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When the Bundoran Open surfing festival and a north Mayo “beer barrel run” in aid of the Samaritans were sponsored by Wall Street firm J Streicher in 2019, the organisers of both events must have been delighted but somewhat surprised at their luck.
A Mayo GAA podcast also received sponsorship from the 111-year-old firm one of just five remaining specialist designated market makers now trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
The sponsorship boost had come about after a number of young business executives with links to the northwest took up senior executive positions at J Streicher Global, the Dubai-based international investment arm of the venerable New York trading firm.