31/10/2016
An Garda Síochána – Investment in Training and Education is Vital Jim O’Callaghan, Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Justice & Equality 1. Preliminary Since the foundation of […]
25/10/2016
Transforming the Garda Síochána into a modern, efficient and effective police service – The Garda Inspectorate view Robert Olson, Chief Inspector of An Garda Síochána Inspectorate, […]
13/10/2016
Why is An Garda Síochána so impervious to reform? Conor Brady, former Editor of the Irish Times, former Commissioner of GSOC, author of major works on […]
30/09/2016
Are We Getting Value for our Healthcare Buck? Susan Mitchell, Health Editor, The Sunday Business Post I wish to thank Joe Mulholland for his invitation to […]
29/09/2016
An Expensive and Dysfunctional Health Service Dr Fergal Hickey, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Sligo University Hospital We are here to celebrate memory of Patrick McGill who […]
26/09/2016
We Need to Move from a Reactive to a Proactive Approach to Health Service Reform Phelim Quinn, Chief Executive of the Health Information & Quality Authority […]
20/09/2016
Protecting older people’s human rights Maeve O’Rourke, Human Rights Lawyer In 1988, there was a Government working party, In 2002, there was a working group, In […]
18/09/2016
Can Extended Working Lives Enhance the Sustainability of Social Programmes? Professor Alan Barrett, Director, Economic & Social Resarch Institute (ESRI) 1. Introduction It is now well-understood […]
18/09/2016
Simply complicated – Creative and positive responses to the bizarre phenomenon of ageism: the strange case of prejudice against the older you Professor Des O’Neill, Specialist […]
16/09/2016
What we don’t talk about when talking about the housing crisis Dr Lorcan Sirr, lecturer DIT, visiting Professor of Housing, U.R.V, Spain INTRODUCTION Housing – or […]
16/09/2016
Income Inequality in Ireland Donal de Buitleir, Director, PublicPolicy.ie Introduction ‘So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough’ King Lear, Act 4, Scene 1 […]
15/09/2016
REKINDLING THE SPIRIT OF IDEALISM Dr Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Social Protection Introduction In 2014 – when I was Minister for Transport, Tourism, and Sport […]
13/09/2016
CLIMATE CHANGE – WE HAVE SO FAR FAILED THE TEST Senator Grace O’Sullivan, Green Party This debate asks us if we’re ‘facing up’ to the challenge […]
06/09/2016
IRELAND’S STRONG RECORD OF EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION Tony Fahey, Professor of Social Policy, University College Dublin My talk today could be thought of as a contradiction of […]
02/09/2016
Home-builders and Building Contractors need support Tom Parlon, Director-General, Construction Industry Federation I’ll start by disagreeing with the topic of this discussion. We don’t need a […]
02/09/2016
We opted to be part of the European revival, not its disintegration Colum Eastwood MLA, Leader of the SDLP Thank you for your welcome. It is […]
01/09/2016
We have the Resources and Skills to shape our future Gerard O’Neill, CEO, AMARACH The Nostalgia Gap It’s always a pleasure to be back in Donegal, […]
01/09/2016
In The Wake Of Brexit there will be Major Challenges Ahead An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD When we look back in time I am sure that […]
29/08/2016
We must avoid further undermining of the social contract and the trust it depends on Dr Maureen Gaffney, Chair, Nat. Economic & Social Forum, Writer and […]
28/08/2016
The capacity of Irish Water to further undermine trust in our politics has not gone away Noel Whelan, Barrister and Political Analyst The introduction of water […]