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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
Nov
7th
2025
Haughey vs FitzGerald: The Rivalry That Shaped 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 Fáil versus Fine Gael: it was about two competing worldviews and economic theories; two styles of leadership; and two men who seemed obsessed with each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Expect insights, stories, and some laughter too, as we revisit a political and economic drama that was every bit as personal as it was national