2009 Desmond Greaves Summer School

Desmond Greaves Summer School 11-13 September, 2009

Venue: Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin

Programme:

Friday 11 September

7.30 pm: The Race to the bottom in an EU context. Speakers: David Begg (ICTU general secretary), Eamon Devoy (TEEU); chair: Jack O'Connor (SIPTU)

Saturday 12 September

11am: The neo-liberal agenda in Ireland. Speakers: Eoin O Broin (Sinn Fein); Marie O'Connor (author and health campaigner); Andy Storey (lecturer and development activist); chair: Michael Quinn (People's Movement)

Saturday 12 September

2.30 pm: Remembering 1969: memory as history. Speaker: Brian Hanley (lecturer); chair: Mick Ryan. Sunday 13 September, 11 am: Women and the EU. Speakers: Deidre Ui Bhrogain (CPI), Ursula Barry (lecturer), Evelyn Mahon (lecturer); chair: Patricia McKenna, People's Movement)

Sunday 13 September

2.30 pm: The International Financial Crisis: what can governments do? Speakers: Kieran Allen (lecturer and author), John Foster (lecturer and author); Prof. Ray Kinsella (economist and director of Centre for Insurance Studies); chair: Colm Rapple (economist and journalist)

Cost: full school 20 euro; individual sessions 6 euro.

Further information from Frank Keoghan on 00 353 1 8423076; the Desmond Greaves Summer School website: http://www.greavesschool.com or via email: post@greavesschool.com