We Need Young People to Rebuild the Labour Party - Brendan Ryan

Posted on June 10, 2016

Opening the Labour Youth Tom Johnson Summer School, Labour Party Whip and TD for Fingal Brendan Ryan emphasised the key role young people will have in the rebuild of the Labour Party.

Deputy Ryan spoke about the role young people will play in upcoming campaigns for the Labour Party and Labour Youth's record in campaigning for workers' rights. 

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Saturday morning - Europe's role in Reducing Inequality - Tom Johnson Summer School 2014

Posted on June 21, 2014

In this post Angelina Cox posts about the session Saturday panel at the Tom Johnson Summer School entitled 'Europe's Role in Reducing Inequality'.

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Saturday morning - Exclusion in modern Ireland panel - Tom Johnson Summer School 2014

Posted on June 21, 2014

In this post Grace Williams from UCD Labour posts about the Saturday morning panel which looked at Exclusion in Modern Ireland.

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Friday night - address by SIPTU President Jack O'Connor - Tom Johnson Summer School 2014

Posted on June 20, 2014

In this post Shane Folan posts about the speech delivered to the Tom Johnson Summer School by SIPTU President Jack O'Connor.

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Friday night - Tom Johnson Summer School 2014

Posted on June 20, 2014

Over the weekend we'll be posting updates from the Tom Johnson Summer School which is being held in Portlaoise and organised by Labour Youth. You can keep up-to-date with the weekend's events by following Labour Youth on Twitter. 

In this post Rachel Walsh posts about the first session which saw Senator John Whelan welcome participants to Portlaoise followed by a panel which discussed the Importance of Equality in the current political landscape. The panelists were Deputy Anne Ferris, Tom Healy from the Nevin Economic Research Institute, Dan O'Neill from the Young Workers Network and Ian Power from Spun Out.

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Tom Johnson Summer School 2014

Posted on June 13, 2014

It’s hard to believe that the last Tom Johnson was a year ago, but here we are; it’s that time of the year again! This year, Labour Youth brings the 20^th annual Tom Johnson Summer School to Portlaoise, on the 20-22 June. The annual summer school is named after Tom Johnson, who served as Leader of the Labour Party from 1917-27.

Each year, Labour Youth hosts this event for members and supporters of the Labour Party as a means of discussing and debating our hopes and aspirations for Ireland. Over the course of the weekend we’ll be hearing from guest speakers, participating in panel discussions and workshops and hosting hustings for the Labour Party Leadership elections.

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Sunday morning - Tom Johnson Summer School

Posted on June 16, 2013

Sunday morning - Tom Johnson Summer School

In this post Rory Geraghty writes about the Sunday morning session at Tom Johnson - 'Legal Protections or Lip Service - What Protections are our Children offered under the Legal System'.

From the appointment of a Minister for Children & Youth Affairs as a full Cabinet post, to the Children's Rights Referendum, to the decision to establish a Children's First Agency, it is clear that we are living in a time of huge reform in the area of children's rights in Ireland, making our first panel on Sunday very apt.

Posing the question "Legal Protections or Lip Service - What Protections Are Our Children Offered Under the Legal System?" we were given 4 different perspectives on the issue of child protection.

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Saturday evening at the Tom Johnson Summer School

Posted on June 16, 2013

Saturday evening - Tom Johnson Summer School 

In this latest post Ciara Galvin, Labour Youth, writes about the early evening session Challenging Social Divides : Classism in the Centenary of the Lock-Out' in the Tom Johnson Summer School.

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Saturday afternoon - Tom Johnson Summer School 2013

Posted on June 15, 2013

This afternoon's panel about 'The Illegitimate Debt'  is also featured in this blog post written by party member Desmond O'Toole.

It is quite a task to plot a path through a wide-ranging discussion which encompassed cancelling the illegitimate debt demanded of the Global South, the burden of bank debt that has hollowed out the finances of the Irish state and the impact of debt on Irish families in local neighbourhoods.

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Saturday afternoon - Tom Johnson Summer School

Posted on June 15, 2013

In this post Labour Youth's Sean Glennon blogs about 'The Illegitimate Debt' panel, featuring Jean Sommers, from UCD, Emer Costello MEP and Rita Fagan, Community Development Coordinator for St Michael's Estate.

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