The second day of a jobs fair aimed at bringing the talents of young Irish people back home continued today inManhattan.
The cross-Border initiative was launched by the Minister for Health MrMartin and the Stormont Higher and Further Education Minister Mr Seán Farren.
The State's Jobs Ireland campaign has joined forces with Northern Ireland's Back to your Future drive to present the face of a new and confident island.
More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the event - the first of its kind to be organised by the respective organisations in both parts of Ireland.
Both men will be pushing the message Ireland is now the place to be with improved salaries, a great quality of life and the prospect of peace.
Mr Farren told New Yorkers it was "the place to make a better and brighter future."
"In the past, thousands of our brightest and best young people have felt that they have had to leave home to further their careers," he said.
"Now all that has changed - instead of looking for jobs for people now we are looking for people for jobs."
Mr Rody Molloy, director general of the FÁS, said it was a testimony to how far both parts of the island have come in recent years.
"If they had told me we would be here in partnership with the Training and Employment Agency (T&EA) in Northern Ireland, I would have sent for the men in white coats," he said
Mr Martin said the partnership between FÁS and the T&EA was a practical illustration of a new era of co-operation across Ireland.
"This recruitment fair is to say to people living in America and across the world that Ireland is a quality destination for a fulfilling career," he said.
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