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Dr Eamon Maher |
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Dr Eamon Maher is Director of the National
Centre for Franco-Irish Studies at the Institute
of Technology, Tallaght. He has published
a number of articles on John Broderick,
which deal mainly with the French influence
on his work. He is general Editor of the
Reimagining Ireland book series with Peter
Lang Oxford in which he recently published
the edited tome, Cultural Perspectives on
Globalisation and Ireland. He is currently
preparing a second monograph on Broderick's
distant cousin, John McGahern, titled: 'The
Church and its Spire':
John McGahern and the Catholic Question
(The Columba Press).
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Niall Crowley |
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Niall Crowley is an independent equality
and diversity expert. He was Chief Executive
of the Equality Authority from 1999-2009.
He worked with the Travellers’ rights
organisation Pavee Point for twelve years.
He was an active member of the Community
Workers Cooperative serving as chair for
four years and where he led an initiative
to include the community & voluntary
sector into social partnership. He is currently
writing his second book. |
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Brendan Keenan |
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Brendan Keenan is Group Business Editor
with Independent Newspapers since 1993.
From 1983 to 1993 he was Business Editor
with the Irish Independent where he introduced
the Thursday business supplement. Previously
Brendan was Ireland Correspondent with the
Financial Times; and from 1976-1983 he worked
with RTE. Originally from Belfast, he worked
with the Belfast Telegraph from 1969-1976,
covering the early years of the Northern
Troubles. |
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Colm O’Gorman |
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Colm O’Gorman was appointed Executive
Director of Amnesty International Ireland
in November 2007. He is founder and former
Director of One in Four, the national NGO
which supports women and men who have experienced
sexual violence. His work as a human rights
defender is driven by an abiding belief
in the power of advocacy and activism as
a means to work for change where it is most
needed. Colm has also served as a member
of Seanad Éireann. |
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Irene Graham |
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Irene Graham is a writer and photographer
with a background in educational studies,
writing, film production and photography.
In 1991 she founded The Creative Writer’s
Workshop, which has become an international
success in memoir and fiction writing. Her
writing techniques are based upon right-brain/left-brain
learning exercises that evoke recall and
enhance creativity. Irene lives in the west
of Ireland, writing and taking photographs
– when she is not tutoring workshops!
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Caroline Walsh |
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Caroline Walsh was born in 1952 and raised
in Dublin and Co. Meath. She has been a
journalist with The Irish Times since the
mid 1970s and has been their Literary Editor
since 1999. She is the author of The Homes
of Irish Writers (Anvil Books, 1982) and
has edited two previous collections of short
stories: Modern Irish Stories from The Irish
Times (Irish Times, 1985) and Virgins and
Hyacinths (Attic Press, 1993). She lives
in Dublin and is married with two children. |
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Donncha O'Connell |
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Donncha O'Connell was Dean of the Faculty
of Law NUIG from 2005-2008. He is the senior
Irish member of FRALEX, the legal expert
group that advises the EU Fundamental Rights
Agency. He was the first full-time Director
of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
He is a member of the Board of Directors
of Druid Theatre Company. He is co-editor
of Justice in Controversy, published by
Irish Academic Press and he edits the Irish
Human Rights Law Review for Clarus Press. |
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Kieran Furey |
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Kieran Furey was born in Curraghroe, Co
Roscommon He won the Féile Filíochta
"Poem of Europe" competition in
2006 His most recent collection of poetry
is called "The History House"
and is centred on Strokestown House, Co.
Roscommon, and the Great Famine of 1847.
He lives in Longford with his family and
is a member of the Lanesboro Writers Group.
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Mary Melvin Geoghegan |
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Mary Melvin Geoghegan lives in Longford
with her two sons. She is a member of Longford
Writers Group and has had her poetry published
in Poetry Ireland, Books Ireland, Acorn
and various other publications. She has
also her first collection of poetry, The
Bright Unknown published by Lapwing Publications
in 2003. |
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Martin Dyar |
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Martin Dyar's work has been published
and broadcast widely. He has received the
Strokestown International Poetry Award and
the Raftery Award. He is the author of a
play about the life and music of Thomas
Moore. He was as Writer-in-residence for
Roscommon Arts Council and holds a PhD in
English Literature from Trinity College
Dublin. |
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Conor Walsh |
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Conor Walsh recently made his first musical
recording and was the overall prizewinner
in the Leitrim Musical Talent Competition
2008. He is currently a student in Sligo
IT. |
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Dr Steven King |
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Dr Steven King is a Columnist with the
Irish Examiner. He was for over 6 years
political adviser to Ulster Unionist leader
and Northern Ireland First Minister, David
Trimble, having previously been a UUP negotiator
at the multi-party talks that led to the
Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. Steven
features regularly in the media North and
South and has been referred to several times
as "nationalism's favourite unionist",
a description he has mixed feelings about.
He studied at Oxford, Queen’s Belfast
and the Ulster universities, completing
his PhD on Charles Haughey’s Northern
policy. He divides his time between Ireland,
London and Eastern Europe where he advises
several governments on their political and
communications strategies. |
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Mary Davis |
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Mary Davis is MD of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia. She is the former CEO of Special Olympics Ireland and prior to that she served as Chief Executive Officer for the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
Currently she serves on many committees and boards and was appointed by the Prime Minister in Ireland as Chair of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship.
Mary has recently been appointed chair of the advisory committee to implement the recommendations
of the Taskforce.
In November 2004 she was appointed by President Mary McAleese to serve on the Council of State for Ireland. |
