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21 November 2024  


Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lectures

 

Garret FitzGerald and Irish Education since 1870
Brexit and the Belfast Agreement Mitigating the Return to Disturbance in our Historic Relationships
In Defence of the State: Fractious Politics in Hard Times
From Nightmare and Dreams to Realities: Citizens, Judges and Democracy in the New Europe
European Integration and the Taming of Nationalism
Garret FitzGerald and Irish Foreign Policy
Garret FitzGerald and the Quest for a New Ireland

Garret FitzGerald and Irish Education since 1870

by Professor John FitzGerald

Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2021/22

 

This seventh lecture, Garret FitzGerald and Irish Education since 1870 by Professor John FitzGerald, was hosted in association with Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, took place on 28 January 2021. As the country was in the grip of the Covid pandemic, the lecture took place online.


Professor Áine Hyland gave the response.


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Brexit and the Belfast Agreement Mitigating the
Return to Disturbance in our Historic Relationships

by Lord John Alderdice

Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2018/19 September 25th LectureThis sixth lecture, Brexit and the Belfast Agreement Mitigating the Return to Disturbance in our Historic Relationships - by Lord John Alderdice, took place on 31 October 2018 at 6.30 p.m. in the College Hall, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.


A response was given by Senator Michael McDowell.


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In Defence of the State: Fractious Politics in Hard Times

by Professor Brigid Laffan

Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2013/14 September 25th LectureThis fifth lecture, In Defence of the State: Fractious Politics in Hard Times - by Professor Brigid Laffan, took place on 21 September 2016 at 6.30 p.m. in the College Hall, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.


A response was given by Professor John FitzGerald



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From Nightmare and Dreams to Realities: Citizens, Judges and Democracy in the New Europe

by The Honourable Mr Justice John Mac Menamin

Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2013/14 September 25th LectureThis fourth lecture, From Nightmare and Dreams to Realities: Citizens, Judges and Democracy in the New Europe - by The Honourable Mr Justice John Mac Menamin 1985-1988, took place on Thursday 25 September 2014 at 6.30 p.m. in the Iontas Lecture Theatre, Iontas Building, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

A response was give by Baroness Nuala O'Loan.



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Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2013/14 European Integration and the Taming of Nationalism

by Dr Peter Sutherland


Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2013/14 Cover PageThis third lecture, European Integration and the Taming of Nationalism by Dr Peter Sutherland, European Commissioner 1985-1988, took place on Friday 31 Janurary 2014 in the Aula Maxima, Quadrangle Building, National University of Ireland, Galway.



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Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2012 Garret FitzGerald and Irish Foreign Policy

by Seán Donlon


Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2012 Cover PageAs a memorial to its former Chancellor, NUI has established the Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lectures, an annual series of lectures by distinguished speakers on topics of national or international importance. In the second lecture given on Friday night (21 Sept, 2012) in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Dr Seán Donlon’s theme was Garret FitzGerald and Irish Foreign Policy.



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Inaugural Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2011 Garret FitzGerald and the Quest for a New Ireland

by Ronan Fanning


Inaugural Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture 2011As a memorial to its former Chancellor, NUI has established the Dr GarretFitzGerald Lectures which will be an annual lecture series by distinguished speakers on topics of national or international importance. In the inaugural lecture Garret FitzGerald and the Quest for a New Ireland, Professor Ronan Fanning focused on Garret himself and seeks to present a critical evaluation of his contribution to public life.




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