You should try getting in touch with @meetforeal and @amonter5. They both came over from Ireland with a similar story and now work with us in WeWork Labs.
this is awesome. if you want to cross post any of those internships for free on the we are ny tech job board, just let me know. - http://wearenytech.com/jobs
thinking about using drupal 7 on a new site we're making for a client. besides the whitehouse site, does anyone know some good government sites using drupal? any using drupal 7 already?