Friends in High Places: How Crony Capitalism and Corruption Cheats us All

Nov 7th

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

(60 Minutes)

Pembroke Hotel

11 Patrick St, Kilkenny, R95 VNP4, Ireland

Why do some climb the ladder, while the rest of us hold it? A cosy club seems to rule the world. We step inside the smoky rooms of power, to examine the crony capitalism, corruption and kleptocracy that cheats us...

Jennifer Raffoul Nicholas Gruen Gary Cooke Dan Davies

Haughey vs FitzGerald: The Rivalry That Shaped Ireland

Nov 7th

08:00 pm - 09:00 pm

(60 Minutes)

Hole in the Wall

17 High St, Kilkenny, R95 TY30, Ireland

Irish politics through the 1980s was a duel between Charles J. Haughey and Dr Garret FitzGerald: two leaders with clashing personalities, visions and insecurities, taking alternate turns steering the country through crisis and change. Their rivalry wasn’t just about Fianna...

Eoin O'Malley Cormac Lucey Aideen McQueen