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Friday May 31st : 7.15 – 8.15 p.m. – Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern Presentation
Bertie Ahern was first elected to the Dáil (Parliament) in 1977 and served thirty-four years as a Public Representative, occupying a broad range of political positions including Vice President, Treasurer and President of the Fianna Fail political party, Minister for Arts, Culture & the Gaeltacht, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Minister for Labour and Tanaiste,. He was first elected as Taoiseach ( Leader) of Ireland, in June 1997 and served a full five-year term, being re-elected in 2002 and 2007; the first Taoiseach to achieve that distinction in a generation.
Friday May 31st : 8.15 – 9.15 p.m. – Ciaran Mullooly
Ciaran Mullooly Presentation
Ciaran Mullooly has been a voluntary community worker in the midlands for over 35 years. A tireless campaigner on disability rights and suicide prevention, he has volunteered for Roscommon Lions club, Lough Ree Access For All and Ballyleague Village Renewal. He was instrumental in the development of the Access for All boat, Quad Youth Centre in Roscommon town and the Ballyboro soccer club astro grounds. Ciaran worked as a community and social enterprise officer with Roscommon Leader Partnership from April 2021 until January of this year when he moved to take up the role of EU Just Transition Tourism Funds activator at Longford County Council. He is a former broadcaster with RTÉ and the author of three books: Death on Holy Thursday: the shooting of John Carthy in Abbeylara (2008) , Back to the Future: reflections on a career in journalism (2016) and The Future is Now – life after RTÉ and the challenge facing the midlands (2023) .
A journalist and former RTE News correspondent, he is married to Angela with two sons, Bryan and Eoghan.