03/09/2017
THE LONG TERM PROSPECTS FOR IRELAND IN AN EU WITHOUT BRITAIN REMAIN GOOD Richard Pym, Chairperson, Allied Irish Bank (AIB), former Group CEO of Alliance & […]
03/09/2017
IT IS TIME TO FORGE MORE CARING AND MORE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS David Gavaghan, Chairperson, Confederation of British Industry (CBI) N.I. Arriving in Enniskerry in early […]
01/09/2017
NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT OR MORE URGENT THAN THE HEALING OF DIVISIONS Seán Donlon, former diplomat and former Secretary-General, Dept of Foreign Affairs There have […]
30/08/2017
A NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF IRELAND IS NEEDED Mary Lou McDonald TD, Vice-President of Sinn Fein Brexit has created a constitutional […]
29/08/2017
COPING WITH BREXIT: INVESTING IN NEW CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS A MUST Fergal O’Brien, Director of Policy and Chief Economist, IBEC Introduction Brexit presents one of […]
29/08/2017
OUR DEMOCRACY IS FACING NEW CHALLENGES Pat Rabbitte, columnist, Sunday Business Post, former leader, Labour Party, former Minister We are invited in this session to […]
29/08/2017
THE GROWING DISAFFECTION FOR THE EUROPEAN PROJECT: HOW TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE? Bill Emmott, Editor-in-chief of The Economist 1993-2006, author of ‘The Fate of the […]
27/08/2017
WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE USA AND THE UK, THE THREATS TO IRELAND’S ECONOMY HAVE INCREASED Martin D. Shanahan, Chief Executive, Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Introduction […]
26/08/2017
Brexit, the Budget and Walking the Line Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance and Public Service & Reform INTRODUCTION I might start by saying, without […]
26/08/2017
A WELL FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC SECTOR NEEDED MORE THAN EVER Prof Mary Daly, President of the Royal Irish Academy, Emeritus professor of History, UCD […]
23/08/2017
WE NEED TO MAKE OUR POLITICS, NEW OR OLD, WORK BETTER Pat Leahy, Political Editor, The Irish Times This time last year I stood before […]
13/08/2017
Prof Gary Murphy, School of Government & Law, DCU Where now for Ireland after the last decade of austerity and the electoral consequences of that […]
07/08/2017
Michael C. Murphy Lt Col. (Retd.), Former Deputy Director Military Intelligence, Irish Defence Forces, I will focus on Ireland within the EU and present to […]
07/08/2017
Ben Tonra, Professor of International Relations, UCD School of Politics and International Relations In view of the contemporary security environment, protecting EU citizens and European […]
06/08/2017
Sir Julian King, EU Commissioner for the Security Union It is an honour and indeed a great pleasure for me to be at the MacGill […]
06/08/2017
Alan Dukes, Economist, former Minister for Finance, former leader of Fine Gael The only certainties about Brexit that I can see are that: it will […]
04/08/2017
Pat Cox, former President, European Parliament, president of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe Some of the answers to the question of certainties, uncertainties and […]
23/11/2016
Can we fulfil the promise of the Republic? Gary Gannon, Social Democrat Party, Councillor for Dublin North Inner City When we think of 1916 and all […]
18/11/2016
Culture is not an extra, an add-on Alice Maher, Artist The reason we are here today, and have been all week, discussing ideas, is because of […]
31/10/2016
Effective policing in which the public has confidence is essential in a democracy Josephine Feehily, Chairperson Policing Authority Introduction Members of the public, civil society groups […]