"Ireland's future - Chicago or Copenhagen" is the title of the 7th
Philip Monahan Memorial Lecture to be delivered at UCC on Monday,
27 February by David Begg, General Secretary, Irish Congress of Trade
Unions. Mr Begg, in his lecture, will allude to Ireland's current
phase of economic development and discuss the direction it needs to
take in the future. He will argue in favour of the Nordic model
rather than 'Boston or Berlin'.
The Philip Monahan Memorial Lecture is held annually in memory of
Philip Monahan who served both as a Commissioner and Cork City Manager
for 34 years. He was the most important influence in defining the
system of local democracy in the Republic. Born in Dublin in
1894, he was elected to Louth County Council and Drogheda Borough
Corporation in 1920. He was appointed Commissioner in Cork on 1
November1924 when Cork Corporation was dissolved. He was the first
local government manager and set the style of probity and enterprise
that has since marked that office. Previous guest speakers
include: President Mary McAleese, John Hume, Robert Putnam, and
Francesco Rutelli, Mayor of Rome
The lecture takes place on Monday, 27 February 2006, 3.30-5.30pm,
Lecture Theatre G01, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Road,
Cork. Members of the public are invited to attend and admission is free.
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