2008 Press Releases
Deputy US Ambassador to Ireland delivers annual Philip Monahan Memorial Lecture
08.05.2008
The 9th annual Philip Monahan Memorial Lecture was recently delivered at UCC by Robert J. Faucher, Deputy US Ambassador to Ireland.
08.05.2008
The 9th annual Philip Monahan Memorial Lecture was recently delivered at UCC by Robert J. Faucher, Deputy US Ambassador to Ireland.
Hosted by UCC's Department of Government, the lecture series commemorates Philip Monahan who served as Commissioner and then as City Manager in Cork from 1924 to 1959. Previous speakers have included John Hume, President Mary McAleese, Robert Putnam and David Norris.
In his lecture titled "Challenges facing the next President of the United States", Deputy Faucher spoke about the upcoming presidential election and the current contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination. He explained that whoever ends up in the White House will face a series of challenges including an apathetic public, social security, healthcare and the possible withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Deputy Faucher also asserted that the United States is very supportive of a strong European Union.
As part of the Philip Monahan Lecture, the Department of Government student awards were presented by Councillor Terry Shannon, Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork. The Government Student of the Year Award went to Darragh Mehigan on the basis of the excellent results in his 1st year exams. The Patrick O'Sullivan Essay Competition Shield went to Ian Mawe for his outstanding paper on the topic of 'Politics and Celebrity'. Tim McCarthy was presented with The Graduate of the Year Award for his academic achievements and his contributions to the Department of Government and the University generally. The awards were announced by Dr Clodagh Harris.
At the end of the lecture, Deputy Faucher was presented with a copy of Philip Monahan - A Man Apart written by Dr Aodh Quinlivan of the Department of Government. Then the proceedings moved to the O'Rahilly Building where Professor Denis Lucey, Acting Head of the College of Business and Law, launched two books written by Department of Government staff members. The first titled Security in the New Europe was written by Dr Andrew Cottey; the second titled Politics in a Changing Ireland 1960-2007: A Tribute to Seamus Pattison is by Tom O'Connor and Dr Anthony O'Halloran. Professor Lucey praised all three authors and welcomed the research output of the department. These two books follow on from other recent publications by staff of the Department of Government including Modernising Irish Government (2007) by Professor Neil Collins, Power to the People - Assessing Democracy in Ireland (2007) by Dr Clodagh Harris and Philip Monahan - A Man Apart (2006) by Dr Aodh Quinlivan.
Caption: Professor Denis Lucey and Dr Andrew Cottey at the book launch.
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In his lecture titled "Challenges facing the next President of the United States", Deputy Faucher spoke about the upcoming presidential election and the current contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination. He explained that whoever ends up in the White House will face a series of challenges including an apathetic public, social security, healthcare and the possible withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Deputy Faucher also asserted that the United States is very supportive of a strong European Union.
As part of the Philip Monahan Lecture, the Department of Government student awards were presented by Councillor Terry Shannon, Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork. The Government Student of the Year Award went to Darragh Mehigan on the basis of the excellent results in his 1st year exams. The Patrick O'Sullivan Essay Competition Shield went to Ian Mawe for his outstanding paper on the topic of 'Politics and Celebrity'. Tim McCarthy was presented with The Graduate of the Year Award for his academic achievements and his contributions to the Department of Government and the University generally. The awards were announced by Dr Clodagh Harris.
At the end of the lecture, Deputy Faucher was presented with a copy of Philip Monahan - A Man Apart written by Dr Aodh Quinlivan of the Department of Government. Then the proceedings moved to the O'Rahilly Building where Professor Denis Lucey, Acting Head of the College of Business and Law, launched two books written by Department of Government staff members. The first titled Security in the New Europe was written by Dr Andrew Cottey; the second titled Politics in a Changing Ireland 1960-2007: A Tribute to Seamus Pattison is by Tom O'Connor and Dr Anthony O'Halloran. Professor Lucey praised all three authors and welcomed the research output of the department. These two books follow on from other recent publications by staff of the Department of Government including Modernising Irish Government (2007) by Professor Neil Collins, Power to the People - Assessing Democracy in Ireland (2007) by Dr Clodagh Harris and Philip Monahan - A Man Apart (2006) by Dr Aodh Quinlivan.
Caption: Professor Denis Lucey and Dr Andrew Cottey at the book launch.
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