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National Conference 09
Posted on March 27, 2009 by Alan Kelly
Our National Conference was held over the weekend in Mullingar or 'Penrose' country as we like to call it after our local TD there. It was an excellent conference and I was highly impressed by the volume of new and young people I met at it. It was also a confernece that showed that my party is the party of values. Values that have stood the test of time and are more relevant now than ever before.
It was also a conference of ideas. So many motions were excellently researched and showed that there is a bright future out there if we could just as a country invest in our own creativity and capacity.
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Preparing for National Conference 2009
Posted on March 26, 2009 by Alan Kelly
Tomorrow I head to Mullingar for our National Conference. There is a huge volume of interest in our party at this time and the registration numbers of delegates are very impressive.
I have been attending conferences for many years, but I don't think I have looked forward to one as much as I have this one.
I have the honour of introducing the party leader, Eamon Gilmore on Saturday night for the keynote speech at 8.30pm. It is an honour to be asked to do this. I will also be speaking on health and tourism at the conference. And you never know, I may have to head to the podium on a few other motions as well!
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New Ideas Conferences - Final Preparations
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Alan Kelly
The final preparations are taking place for the two 'New Ideas' conferences I am sponsoring tomorrow. The conferences are open to everyone and aim to promote innovation and look at how we can develop future business in the South and Mid West.
I am really delighted with the line up of speakers participating. The keynote speaker at the Limerick conference is the renowned economist Jim Power. The issue of leadership is going to be spoken on by Munster rugby legend Anthony Foley. The Cork conference has John Conroy of Merrion Capital as its keynote speaker, while Eamon Coghlan is speaking on motivation and leadership. There are many more interesting speakers as well. Full details at the conference can be found at www.newideas.ie.
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2008 National Conference Address
Posted on December 01, 2008 by Alan Kelly
Speaking at the 2008 National Conference in Kilkenny on the party's finance debate
Comrades, the world has changed since we were together last November.
And what has happened? After decades of living with the smug arrogance of free marketers there is a new dawning for the left. As we witness the collapse of greed, its philosophers and their disciples there is a huge reawakening to the simple truth that people are first, that the human person is central and that the market and economics exist to serve society.
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