John Kelly is best known for ground-breaking radio programmes such as The Eclectic Ballroom, Mystery Train, The John Kelly Ensemble and Radio Clash. He is also presenter of the RTE television’s arts show The Works Presents – and before that The View.
He has written on music and the arts for numerous publications, most notably The Irish Times. He’s a SONY, EMA, multiple PPI winner and New York Radio Awards and Prix Italia nominee.
John’s novel From Out of the City was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
The US - All Ireland Sister Cities Mayor’s Summit will be held from 21st to 24th April 2016 and is being organised by a team led by Dublin City Council’s International Relations section with support from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and the San Jose twin sister organising committees.
The theme of the conference is Independence & Interdependence with a focus on celebrating the historical ties between Irish and USA civic society, business, cultural and education institutions.
The Summit will begin in every county on the Island with the local programme for their US Sister Cities and culminate in the Dublin Summit.
