TRANSFORMING IRELAND 2011-2016 The Fine Gael/Labour Government has embarked on a programme of reform and some steps have been taken to bring this small country of ours back into solvency. This process had been begun by the late and much lamented Brian Lenihan who, in Glenties two years ago, spoke so passionately and so convincingly [...]
Archive for 2011
 | GENERAL INFORMATIONGENERAL INFORMATION Admission ticket to Official Opening, Annual John Hume Lecture, concert and reception as well as daily and weekly tickets available from Summer School office. SUMMER SCHOOL OFFICE ON MAIN STREET(almost opposite Highlands Hotel) from Thursday, July, 15th Tel. 074-9557851. Information also available from 074-9551103 and from Highlands Hotel tel. 074-9551111. Website: www.macgillsummerschool.com [...] |
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 | The Plan for RecoveryThe Plan for Recovery Brian Lenihan, TD Minister for Finance (Paper delivered at the MacGill Summer School in July 2009 and published in: IRELAND’S ECONOMIC CRISIS-TIME TO ACT) Causes of the crisis: If you look at what international commentators are saying, many are suggesting that the Celtic Tiger model has failed; the model is no [...] |
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 | Memories of Dr Garret FitzgeraldJoe Mulholland: I saw Garret for the last time when, last July, I accompanied him to his car outside the Highlands Hotel in Glenties and made sure that he was comfortably installed in it for the drive to Dublin. The previous evening, when he officially opened the MacGill School I introduced him as ‘a national [...] |
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