ESRI - Department of the Taoiseach conference - Research on a Shared Island
The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, will deliver the keynote address and launch the report ‘Sharing the Island: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities: Evidence from an ESRI Research Programme’.
The conference will also feature a panel discussion on the ESRI-Shared Island report ‘Economic Overview of Ireland and Northern Ireland’.
This event marks four years of the joint research programme between the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Department of Taoiseach’s Shared Island Unit.
The programme has produced 16 research reports to date adding to understanding of current and potential linkages across the island of Ireland in a range of economic, social and environmental domains, and providing a stronger evidence base and analysis of the whole island, as an input for public and political discussions on building a shared future.
Full details of all reports published under the programme can be found here.
Conference Programme to follow
Registration is now full, please contact louise.creagh@esri.ie for further assistance.
Programme
Programme
Research on a Shared Island Economic and Social Research Institute - Department of the Taoiseach conference
9.45
Registration
10.45
Welcome and opening remarks by ESRI Director, Alan Barrett
10.50
Keynote address by Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD
11.00
Discussion between Taoiseach and ESRI Director
11.15
Presentation of ‘Economic Overview of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Adele Bergin and Seamus McGuinness (ESRI research authors)
11.30
Panel and Q&A discussion
John Turner, Professor of Finance and Financial History, Queen’s University
Fergal O’Brien, Executive Director of Lobbying and Influence, Ibec
Dr. Loretta O’Sullivan, Chief Economist and Partner, EY Ireland
12.10
Break
12.25
Presentation of ‘Sharing the Island: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities: Evidence from an ESRI Research Programme’
Fran McGinnity and Emer Smyth (ESRI research authors)
12.45
Panel and Q&A discussion
Deirdre Heenan, Professor of Social Policy, Ulster University
Anne Looney, Executive Dean of the Institute of Education, DCUStephen Farry,
Professor of Strategic Policy in Practice, Ulster UniversityOwen Reidy, General
Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
13.30
Closing remarks by ESRI Director
13.35
Networking lunch
14.20
Event concludes