b'AROUND THE WORLD | GERMANY 1 2 34 5 6The Ireland Fund of Germanys Super Friday in Dublin1 Elmar Conrads-Hassel,It was a remarkable Friday in Dublin for the members and friends of The Ireland Fund of Germany. After a Dr Ursula Hassel, Anne Lbkemeier andnetworking lunch, members and friends attended the conference Ireland, Europe and the European FinancialGerman Ambassador Dr Eckhard Lbkemeier Stability Facility (EFSF) / Mechanism (ESM)Situation, Chances, Future and discussed the highly interesting2 Elmar Conrads-Hassel, opening the conferenceviews with the prominent speakers, H.E. Dr. Eckhard Lbkemeier, German Ambassador to Ireland; Mr. Wernerat Blackhall Place Schwanberg, Managing Director, WGZ Bank Ireland; and Mr. Rossa White, Chief Economist, National Treasury(l - r) Werner Schwanberg, Dr Eckhard Lbkemeier,Management Agency of Ireland. The conference was organized by the German-Irish Lawyers and BusinessFrank Dornseifer, Markus Patrick Neuhaus, Rossa White Associationa close partner of The Ireland Fund of Germanyin co-operation with the EU & International Affairs3 Rosemary OLoughlin, Eva Massa, Franziska Sturm,Committee of the Law Society of Ireland and took place at Blackhall Place, the Irish Law Societys magnificentBenedikt Schleuter4 Felix McTiernan,headquarters in Dublin. In the evening, H.E. Dr Eckhard Lbkemeier, German Ambassador to Ireland, and his wifeDara Harrington, Maeve & Feargal ODubhghail Anne, together with the Chairman of The Ireland Fund of Germany, Elmar Conrads-Hassel, and his wife, 5 Hugo MacNeill; Caitriona Fottrell,Dr Ursula Hassel, hosted The Ireland Fund of Germanys Charity Dinner 2012 at the German Ambassadors Dr Ursula Hassel, Elmar Conrads-Hassel residence.AnexcellentspeechwasgiveninGermanandEnglishbyHugoMacNeill,GoldmanSachs 6 Anne Lbkemeier; Dr Jill Donoghue,ManagingDirectorandChairmanofTheIrelandFundinIreland.DirectorIreland CaitrionaFottrell Dr Eckhard Lbkemeier, Werner Schwanberg attendedtheeventaswell.DrUrsulaHassel,presentedAnDuasTheIrelandFundofGermanys annual award for outstanding achievements in the fields of Irish Studies in Germany and German Studies in Irelandto Dr Gisela Holfter, Senior Lecturer in German & Joint Director Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick for the new MA in Irish-German Studies. The proceeds of the Charity Dinner 2012 supportedDarndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare Servicesa community centre which caters for 267 children in Darndale / Belcamp, a disadvantaged community in north Dublin with high levels of unemployment, low educational attainment and myriad social issues. connect 2013 | 95'