24/05/1964<br />
05/24/1964<br />
24 May 1964<br />
Irish delegates leave for International Seed Trade Conference in Venice. Mr Michael Wallis, President of the Irish Seed Trade Association and Director of Townsend-Flahavan Seeds Ltd., Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford and Mr Denis Coakley, Vice President of the Irish Seed Trade Association and Managing Director of Denis Coakley and Co. Ltd., Seed Merchants, Lower Kevin Street, Dublin, left Dublin for Venice to attend the International Seed Trade Convention that was to be attended by 1,200 delegates including 11 Irish. Picture shows Mr Wallis (right) and Mr Coakley about to board their plane at Dublin Airport.