The Big House Parliament is now in session with Fergus Finaly as Speaker of the house. Pop into the ballroom on the second floor of the main house to make your point as a member of parliament and to hear motions from... Marty Mulligan, poet, on directly elected mayors. Carol Hunt, columnist with the Sunday Independent, on the separation of church and State. [Motion carried] Jennifer Moroney-Ward, educator, community activist, Northside Learning Hub, on the need for investment in the community and voluntary sector. [Motion carried] Marie Phelan, Big House competition winner, on directly electing a female Taoiseach Julie Feeney, musician, on music. Stephen Curtis, Irish Mortgageholders Association, on debt and banks. Margaret E Ward, business consultant and journalist, on making women more visible in public discourse. Eleanor Tiernan, comedian. Colm O’Gorman, executive director Amnesty Ireland, on enshrining the principles of the Republic in law. Trevor White, director of the Little Museum of Dublin, on cancelling 2016. Rúairí McKiernan, activist, member of the Council of State, on the value of community. Brian Lucey, economist, on introducing the Danish model for banks.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:52:16 +0000
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