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Economy Vs Environment
May 19th 2009
Hosted by David McWilliams
Panel: Eamon Ryan, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Duncan Stewart, Architect, Paul Sommerville, Head of Private clients at Delta Index and David Horgan, Man Dir of Petrel Resources.
Audio clips pending.
Faith in an Economic Crisis.
April 22nd 2009
Hosted by William Crawley
Panel: Dr. Elaine Byrne, Irish Times Columnist and specialist on political corruption, Dr Brendan Connolly, Fr Gerry O’Hanlon S.J., Dick Spicer, Head of the Humanist Association.
Faith in a Crisis: Religion and Spirituality in an Economic Fox Hole.
They say there are no atheists in a fox hole, but are there? What is the socio-economic impact of the recession on spirituality and church attendance? Are people returning to their religious roots, finding new faiths or adopting atheism in the face of the fiscal freeze?
Do crises drive certain people to organised religion and why?
Has the downturn made us more moralistic? Can we afford not to have some kind of faith?
Leadership in the Modern World.
March 18th 2009
Hosted by David McWilliams
Panel: Eamon Gilmore, Leader of the Labour Party, Jennifer Maguire, Owner of Bella the MakeOver Studio and Bella cosmetics, Jack O’Connor, President of SIPTU, Gerry Hussey, Sports psychologist, Padraig O’Ceidigh, CEO of Aer Arran.
As we reel from the impact of the global economic disaster still unfolding around us, we instinctively yearn for leadership to provide reassurance, solutions and hope. Will this yearning be fulfilled by political leaders or from a new source? Is Ireland endowed with leaders of sufficient quality to dig us out of this hole? Who has the necessary qualities? Should we not be very wary of “strong leadership” given the murderous history of such leaders responding to economic crises?
Loosing the Generation Game: Have the Middle Aged Screwed the Youth?
Wednesday March 4th @ Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology.
Hosted by David McWilliams
Panel: Paul Trainer, Managing Editor of the Dubliner, Dara Hickey, Trinity Student and journalist, Moore McDowell Lecturer in economics at UCD, Margaret E Ward, Richard Boyd Barrett
Ireland in the Global Market: Is our economy and are our banks an international embarrassment?
Tuesday 3rd Feb 2009 @ the Button Factory, Temple Bar.
Hosted by David McWilliams
Panel: Izabela Chudzicka, TV Presenter and PR Manager, Killian Forde, SF Councillor, John Waters, Daily Mail Columnist, Oliver Gilvarry, Head of Research at Dolmen Securities, Alan Dukes, Former leader of Fine Gael
How did we get into this mess? Can we really blame global markets entirely? Can we trust the banks?
