The Irish Accession Agreement being signed

ESO’s Director General, Xavier Barcons (front right), and John Halligan T.D., Irish Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development (front left), sign the Accession Agreement that will lead to Ireland joining the European Southern Observatory.

Part of the team behind the work is seen from left to right in the second row: Dermot Mulligan, Assistant Secretary General, Innovation and Investment Division, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Orlaigh Quinn, Secretary General, Innovation and Investment Division, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Tom Ray, School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Irish ESO Council delegate), Joseph Moore, Principal Officer, Innovation, Research and Development Policy, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Irish ESO Council delegate), ESO Director of Administration Claudia Burger, ESO Council President Willy Benz and Sarah Flood, Innovation, Research and Development Policy, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.