February - Business Lunch, Dr. David Duffy E.SR.I

2012

Christmas Bazaar

Blackwater Castle autumn event in Castletownroche, County Cork

Visit to Linkedin

AGM

Annual Budget Briefing Lunch

2011

14 December Finnish Christmas Bazaar

30 May FBC AGM

4 February FBC Budget Lunch with guest speaker Dr. David Duffy.

2010

Round Table Discussion

7 October Innovation seminar at Dublin Castle

11 June Visit to Facebook

31 May FBC AGM

22 April Visit to Leinster House

29 January ESRI Lunch with guest speaker Dr. David Duffy from the ESRI.

2009

19 September Greyhound Racing

14 September Lunch Time Seminar, Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty: Implications for Business

Farewell Presentation to Ambassador, HE Seppo Kauppila Departure of Ambassador, HE Seppo Kauppila

18th May FBC AGM

27th March Suomi Koulu presentation

ESRI Economic Briefing & Luncheon

Visit to National Gallery to see the Finnish Golden Era Painting Exhibition

2008

11 October - FBC 20th Anniversary Dinner Dance

5 June FBC AGM

9 April - Business and NaturePresentations: 1. Finnish Food Sector - Challenges and Opportunities Veli-Pekka Talvela Director General, MAFF Finland 2. Challenges Facing the Food & Drink Industry in Ireland Paul Kelly, Director, Food & Drink Industry Ireland 3. EU Energy & Environment Package: Effects on the Agri-Food Sector Gary Lanigan, Frank O'Mara, John Finnan, James Burke, Pat Dillon, Padraig O'Kiely, John Murphy & Cathal O'Donoghue Teagasc: The Agricultural and Food Research Authority 4. The Zeitgeist of Food and the Meaning of Life... Michael Lee, Unilever 5. EU Climate Change Package Laura Malaguzzi Valeri, Economic and Social Research Institute 6. The Expected Impacts of Global Warming and Other Human-induced Changes on Fish Stocks and Fisheries in the Baltic Sea Hannu Lehtonen, University of Helsinki, Finland

2007

8 December Finnish Independence Day Concert

13 November Recital & Reception in Honour of the State Visit of the President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen

24 October Visit to the Irish Times Print Facility

7 September Voices for Fun Concert and Reception

8 July Grand Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the European Union

9 June Irish Finnish Society Golf Day

23 April Annual General Meeting

5 March Finland Property Evening

15 February Innovation Seminar at the European Foundation

2006

Tunnel Run