Spring is here at long last with its longer daylight, blossoming flowers, sunnier days and renewed sense of hope! We hope our email finds you and your dear ones in great health and wonderful high spirits that the month of March always brings, filling our hearts with love and joy.
For this reason, the EIRO team is all too excited about the impending arrival of Martisor, our Romanian traditional harbinger of spring. We’re hoping that our Martisor e-card will put a smile on your faces and brighten up your day!
As we are constantly growing and developing new projects, we wish to take this opportunity to encourage you to join our vibrant and dedicated team, who works tirelessly towards improving the cultural and business links between Romania and Ireland, as well as promoting the Romanian culture and its traditions.
Although the Covid 19 pandemic has negatively impacted on the quality of our social interactions and the planning of events, we still have managed to continue our social interactions and active involvement in various projects which strengthened our community spirit and expanded our knowledge.
As you have probably seen on our various social media platforms, we celebrated, albeit in a distanced way, the Romanian National Day on the 1st of December in People’s Park Limerick, we continued to hold Zoom meetings on a regular basis and Santa found a way of turning up as well!!!
Most notably however, is our continuous engagement with the Sanctuary with Psychology project of University of Limerick,, headspeared by our Dr. Anca Minescu. The project not only offered us intercultural training, but it has enabled wonderful intercultural dialogues between members of various ethnic backgrounds. It has enhanced our understanding of different cultural practices and identities, and above all, it has certainly expanded our knowledge of the differences and the similarities between the Romanian people and members of different ethnic communities.
We are hopeful that this year we will get to resume our cultural events and especially our most loved social gatherings so that we can hug each other again and share laughter!
Come and join us! :)
Warmest regards and best wishes!
O primăvară cât mai frumoasă!