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The ‘Mark’ of the Irish and International Women’s Week on the Hill

Ireland's Ambassador John Concannon hosted his first St. Patrick's Day party at his official residence on March 11, smack dab in the middle of a full schedule of International Women's Week celebrations.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, joins Irish Ambassador John Concannon, middle, and Ireland’s Minister of Social Protection Dana Calleary and hundreds of other parliamentarians, diplomats and Ottawa's Irish Community at the Emerald Ilse's official residence of the annual St. Patrick's Day house party. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY STUART BENSON

March 13, 2026

Party Central made an International Women's Week pit stop at the Irish ambassador's pre-St. Patrick's Day House Party alongside more than 100 parliamentarians, diplomats, members of Ottawa’s Irish community—as well as those who wish they were—and Count...

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