About Us

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is publisher at the Belfast Media Group and at the Irish Echo in the US. The Irish Echo, established 1928, is the oldest and biggest newspaper serving Irish Americans across 50 States.

A former Finance Minister in the Executive and a former Lord Mayor of Belfast, Máirtín has been involved in community-building for four decades.

He is a founding partner of the North Ireland Growth Fund which is aiming to raise $100m to invest in early-stage companies seizing economic opportunities in Ireland’s 12 northern counties.

He has authored several books in Irish and English, is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and has received several awards for his community commitment, most notably an honorary doctorate from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, USA and the Tolerntia Laureate Award for support of the LGBTQ+ community. In 2023, he served as Honorary Grand Marshall of the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Huntsville, Alabama.

He is a keen runner and is married to Helen O’Hare. The couple have four grown-up children.

Connla McCann is a fluent Irish speaker with an MSc in Business and IT from Dublin City University and a BA Hons in Celtic Studies, from Ulster University. She began her in career in event management in 2005 and specializes in awards ceremonies, sports events and conferences in Ireland and the United Sates. She is the current CEO of Irish Echo in New York as well as an active member of the Irish language, education and cultural spheres in the north of Ireland. She is a governor of the board of the Irish language primary school, Bunscoil Phobal Feirste and secretary for the board of Brassneck Theatre Company.

Amy Dickinson is Events Coordinator with Aisling Events, a position she took up in 2018. She holds a BA Hons degree in Liberal Arts with Business Studies, gained at St Mary’s University, Belfast. She is a specialist in digital communications and events management including technology and business conferences, sporting events and awards ceremonies, which she has managed for corporations and communities on both sides of the Atlantic.