Dublin Opinion

The summer school opens this Friday, 24 August at the ATGWU hall on Abbey Street, the theme of which is Republicanism and Labour. Among the many excellent speakers is Dr. Emmet O’Connor, Ireland’s foremost authority on Irish labour history. This is a rare enough opportunity to hear Dr. O’Connor speak in Dublin, and well worth going along to.

The programme is listed below. For further details contact: Frank Keoghan, Summer School Director, 25 Shanowen Cerescent, Dublin 9, Ireland; tel. 00 44 353 1 8423076 or 00 44 87 2308330 (mobile)

Summer school programme:
Friday 24 August (7.30 pm)

Republicanism - a subversive ideology? Speaker: Dr Eddie Hyland (lecturer in political philosophy, Trinity College Dublin); chair: Dr Vincent Morley (historian and author) Saturday 25 August (11 am)

The Republican Congress. Speaker: Dr Emmet O’Connor (historian, Magee College Derry); chair: Manus O’Riordan (SIPTU head of research )
Saturday 25 August (2.30 pm)

Socialism, Nationalism and Republicanism: ideologies in conflict? Speakers: Eoin O Murchu (parliamentary correspondent, Radio na Gaeltachta), Seamus O Broagin (executive committee, Communist Party of Ireland); Finbarr Cullen (director, The Ireland Institute, Dublin); chair: Sinead Ni Bhroin (writer and Sinn Fein activist)
Sunday 26 August (11 am)

Peadar O’Donnell, Socialist and Republican - a reassessment. Speaker: Peter Hegarty (writer and broadcaster); chair: Declan Bree (alderman, former mayor of Sligo and Dail deputy)
Sunday 26 August (2.30pm)

Republicanism and Labour in Ireland Today: interaction and potential. Speakers: Eamon Gilmore (Labour Party spokesperson on the environment and local government); Eddie Glackin (SIPTU official); Tom Hartley (Belfast City councillor and former general secretary and national chairman of Sinn Fein); Dr Martin Mansergh (historian, adviser on northern issues to three Fianna Fail premiers and a long-term participant in the peace process); chair: Eamon Devoy (trade union official and ICTU executive committee member)