Irish Diaspora Awards
Fri, 23rd Sep 2016 - 7:00 pm
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the 2016 Tip O'Neill Irish Diaspora Award Ceremony
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THE TERRIBLE BEAUTY OF 1916: WHAT IS IT TO BECOME?
Fri, 22nd Jul 2016 - 8:00 pm
While the poet W.B. Yeats expressed admiration for the leaders of the 1916 Rising, he was fearful about the ultimate outcome: would the destructio...
TRANSFORMING AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA INTO A MODERN, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE POLICE FORCE – HOW?
Fri, 22nd Jul 2016 - 4:00 pm
A sequence of investigations into An Garda Síochána, from Morris through Smithwick to most recently O’Higgins and their disturbing findings togeth...
RURAL DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BE PART OF A NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN
Fri, 22nd Jul 2016 - 11:00 am
The impact of the recession on rural communities was severe and many have not recovered from the closure of small businesses and emigration of the...
HEALTH: ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE SERVICES IN EUROPE AND ONE OF THE MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL – WHY?
Thu, 21st Jul 2016 - 8:00 pm
No institution in Irish public life has had more diagnoses and prescriptions for remedial action than the health service. Hundreds of reports have...
AN AGEING AND VULNERABLE POPULATION: THE NEED FOR NEW APPROACHES AND A LONG-TERM POLICY
Thu, 21st Jul 2016 - 4:00 pm
Life expectancy for women and men in the developed world, including Ireland, has increased considerably and is forecast to keep on increasing. Thi...
IS INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL ALIENATION GROWING IN IRELAND?
Thu, 21st Jul 2016 - 11:00 am
A message that many commentators have taken from the results of the recent election is that the coalition government’s emphasis on its undoubted s...