Unity, cooperation, diversity, help, participation, words with which the First Cork Multicultural Open Door Event on Saturday 26 November began. The Event was organized by immigrants of Cork City for the following purposes: inclusion into Irish society, a sharing of the various cultures of immigrant communities living in Cork with other Corkonians, to enable immigrants who didn’t participate anywhere before to organize, participate and make friends during joint activity.

Our goals were achieved, and though during these four months of our efforts in the organization of the Event there was a huge set of challenges to meet and problems to overcome. The idea of the festival was carried through by a range of people and was a great success on the day.
 
The event committee would like to thank the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Cork City Partnership and Western Union Money Transfer for this unique opportunity to bring Corkonians of different nationalities and cultures that now exist in this city together, and we would also like to thank everybody for their kind support in helping to raise our issues.