Full Conference

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Full Conference (Fri & Sat) including lunch

Friday June 9th

• 5.30 p.m. Official opening at the Sean Mac Diarmada cottage. Bus in operation from the Community Centre from 5.00 p.m. Light refreshments in the Community Centre after the official opening. .

• 7.15 – 8.15 p.m. Vincent Woods: Title “Seeding a future: Hope, History and Human Intelligence” .

• 8.15 – 9.15 p.m. Orla Parkinson Memorial Lecture Patricia Groves Presentation Title:  ‘Lessons from the Ladies’ Land League: Managing a country in crisis during global upheaval’. .

Saturday June 10th

• 10.30 – 11.30 a.m. Dr Tony Bates Title “What Psychology has to offer in a frantic world – widening the aperture of our awareness” .

• 11.30 – 12.30 p.m. Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington Title: “Ireland’s native flora – is it in crisis?” .

• Lunch 12.30 – 2.00 p.m. Heritage Centre will be open during lunch .

• 2.30 – 3.30 p.m. Senator Emer Currie Title: “Convergence versus divergence in a changing world” .

• 3.30 – 4.30 p.m. Fr Peter McVerry SJ Title: “Ireland in crisis – how can intelligent people be so stupid?” .