Full Conference

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Full Conference 2026 (Fri & Sat) including lunch

Friday 22nd May 2026:

• 5.30 p.m. –
  Official opening at Sean Mac Diarmada Cottage by Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll Mac Neill.
  Shuttle bus in operation from Heritage Centre at 5.00 p.m.
  Light refreshments in Community Centre after official opening
  
  
• 7.30 p.m. –
  Minister Jennifer Carroll Mac Neill
  Presentation Title: Challenging Times
  
  
• 8.30 p.m. –
  Senator Nessa Cosgrove
  Presentation Title: An té nach bhfuil láidir ní foláir dó a bheith glic

Saturday 23rd May 2026:

• 11.00 a.m. –
  Anne Hailes MBE
  Presentation Title : Northern Ireland and changes in public life – the serious, the silly and the in-between!
  
  

• 12 noon –
  Dr Ray Bassett –
  Presentation Title: The Traveller’s Tale: the story of the Irish government’s role in the Peace Process.
  
  

• 1.15 p.m. – 2.15 p.m.
  Lunch
  
  

• 2.15 p.m. –
  Professor Gary Murphy –
  Presentation Title: Can the centre hold? Electoral volatility in modern Ireland.
  
  

• 3.15 p.m. –
  Gerry Farrell
  Presentation Title: The shadow side of “good change” : an analytic psychological perspective on contemporary norms.