​The first ever TONIIC member meet up in Ireland hosted by members Faye Walsh Drouillard and Mark Peters plus the WakeUp Capital team in Dublin for a taster of impactful work happening in Ireland, including a walk in the Wicklow mountains, a meet up with local Irish impact investors and sessions about afforestation, circularity and regenerative projects, plus a view on gender equality and inclusion in a modern Ireland… and yes of course there will be a pub visit!

​Agenda

​Sunday September 24th 2023 | Gender & Equality and Regenerative Farming in Modern Ireland

• ​1:00pm - 5:00pm : Transport and hike in Glendalough, County Wicklow

• ​6:30 - 8:30pm : Casual dinner at Toniic Member Faye’s house, South County Dublin; a presentation by Deirdre Mortell (Rethink Ireland): Gender & Equality in Modern Ireland; and Brendan Dunford (Burrenbeo Trust) talking about regenerative farming in the Burren

• ​Transport back to hotels

​Monday September 25th | Site visits and tour around County Dublin: circularity and afforestation, or food waste business

• ​8:00 AM : Sea swim at the 40-foot in Sandycove for the brave! Post-swim coffee at a social enterprise cafe

• ​9:00 AM -12:00 PM : Site visit to food waste enterprise

• ​12:30 - 2:00 PM : Lunch

• ​3:00 - 5:00 PM :  Visit to a new forest in Co. Wicklow

• ​6:30 - 9:00 PM : Dinner at a the Merry Ploughboy Pub

​Tuesday, September 26th | Joining the Toniic Member Gathering in London

​Morning transport to Dublin airport for flights to London to join the TONIIC gathering starting that afternoon. Flight options: 9:20am Aer Lingus (recommended), 8:40am or 8:45am Aer Lingus / British Airways.

​Join us! Sign up here for the event. Each ticket includes transport between venues in Dublin, dinner and drinks on the 24th, lunch and dinner on the 25th.

​For lodging, suggested hotels:

​Haddington House, Dun Laoghaire (top choice), https://haddingtonhouse.ie/

​Fitzpatrick Hotel, Dalkey, https://www.fitzpatrickcastle.com/

​Powerscourt Hotel, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, https://www.powerscourthotel.com/

​More options in the City center (please note: approx 30 min away from most activities)

​Westbury, https://www.doylecollection.com/hotels/the-westbury-hotel

​Shelbourne, https://www.theshelbourne.com/

​Merrion, https://www.merrionhotel.com/

​Hope to see you soon in Dublin!

​Faye Walsh Drouillard (faye@wakeupcapital.com) and Mark Peters (mark@wakeupcapital.com)