Think I’ll drop in and see this when I’m up in Dublin:
Family Law – Rights Vs Reality
Public meeting sponsored by Labour Equality and Labour Women.
Saturday November 12th, 10.45am sharp- 1.30pm
Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Map
10.45am Registration/ Tea or Coffee
11.00am Official Opening: Liz Mc Manus TD, Deputy Leader, Labour
Party.
First session chairperson:
Senator Joanna Tuffy, Labour Party.
Panel 1.
Frances Byrne (OPEN) – ’Lone parents and the Family law courts – the reality’
Norah Gibbons (Barnardos) – ‘Children’s Rights – Myth or Reality’
Fergus Ryan (One Family) – ‘Modernising Irish Family Law – Rhetoric and Reality’
Mark Lacey (Gay and Lesbian Unions Eire)
11.30am Questions and Answers
12.00pm Second session chairperson: Joe Costello TD, Labour Party
Panel 2.
Ann Gallagher, solicitor (Labour Women) – ‘Practical issues in Family Law’
Francesca Lundstrom (Age Action Ireland) – Grandparent Rights’
Aisling Reidy (Irish Council for Civil Liberties) – ‘Parent’s Rights – a focus on fathers and the gaps in the law’
12.30pm Questions and Answers
1pm Closing Mags O’Brien,Chair, Labour Equality.