05/08/2020
John Hume felt completely at home when at the MacGill Summer School which was fairly frequent. Having family connections with the county he had, of course, […]
02/12/2017
Dr Brendan Halligan President of the Institute of International & European Affairs, former Senator, former Gen. Sec, the Labour Party I suffer, as I mentioned this morning, […]
28/11/2017
Donal O’Brolcháin Political Reform Activist Towards a Democratic Way of Life Shifting the Paradigm of our Dysfunctional Governance Culture i ii iii In this […]
27/10/2017
Gerard Howlin, columnist and public affairs consultant The opening salvo of the topic set for us this afternoon presumes something has gone wrong. It hands […]
14/10/2017
Dr Eddie Molloy, Management Consultant Introduction: So that never again: In his introduction to the National Risk Assessment published in Jan 2014 Taoiseach Enda Kenny […]
01/10/2017
Susan Mitchell, Health Editor, The Sunday Business Post In November 2015, the Director-General of the HSE did an extensive interview with The Sunday Business Post […]
24/09/2017
Democratic Breakdown, Inequality and Populism in the 21st Century: Line-Cutters, Ladder-pullers and Unreachable Elites Dr Niamh Hourigan, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Sociology, University […]
16/09/2017
Roisín Shortall TD, Co-founder, Social Democrats party, former Minister of State at the Dept of Health Professor Tom Keane, who oversaw the successful implementation of […]
15/09/2017
The Growing Disaffection for the European Project: How to rise to the challenge? Prof Brigid Laffan, Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute […]
11/09/2017
A New Long-Term Vision and Plan is Required Prof John Fitzgerald, Professor Emeritus, Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI), member of Royal Irish Academy During […]
10/09/2017
We have the wind in our sails but a new long term vision and plan is required Brian Hayes MEP, member of the Economics & Monetary […]
09/09/2017
Dr Stephen Kinsella, University of Limerick I’d like to begin by exhorting everyone to avoid the collective sigh the mention of the phrase ‘fiscal space’ […]
09/09/2017
Prof Peter Clinch, Chair, National Competitiveness Council of Ireland Introduction As Chair of the National Competitiveness Council, my focus is on the ability of the […]
09/09/2017
Sheila Nunan, General Secretary INTO and President ICTU The cost of Ireland’s economic collapse and the benefits of any on-going recovery have not been shared […]
09/09/2017
Dr Rhona Mahony, Master, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street If a remedy is something that cures a disease, we must first make the correct diagnosis […]
08/09/2017
Mary Rose Burke, CEO, Dublin Chamber of Commerce INTRODUCTION If we are to meet the needs of a fast-changing Ireland and continue to grow our […]
05/09/2017
Tony O’Brien, Director-General, Health Service Executive (HSE) As you will have heard in the introduction, I have been at the head of the health service for […]
04/09/2017
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THIS COUNTRY IS MORE VITAL THAN EVER Dr Conor Skehan, School of Spatial Planning, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Preamble The National […]
03/09/2017
Strategic Planning is more vital than ever John Moran, CEO, RHH International, former Secretary-General, Dept of Finance, Director, European Investment Bank (EIB) Between a week […]
03/09/2017
PEACE CAN BE DESTROYED BY OUR OWN COMPLACENCY Dr Katy Hayward, lecturer in Political Sociology, QUB, member of the Board of the Centre for Cross Border […]