Welcome to the July 2026 edition of QIA Newsletter.

In this edition, we share photographs and reports from Bloomsday in Brisbane, which was again a huge success.

And we share details of our Farewell Roast of Jeff Spender, as we give our former President a big send-off in Brisbane City Hall.

Great news for our Director and Public Relations Officer Mary Allen’s website and former magazine Irish Queenslander, which is being added to the National Library of Australia’s archive.

We look forward to Queensland Irish Choir’s winter concert, and we also have entertainment news about a Shane MacGowan tribute album.

We also share the sad news of the passing of our former Director Michele Bourke.