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Irish Minister visits

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On 24 April 2017 ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands was honoured with a visit by John Halligan, Ireland’s Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation. Minister Halligan and his group were greeted by Franco Ongaro, Head of ESTEC and ESA’s Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality.

The Minister was joined by Private Secretary Katrina Flynn; James Lawless T.D, Spokesperson on Science, Research and Development for the Fianna Fail Party; Michael Davitt, Head of the Irish Delegation to ESA and fellow members of the Delegation and Enterprise Ireland, as well as Kevin Kelly, Ireland’s Ambassador to the Netherlands.

The visitors were shown ESTEC’s satellite Test Centre, the Planetary Robotics Laboratory and Erasmus Human Spaceflight Centre, where they met Irish ESA employees and representatives of partner companies.

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    Irish Minister with Irish ESA employees

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    Irish Minister with Irish ESA employees
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    Irish Minister Halligan by Columbus mockup

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    Irish Minister Halligan by Columbus mockup
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    Irish Minister and Head of ESTEC

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    Irish Minister and Head of ESTEC
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    Irish visitors shown Columbus mockup

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    Irish visitors shown Columbus mockup
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    Addressing Irish employees

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    Addressing Irish employees
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    Signing ESTEC visitor's book

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    Signing ESTEC visitor's book