Kingsley Aikins - Good work doesn't speak for itself... But you can!

Now, there is so much to unpack there.

Can I just, for the listeners, say, ran a thing called the Ireland Funds.

I mean, the thing called the Ireland Funds is huge and is one of our, I don't know, a showpiece for Ireland philanthropy, almost, isn't it?

And networking.

And it was, well, here's this...

You know, Sinead, we had a huge history of emigration from Ireland.

So in history, in total, 10 million people have left this island.

It's an unbelievable number.

That's the bad news.

But the good news is 10 million people left this island because we now have a global empire not built by military might or force of arms, just the fact so many Irish people went and had to go in the course of famine being the big driver.

In fact, Tony, I remember when I met him first, he said there was a time

when

the Prime Minister of New Zealand was called Muldoon, the Prime Minister of Australia was Keating, the Prime Minister of Great Britain was Callaghan, the Prime Minister of Canada was Mulroney, and the President of the United States was Reagan.

I mean, that's one of the great tribes of the world.

Okay, so before we alienate all the listeners, we're not going to just go into Ireland history, but it is amazing.

And one small snippet there.

You mentioned the Lansdowne Club.

I went to Sydney in 97, 98 as a young church accountant.

And I went to the Lansdowne St. Patrick's Day.

It is one of the showpiece events for the Irish down there.

So it is...

And I know it's still going strong, as you say.

So it's amazing.

So well done.

Well done on that.