Joeys Alumni Annual Dinner 2020

02/03/2020 Joeys Alumni

Joeys Alumni Annual Dinner 2020

Joeys Alumni – Highlights from Annual Dinner 28thFebruary 2020

Welcomes:

Tim Quinlan, MC, welcomed:

• Past Pupils and Teachers from both Secondary and Primary schools

• Visiting PPU Presidents: Tony Connellan, O’Connell’s, Jerry Carroll, Westland Row, Peter Fitzpatrick, Synge St.

• Recently retired Principal, Gerry Cullen and wife, Brenda

• Fr. Finbar Neylon, Past Pupil, School Chaplain and Hall of Fame member

• Michael Bulman, Past Pupil and PTech Industry Partner, IBM

• Tony Davitt, Past Pupil and PTech Industry Partner, Cisco

• Other retired Joeys Principals

Attendees:

Around 200 past pupils, teachers and guests were there for a most enjoyable occasion in Clontarf Castle. Alumni arrived from all corners of Ireland as well as the USA, Belgium and the UK for an evening of reminiscing, catching up, meeting the current and past principals and teachers as well as finding how what was now happening in Joeys.

Programme for the evening:

Principal of Secondary School, Pat O’Brien, presented Student Awards to Yousuf Tanvir and Conor McGee Moore.

He then addressed the audience:

Liam Twohig, representing 1970 (50th anniversary year) then said a few words:

Joeys Alumni President, Dave Rafferty was next to speak:

We then presented our video, outlining the current issues facing the school and what the combined team of Joeys Alumni, Principals, Board of Management and teachers are doing to make things happen:

Joeys Alumni Strategy Officer, Brendan McGrath, then introduced our 2020 Hall of Famer, Aidan Giblin, Past Pupil, Past Principal and current National PTECH Programme Manager: