Guest Speakers 2017

Dr Vicky Conway

Dr Vicky Conway

Vicky is a leading researcher on policing in Ireland with an emphasis on the intersection between social change, police culture and police accountability. She has conducted innovative qualitative research in this area, funded by the British Academy, which has resulted in two monographs on policing in Ireland (The Thick Blue Wall: The Morris Tribunal and Police Accountability…

John Power Author of Maritime History of County Wexford

John Power

Author of Maritime History of County Wexford – Volumes 1- 3. John Power, who spent over 37 years working as a commercial fisherman, also long time Secretary of the Kilmore Quay Fishermen’s Co-Operative, who was elected Chairman of the Irish Federation of Fishermen’s Co-operatives established in 1971 to represent fishing interests during EEC entry negotiations and is a former director of Bord Iascaigh Mhara. He is also a former assistant editor of the Kilmore Parish Journal.

Laura Way

Laura Way

Owner/Writer/Director/Producer at Bodecii Film & Riff Raff Theatre Filmbase & Staffordshire University. Laura formerly a film and TV actress, is an award winning writer/director. Formerly a director with one of Irelands leading commercial production companies, Pull The Trigger, Laura set up Bodecii Film, a Wexford based production company developing original indigenous TV and Film, commercials and vision films.