Industrial Visits > Industrial Visit to Ireland Industrial Trip to Ireland 24th - 27th October, 2007 The first industrial trip of the 2007/2008 academic year took place in Dublin, Ireland from Wednesday 24th to Saturday the 27th of October. First stop on the trip was a visit to the Irish parliament on Thursday where faculty and students had the opportunity to observe the government ministers in operation as they debated the agenda issues for that day. Following this, a tour of the actual parliament building was organised which provided some interesting facts about general Irish history and the development of the political system in Ireland. Following lunch in the parliament restaurant, the party met with the minister for justice, Mr Brian Lenihan. The minister spoke to the group on diverse political issues with a question and answer session afterwards. On Thursday afternoon the group was to be found in the Jameson brewery. Following a presentation on the making and marketing of Irish whiskey and Jameson in particular, the group toured the brewery and obviously sampled the product itself. Thursday was rounded off with socialising in the South side area of Dublin city with drinks at Samsara and dinner at the Trocedero restaurant. Friday was the turn of the other famous Irish brewery -Guinness. The group spent an interesting afternoon exploring the history of the company, the actual production process and the advertising/marketing of Guinness. On Friday evening, dinner at the Fire Restaurant was followed by dancing late into the night at Dublin’s top nightclub “Lillies Bordello”.