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The 2nd Shared Island Forum will take place on Monday 5th December from 9.30am – 2.30pm, broadcast from St Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD will deliver the keynote address and participate in the discussion.
This is part of the Irish Government’s Shared Island initiative to engage with all communities and political traditions on a shared future, underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement.
The event will also include two interactive panel sessions on Shared Island initiative in action and Shared Island identities as well as guest contributions and performances. Please see the full confirmed programme below.
Join the conversation at the #SharedIsland Forum from 10am on Monday 5 December across @merrionstreet social platforms
We hope you can join the occasion.
2nd Shared Island Forum
5th December 2022
St. Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle
09:00 Registration and Networking
10:00 Event opening by moderator Shane Coleman, Broadcast Journalist
10:05 Keynote speech by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD
10:25 QA discussion with the Taoiseach
10:40 Shared Island video
10:45 ‘Where Traditions Meet’ performance curated by the North West
Cultural Partnership with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Caoimhín Ó
Fearghail
11:00 Break
11.30 Shared Island video
11.35 Panel 1: Shared Island initiative in action
- Suzie Cahn, Project Director of the iCommunity project of The Wheel and Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
- Dr Howard Hastings OBE, Chairman, Hastings Hotels
- Prof. Jim Livesey, Vice President Research and Innovation, University of Galway
- Gráinne O’Connor, Manager, Cuilcagh Lakelands UNESCO Global Geopark
12:20 Shared Island video
12:25 Panel 2: Shared Island identities and meanings
- Councillor Uruemu Adejinmi, Longford County Council
- Linda Ervine MBE, Manager, Turas Irish Language Project
- Prof. Duncan Morrow, Professor in Politics, Ulster University
- Dr. Mary C Murphy, Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, University College Cork
- Kyra Reynolds, Development Worker, Bogside and Brandywell Initiative
13:10 Titan and Friends - animated short collaboratively created by primary
school students from North and South with Fighting Words
13:15 Close by moderator
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