Public Forum on the Future of the Seanad
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Channel: Trinity College Dublin · 2013 · Education
Monday 30 September at 6 p.m. in the Edmund Burke Theatre in the Arts Building, Trinity hosted a public forum on the future of Seanad Éireann, chaired by the Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast. The speakers on the panel are: Ms Lucinda Creighton, TD, Reform Alliance; Mr Michael McDowell, SC, one of the leaders of the reform campaign, representing Democracy Matters; Dr Kevin Rafter, representative of One House, a civil society group campaigning for a yes vote in the referendum; Mr Eoghan Murphy TD, Fine Gael; Mr Alex White TD, Minister of State and Labour Party Director of Elections for the Seanad Referendum; Cllr Jim O'Callaghan, SC, Deputy Director of Elections for Fianna Fáil; Cllr Matt Carthy, a Sinn Fein candidate in the 2014 European elections and one of its main spokespersons for the SF Seanad Abolition Campaign; and Senator Katherine Zappone, co-author of the Seanad Reform Bill 2013. http://www.tcd.ie/ http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/news.php?headerID=3250&vs_date=2013-09-24
