By Paul Whitehead

When: Thursday, 25th November 2010, at 7 p.m. Registration is from 6.30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Where: The Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT, close to Hammersmith tube station. Map and travel information: http://bit.ly/cnq0s7.

The aim of RendezVous353.com is to connect, inform and entertain all people with an Irish connection, around the world, especially appropriate during these challenging times. The website is named after the international dialling code for the Republic of Ireland.

The Irish diaspora globally is 80m strong and up to 15m strong in the UK, with a focus on London, where RendezVous353.com's London Group has gained more than 1,000 members in the past three weeks, bringing total membership to nearly 12,000.

Co-founder Richard O'Donnell will attend and talk about RendezVous353.com and the latest news about the service. Richard is one of the original dotcom multimillionaires, whose sale of Software Architects International in the year 2000 netted him $60m.

Richard will be announcing, at the launch, a strategic partnership with a major Irish media company.

The launch in London follows the successful US launch of RendezVous353.com in New York earlier this year.

Like any decent Irish party there will be a mix of good music, good company and good craic! (plus of course 'refreshments').

In addition to Eugene Forde, Economics Counsellor from the Irish Embassy, the launch party will be joined by three extremely talented Irish musicians: Vinnie Kilduff (who has worked with Sinead O'Connor, U2, Waterboys); Tim Edey (Sharon Shannon, Mary Black, Seamus Begley) and Pete Courtney (John Martyn, Paul Brady, The Frames, Damien Rice).

Please confirm your attendance by replying to my email (paul@western-pr.com).