01/05/2024 Dublin, Ireland. Government hosts ?Day of Welcomes? Event in Farmleigh. Celebrating 20 years since the historic EU enlargement on May 1st 2004, Ireland hosts an event in Phoenix Park attended by key officials, marking the occasion of the Day of Welcomes and the commissioning of Seamus Heaney's poem "Beacons at Bealtaine". Photo shows: Taoiseach and Fiine Gael leader Simon Harris speaking to the media. Photograph: Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie