Events

Activities from 2008-2016 are described in the NEWS ARCHIVE section of the sidebar on the News page.  

Over 100 people attended the Irish Business Network’s series of events in Zurich, Basel and Lausanne on “Living in Switzerland from a legal standpoint”. The three events took place with the support of the Irish Emigrant fund between November 2016 and June 2017. Zurich-based legal consultants Treuco AG – specialists in Swiss financial, tax and…
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The Basel Irish Club in association with the Irish Business Network Switzerland held its annual St. Patrick’s Day lunch on March 16 at the Safran Zunft in Basel. Raffle proceeds went to BUMBLEance Children’s National Ambulance Service. Text: Brigid O'Donovan, Image: Basel Irish Club, March 2018

Both the Basel and Zurich chapters hosted very lively, Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) funded events on the theme of "Integrating in Switzerland while maintaining your Irish Roots". The Basel event was held in the famous Markthalle in Basel city. The Basel chapter was very fortunate to have two excellent and engaging speakers from contrasting industries,…
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The Irish Business Network Switzerland was founded by Valerie Gürthler-Doyle in 2008 and was incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit association (Verein in German) in 2017.  Its inaugural AGM was held on-line on June 28.  After 10 years at the helm, Valerie decided to step back from active presidency and a new 2018-2019 committee of 13 volunteers was…
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On October 3rd Ambassador Breifne O’Reilly hosted a reception at the Zunfthaus sur Saffran in Zurich together with Enterprise Ireland to coincide with Minister Pat Breen's (Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection) visit. During the reception the 10 year anniversary of the IBN Switzerland was acknowledged, with particular focus on the…
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