The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS) at the University of Aberdeen is delighted to announce a visit by one of Ireland’s leading diplomatic figures next week who will deliver a talk on the significant economic and political changes in Ireland in recent years.
His Excellency Dáithi Ó Ceallaigh, the Irish Ambassador to the UK, will talk on the subject of ‘Changing Ireland’ on Thursday, January 27, in the King's College Centre at 6.00pm.
In the last few decades, Ireland has experienced major changes in its economic, social and political life and these striking transformations will form the basis of the talk. The country’s increasing and productive relationship with the European Union (including the Presidency of the Union during the major expansion from 15 to 25 nations) will also be covered as one of the main topical themes of the lecture.
Dáithi Ó’Ceallaigh will address and take questions on other significant topics which dominate today’s Ireland, including the “Celtic Tiger”; the transformation of the economy and the ongoing problems of Northern Ireland and the peace process.
Professor George Watson, Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS), University of Aberdeen, is delighted to have secured a figure of Dáithi Ó Ceallaigh’s standing in the Irish political arena.
He said: “ We are privileged to have the opportunity to listen to and to ask questions of such a senior Irish diplomat, whose presence here at our invitation is itself an index of how the University and its Research Institute have foregrounded Ireland and Irish themes in a Scottish context.”
For further information on the ‘Changing Ireland’ lecture on Thursday, January 27, and to book your place at the event, contact Elly Rothnie, Events Communications Officer on (01224) 274444 or email: elly.rothnie@abdn.ac.uk.