Two Economists Event | 2023 John McHale, Professor of Economics at University of Galway and first Chair of the Irish Fiscal Council, and John Fitzgerald, Adjunct Professor of Economics at TCD, and first chair of the National Exp...
I Left my Heart in Afghanistan Event | 2023 Gaisu Yari left Afghanistan during the chaotic US departure in August 2021. A long-time activist for women’s rights, she had been Commissioner for Women’s Employment in the Afghan Civil Service before the Taliban returned to power.
What Exactly is Irish Neutrality? Event | 2023 Irish neutrality has become a topic for discussion since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. How did we become neutral? In what way are we neutral? Does neutrality need legislative or constitutional protection?
What did we learn from the Decade of Centenaries? Event | 2023 We have come to the end of a serious interrogation of the years of our so-called revolutionary period. How did we do? Are we wiser than when we started? Were sacred cows demoted and unheard voices restored? Does our new knowledge enrich our understanding of the present?
Stories I Might Regret Telling You Event | 2023 Stories I Might Regret Telling You is Martha Wainwright’s heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, the music industry and more.
In the Fires of Rebellion and War Event | 2023 A century ago, Ireland was reborn in the fires of rebellion and war. The playwright Sean O’Casey bore witness to these seismic events and dramatised them as the Dublin Trilogy, three great works of Ir...
Culture? What the Hell! Event | 2023 James Shapiro, renowned Shakespeare scholar and author of 1599, will discuss his forthcoming book on the US Federal Theatre Project [1935–39], a glorious attempt to spread affordable theatre among all classes and races, which fell foul of the House Un- American Committee. [The quote above was from an unnamed congressman opposed to the supposed Communist tendencies of the Project.]
For Tech’s Sake Event | 2023 Elaine Burke, former editor of Silicon Republic and now co-host of the podcast For Tech’s Sake, will enlighten us about the many technological developments we need to know about, like AI, Chatbots, th...
“The Best Medicine for a Sick Healthcare System” Event | 2023 Ireland is dangerously behind the rest of Europe in providing a digital health records system. Patients are being put at risk because of the persistence of paper records and lack of communications sys...
Can We Get Housing Right? Event | 2023 Lack of affordable and social housing remains the country’s biggest crisis, causing homelessness, misery, forced emigration, labour shortages and widespread child poverty. This panel will discuss rem...