Saturday 30th April & Sunday 1st May 2011

 











Saturday 30th April

11am               Welcome

Cllr Brian Collins                    Chair Jim Connell Society

Cllr Anton McCabe                Chair Meath Trades Council

Cllr Connor Ferguson             Cathaoirleach Kells Town Council

11.30am          Can the Left Unite?

Kathryn Reilly                       Sinn Féin General Election Candidate Cavan/Monaghan

Dr. Helena Sheehan                Dublin City University Professor Emeritus

Desmond O’Toole                  Party Of European Socialists & Labour Central Council

1pm                 Lunch

 2pm                 The Road Less Travelled

 Sean Garland                          Former President of The Workers Party

Sam Nolan                              Political and Trade Union Activist                 

 3.30pm            Break

 4pm                 Annual Jim Connell Address

                        By Jack O’Connor General President SIPTU and President of ICTU

 4.30pm            Presentation on the Life and Works of Jim Connell

By Francis Devine, Author and Historian

 6.30pm            Adjourn

 8pm                 Buses depart to McCabes of Crossakiel from Abbey House Kells

 9pm                 Pig Roasting Night with Music and Entertainment

 

Sunday May 1st

 11am               Tour of North Meath

3pm                 Jim Connell Commemoration in Crossakiel

                        Bob Crow                   RMT

                        Jimmy Kelly                UNITE

                        Phil McFadden           Dublin Council of Trade Unions

                        Claire Keane               Founding Member of Jim Connell Committee & UNITE

                        David Hopper             Durham Miners Union

4pm                 Music and Entertainment in McCabe’s of Crossakiel

 

           

  

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