MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) leads trade mission to India – February 2015

Frank Keane and Cormac Doyle, Partners at MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland), travelled to India on a trade mission from the 8^thuntil the 13^th February.  The purpose of the trade mission was to meet existing clients, to attend major conferences (such as Nasscom, Bio Bangalore and Plast India) and to run trade investment workshops.  Frank and Cormac were accompanied by Robert MacGiolla Phadraig (Sigmar Recruitment), Derek Collins (Bank of Ireland) and Brian Harrison (HiTech Health Ltd).

MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) Christmas Party 2014

MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) staff opened the Christmas season’s celebrations with the Firm Christmas Party on the 19^thDecember 2014.  The evening kicked off with pre-dinner drinks and refreshments in Kiely’s in Donnybrook, followed by dinner in The Greenery Restaurant, Donnybrook.  The agenda for the night included some brilliant singing performance from the 2014 new joiners, who demonstrated their musical talents with a vast repertoire of Christmas Carrols.  Later that night, everyone was presented with a Kris Kindle gift that had to be opened publicly.  The event provided a pleasant and enjoyable occasion to exchange Christmas wishes and celebrate the end of 2014.

US Secondment Programme 2015

Six members of MKO’s (now EisnerAmper Ireland’s) Financial Services team have been selected to travel to the United States in January 2015 to partake in a 12 week Funds Audit Secondment Programme with EisnerAmper LLP (“EisnerAmper”). EisnerAmper is a leading full-service advisory and accounting firm, and is among the largest in the United States, with nearly 1,200 employees, including 180 partners. Recognised internationally as one of the premier firms providing advisory, audit, and tax services to financial services entities and portfolio companies, EisnerAmper serves more than 1,000 hedge funds, private equity funds and other fund entities.

Assistant Managers Karl Purcell and Roisin Cahill will travel to EisnerAmper’s office in San Francisco, while Andrew Duignan, Michael O’Malley, Louise Reynolds and Josie Egan will be based in EisnerAmper’s New York City office. EisnerAmper team members at both locations will be joined by Secondees from firms located in Europe, South Africa and New Zealand.

The Secondment Programme will begin with a week of in-house Hedge Fund Audit Training provided by EisnerAmper’s Learning & Development Team.  Upon completion of training, MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland)secondees will join EisnerAmper’s Hedge Fund Audit Teams to manage and work on a range of audits over the course of their secondment.

To learn more about the services offered by EisnerAmper to companies and service providers in the Financial Services sector, visit this page.

Ireland France Business Awards 2014

Roisin Cahill, Assistant Manager, and Orla Brennan, Supervisor, both members of MKO’s (now EisnerAmper Ireland’s) International Business team, attended the Ireland France Business Awards 2014 and Gala Dinner on Thursday, 27 November at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. The annual event is organised by the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce and NetworkIrelande.
Guests were joined on the night by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD (pictured below with Roisin Cahill), H.E. Jean-Pierre Thébault (Ambassador of France to Ireland), H.E. Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador of Ireland to France) and Matthias Fekl, the French Minister of State for Foreign Trade.

MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) is an active member of the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce. For more information on MKO’s (now EisnerAmper Ireland’s) International Business service offering, please visit our website.

Run in the Dark 2014

On the 12th of November 2014 Emanuela Zamboni and Patrick Thornton participated in the Dublin Run in the Dark 5k race. Over 3,000 runners participated in the event. Emanuela and Patrick both had stellar performances finishing 29th and 7th in their respective divisions!

The Life Style Sports Run in the Dark raises awareness and funding for Mark Pollock’s mission to cure spinal cord injuries.

http://www.runinthedark.org/about/

Dublin Marathon 2014

Congratulations to Cormac Doyle and Emanuela Zamboni who ran the Dublin Marathon on the 27^thOctober, a second marathon in 7 months for Cormac, and a third in 12 months for Emanuela! Both Emanuela and Cormac managed to finish under 5 hours, despite the challenging weather conditions, injuries picked up during training, lack of training, and some trials and tribulations along the way on 26.2 miles course!

Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) Programme

Members of MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) have been participating in the JAI Programme throughout 2014. Several members of staff completed the Easter and Autumn term programmes, with more members of staff scheduled to participate during the coming months. Sarabeth McGuire completed the Easter term programme in the Guardian Angels National School in Blackrock, which involved teaching 30 students  as part of ‘Our Families Programme’ over a period of 6 weeks. ‘Our Families Programme’ discusses the role of families in the local economy. The programme involved visiting the school and teaching a 5 week lesson plan. Following the completion of the programme, each member of the class received a participation certificate and a party was organised for the students by MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland).

JAI is part of a worldwide organisation reaching out to 9.3 million young people each year, encouraging them to remain in education. The next round of participation for MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland in the JAI programme will be November 2014, with additional volunteers from MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) participating in several schools across Dublin.

Ireland Fund Young Leaders, Irish Run the World Global 5k

Congratulations to Dean Roche and Patrick Thornton for taking part in the Ireland Fund Young Leaders, Irish Run the World Global 5k, that took place in the Leopardstown racecourse on Saturday 4 October 2014.  The event span over 20hrs, and covered over 50km, in 11 different cities and 4 different countries. Patrick Thornton won the Dublin race in an impressive time of 17:17, with Dean Roche finishing in the Top 10.

September 2014 – 5K Team Challenge

Congratulations to Cormac Doyle, David Marmion, Dean Roche and Emanuela Zamboni for taking part in the Grant Thornton 5K Team Challenge that took place in the Dublin Docklands on Tuesday 2^nd September 2014. The MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) team came in with a overall time of 1:32:50, placing 205^th out of 773 teams.

Samsung Night Run

Congratulations to David Marmion, Dean Roche, Emanuela Zamboni, Stephen Reilly and Sarabeth McGuire on completing the Samsung Night Run Cork VS Dublin, which took place on Sunday, 27 April in Dublin city centre. The weeks of hard training paid off and four of the runners put in an impressive performance coming in sub-50 minutes and well under the average time of 55 minutes recorded for Dublin. Well done also to the newbie of the team, Sarabeth McGuire, who superbly managed to complete her first 10 km run!

Along with over 5,000 competitors in Dublin and over 1,000 in Cork, MKO’s (now EisnerAmper Ireland’s) team helped raise funds for local schools. The team is planning future events throughout the remainder of the year and is welcoming any new participants!