BudgetandBrexit atKennedyschool

Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe is set to participate in a session on the 2017 budget and disucss Brexit and its potential impact for Ireland at the 2016 annual Kennedy Summer School in New Ross this September.

Minister Donohoe will be joined by Sinn Féin TD Eoin O’Broin, Fianna Fáil TD and head of the Dàil Finance Committee John McGuinness and Independent Senator Lynn Ruane at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 10, for the discussion titled ‘Budget, Brexit and Better Politics A Questions and Answers Panel on Ireland’s “New Politics” at St Michael’s Theatre in New Ross. The talk will be chaired by RTE Current Affairs Political Correspondent Katie Hannon and along with and address from the Minister on the upcoming budget for 2017 and the recent Brexit vote result it will address topical issues raised by members of Kennedy Summer School audience at a question and answers session.

Speaking ahead of the upcoming summer school, curator of the programme Noel Whelan said: ‘With the Dàil due to resume shortly and the Budget then just five weeks away the Kennedy Summer School will provides useful and high profile opportunity for Minister Donohoe and the other politicians to set out their stall on the budget priorities.’

Other highlights of the 2016 Kennedy Summer School include a keynote address by the former Governor of Maryland and Democratic Presidential Contender, Martin O’Malley, along with addresses by Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald, Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin F. O’Malley. There will be close to 40 guest speakers with global experts participating in three days of talks and debates on a wide range of different topics including the hot topic of the US Presidential race.

The school is billed as ‘A festival of Irish and American history, politics and culture’, and 2016 is set to be a dramatic year on all three of these fronts on both sides of the Atlantic. Events also include the Kennedy Summer School Tea Party at Dunganstown which will be hosted by celebrity chef Edward Hayden and baking expert Catherine Leyden on Friday, September 9, at the Kennedy Homestead. The Kennedy Summer School is run in association with the John F. Kennedy Trust New Ross and with Wexford County Council. For further details and tickets for the 2016 events see kennedysummerschool. ie or call St. Michael’s Theatre on 051 421255.