BIE News BIE News Ireland Division Hi All, Happy New Year Everyone! I hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2022. As you are aware we had our AGM and first meeting of 2022 via zoom on the 9th January. I appreciate everybody who attended and supported us on the day. I would like to say a huge thank you to our president Bobby Hopkin-Hoggarth for attending with us, it was great to have your knowledge and support on the day. It was unfortunate we had to cancel our face to face meeting due to Covid19 restrictions, myself and our secretary Jenny had a great day planned for our members. This only means one thing - our next meeting will be extra big with an exciting day planned ahead. For now our next meeting will be held on Sunday 3rd April 2022 and want everyone to make an extra effort to attend. We have a good few certificates to present and we have four new students this year and I would like to give them a warm welcome into our division. These people are going to be the future for our division and we need to move forward on a positive note. This year will be a fun and educative year all going well with Covid19 restrictions. So fingers crossed we won’t be effected. It’s looking like things may be coming back to a bit of normality with this year’s 26 | FuneralTimes
conference going ahead in Durham in April. From what I’m after hearing it will be a great event to attend and to support our President Bobby. Also this year Keele Educational Weekend should be going ahead which it would be great to support with a fun filled educational weekend. Just a gentle reminder also to our members that membership subscription is due for anyone who hasn’t paid it. On a final note, I’m looking forward to meeting you all at our next meeting in April and also our new students! Stay safe everyone!
BIE Irish Chairperson Niamh Cusack
