10.00 am Registration

10.30 am opening address  Beatrix Campbell
Feminist, UK award-winning journalist, author,
broadcaster, campaigner and playwright

11.15 am Women's representation in the Media and the Arts
Chair: Cllr Martina Genockey

Alison O'Connor Columinist, Irish Examiner

Sarah Benson CEO, Ruhama

Grace Dyas Activist, theatre director, writer and theatre producer



12.30 pm Lunch

1.30pm Ireland's Mothers and Babies
Chair:  Dr Jennifer Schweppe

Opening Address:Nell McCafferty
​Feminist, Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner


Dr Lindsey Earner-Byrne Historian, University College Dublin (UCD)

Susan Lohan Adoption Rights Alliance

Dr Veronica O'Keane Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
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Dr Peter Boylan Former Master, Holles Street Hospital  and Chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ireland

3.30 pm Close: Maire Meagher