Life is grand

An Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, visited us at the opening of the ArcLab Research and Innovation Center yesterday. The day went well though he was in and out faster than a wife dragging her man out of a pub. Apparently he had 15 other openings to attend to that day.

The mayor of Waterford was there as was Martin Cullen and various other dignitaries from WIT.

One thing I must comment on is that Irish speakers need to raise their heads more. The mayor kept her head up more than most but it looked like she was reading her notes via braille. The rest, even Bertie, kept their heads down as they read their speeches. I was also suprised when the building was blessed by two priests. Apparently it is the done thing in Ireland even though afterwards a few jokes were made about avoiding it becoming a religious day.

All in all an interesting experience and a good thing for the Waterford region.

An Taoiseach will be visiting WIT’s Research and Innovation Center building where I work on Monday the 16th for the official opening. The TSSG and SEEP are hosted here and the place is fairly buzzing with activity. Plenty of press and other notables will be visiting. We should get a chance to demonstrate our project to everyone.

In case you don’t know An Taoiseach is the Irish equivalent of a Prime Minister. Pretty much the top dog in the political food chain. The current living embodiment of An Taoiseach is Mr. Bertie Ahern.