The EU in crisis: Prospects for regaining Ireland’s sovereignty - 7-8 October 2011
Oct 5th, 2011 by Conor McCabe
Venue: Pearse Centre (27 Pearse Street)
Admission - €15 (single session €5) ; Unwaged - half-price
Friday 7 October, 7:30 p.m.
Was “social Europe” a con?
Speakers: David Begg (general secretary, ICTU), Alex Gordon (general president, RMT Union)
Saturday 8 October, 11 a.m.
Should Ireland stay in the euro?
Speakers: Frank Keoghan (secretary, People’s Movement), Joe Higgins TD (Socialist Party)
Saturday 8 October, 2 p.m.
The EU: an emerging military superstate?
Speakers: Roger Cole (chairperson, Peace and Neutrality Alliance), Declan Power (security and defence journalist)
Saturday 8 October, 4:15 p.m.
The struggle to regain Irish sovereignty
Speakers: Alex White TD (Labour Party), Robert Ballagh (People’s Movement), Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Sinn Féin)
“Is David Begg a con?”
Now there’s a debate I might attend, provided David Begg wasn’t speaking.