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ONLINE UCC EVENT-THURSDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 22ND

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Department of Government and Politics
UCC Online Jean Monnet Lecture Series

The EU and the Dangers of Disinformation, Dark Money and Dirty Politics
Peter Geoghegan, Writer and Journalist
Neale Richmond TD 

3–4.15pm Thursday 22nd April 2021
REGISTER HERE
https://conference.ucc.ie/jean-monnet-lecture-series-april/testing/Site/Register

This month’s UCC Jean Monnet Lecture will explore the impact of disinformation, dark money and dirty politics on national and EU politics and political systems. Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics, will discuss the link between ‘dark money’ and disinformation, and speak about its impact on the UK’s Brexit referendum campaign and on the process of the UK’s exit process from the EU. Neale Richmond TD will discuss the challenges of limiting and containing the influence of disinformation groups, and will speak, in particular, about his efforts to confront the attempts of the pro-Brexit campaign group, Leave.eu, to migrate the registered office for its website to Ireland in order to retain its ‘.eu’ internet address.

Peter Geoghegan is an Irish writer, broadcaster and investigations editor at the award-winning news website openDemocracy. He led openDemocracy’s investigations into dark money in British politics that were nominated for a 2019 British Journalism award and the Paul Foot award. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the London Review of Books and many other publications. His last book, Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics was published last August and was a Sunday Times bestseller.

Neale Richmond is the Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown and party spokesperson on European Affairs. He has previously served as a County Councillor, Leader of the Irish delegation in the Committee of the Regions and as a Senator where he Chaired the Brexit Committee. A graduate of UCD (BA History, MA Politics), he has a professional background as a Parliamentary Assistant and Project Manager.

The event will be held on Zoom. For further information please contact: maryc.murphy@ucc.ie.
This Lecture series is supported by the Erasmus + Jean Monnet programme.

ONLINE RIA CONFERENCE-THURSDAY 29TH APRIL

Royal Irish Academy’s Standing Committee for International Affairs Annual Conference
‘International politics in times of risk and uncertainty: the COVID-19 crisis and beyond’
Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 09:10–16:50 IST

Keynote and Q&A with Simon Coveney T.D. , Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence
Plenary by G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a fundamental new challenge to humanity and complicated an already unstable international situation. Nationally, regionally and globally governments and international organisations face complex questions about appropriate responses to the pandemic and about their ability to mobilise the political will, public support and resources necessary to address this crisis effectively.
Panel One: Global Issues    ¦       Panel Two: Regional Perspectives       ¦        Panel Three: Policy and Rights      ¦      Panel Four: From Global to Local
PROGRAMME, MORE INFORMATION AND BOOKING ria.ie website HERE
https://www.ria.ie/international-politics-times-risk-and-uncertainty-covid-19-crisis-and-beyond

ONLINE NUIG SEMINAR-FRIDAY APRIL 23RD POLISH MIGRANT PARENTING

The next seminar in the NUIG School of Political Science and Sociology Spring Research Seminar series takes place on Friday, 23 April, at 1 pmCarmen Kealy will introduce the Integrated Model of Polish Migrant Parenting. Full details below. Advance registration through Eventbrite is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-integrated-model-of-polish-parenting-in-ireland-tickets-149747094591

The link to the Zoom seminar will be sent to everyone who is registered on Eventbrite.