By Business & Finance 
Ireland Day New York returned to NYSE for the fifth consecutive year this Friday, March 13th, adding a vital business focus to annual St Patrick’s Day observances.
The summit hosted more than 300 executives from leading international firms, including Fortune 500 companies, venture capital firms, entrepreneurial start-ups, market makers, policy makers and financial and sciences organisations from the US, Ireland and around the world.
Ian Hyland, president, Ireland INC was joined by Hon. Kevin O’Malley, US Ambassador to Ireland; Raymond Sisson, president and CEO, AWAS; Ciaran Murray, CEO, ICON PLC; Julie Sinnamon, CEO Enterprise Ireland; Anne Heraty, founder and CEO, CPL; Mark Roden, CEO and founder, ding*; Anthony Maddaluna, EVP, Pfizer; Caitriona Hallahan, CEO, Microsoft Ireland; Mark Little, founder, Storyful; and Emer Gilvarry, chair of Mason Hayes & Curren, to ring the NYSE Opening Bell ring.
The theme of Ireland Day 2015 is ‘Ireland INC 2020: The next steps’. Discussing this theme today were a number of influential business leaders who debated key global business issues and who communicated the message to the international market that Ireland is open for business.
