The Fair Ireland Forum is an initiative of members of the NUI Galway academic community that aims to create space for NUIG staff to make concrete contributions to public debates on the current challenges facing Ireland - grounded in principles of fairness, social inclusion, democratic governance, accountability and respect for human rights.
On the 27th of January 2011 at 7pm in the Siobhan McKenna Theatre, Arts Millennium Building, NUI Galway the Fair Ireland forum will host the second event in its dialogue series. The dialogue will explore asylum seekers' experiences of Ireland's direct provision system. The perception of asylum seekers themselves will form the central focus of the dialogue with additional contributions from a legal and NGO perspective.
Participating in the dialogue will be:Galway Refugee Support Group - Triona Nic Giolla Choille, Director and representatives of the asylum seeking community in Galway. Albert Llussà i Torra, Solicitor with Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris and Vice-Chair of the Irish Refugee Council.
The dialogue will be facilitated by Dr. Vinodh Jaichand, Deputy Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, and is free and open to the public. There will be a public discussion/question-&-answer period followed by light refreshments.
As part of this event there will also be a slide-show photography exhibition entitled New Bridges: a collection of photographs and stories by people living in direct provision. This exhibition is the result of a four-month collaboration in 2010 between visual ethnographer Zoë O'Reilly (NUI Maynooth) and eight individuals seeking asylum in Ireland and living in the direct provision system.
Supported by the Social Sciences Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland.
Further information can be attained by contacting fergal.landy@nuigalway.ie or danielle.kennan@nuigalway.ie or by visiting the website.