The London club for NUI (National University of Ireland) graduates has been relaunched six years after it was dissolved.
The club, which has a rich and varied history dating back to the 1920s, was re-established at an event in the British capital this evening. Senator Joe O'Toole was the keynote speaker.
The initiative to reform the club came from a group of UCC and UCD graduates who formed a committee last year with this specific objective.
It has been well received by the Irish graduate community in London and sponsorship has been provided by
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The club was established in 1929 in Shaftsbury Avenue as a dining club for NUI graduates and later moved to Lower Grosvenor Place. Over the years, it was the venue for many guest lectures and other events for Irish people in London.
In 2003 it was dissolved and its assets offered as a gift to the NUI for the purpose of establishing the NUI Club London scholarship, on offer for students registered in a different college each year as determined by the NUI Senate.
Membership is free and further information on the club is available on its websites, www.nuiclub.co.uk and www.nuiclublondon.com.
