connect 2017 • 29 sharon haughey age 31 lord mayor of armagh fintan phelan age 25 mayor of carlow leo varadkar age 38, an taoiseach of ireland martin reilly age 35 mayor of derry-londonderry nuala mcallister age 28 lord mayor of belfast 4lord mayors/mayors: what have graduates of the washington ireland program gone on to accomplish? senior policy advisors in all major political parties on the island “i would never have imagined that seventeen years after my internship i would be elected the prime minister of my country. you helped make that possible.” — Leo Varadkar, speaking of The Washington Ireland Program at The Ireland Funds Conference in 2017 award-winning leaders across business, the media and the arts