STELLAR LINE-UP FOR KENNEDY SUMMER SCHOOL ANNOUNCED
THE preliminary line-up of speakers for this year’s Kennedy Summer School, taking place in September, has been announced.
Taking place from Thursday, September 6, to Saturday, September 8, in St Michael’s Theatre and at venues in and around New Ross, the summer school will see some household names travelling to the town to discuss the key issues of the year including the Trump Presidency, Brexit, the Kennedy family and their New Ross roots and legacy.
John Weaver is a leading US political consultant best known for his work on the John McCain presidential campaigns of 2000 and 2008, and John Kasich 2016. He will be in conversation with Larry Donnelly, one of the summer school’s directors.
Miriam O’Callaghan is one of Ireland’s leading TV and radio presenters. She switches seats to be this year’s interviewee for the Kennedy Summer School Interview on Friday, September 7.
Dearbhail McDonald is a native of Newry and Group Business Editor of Independent Newspapers. She will give an uniquely informed perspective of Brexit’s impact on Ireland, North and South.
Gerard Doherty was Chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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in the 1960s. He will talk about his recent book ‘ They Were My Friends, Jack, Bob and Ted’.
Ireland’s European Commissioner Phil Hogan will give a keynote address on the Brexit Endgame and other EU developments at the Kennedy Summer School Speakers Lunch on Friday, September 7.
Lucinda Creighton is a former Minister of State for European Affairs, former leader of Renua, and is now a leading analyst on developments in Brussels. She will be part of an all-female panel on Brexit.