Ireland's Edge - Open Channels / Bealaigh Oscailte

Ireland's Edge

Ireland’s Edge, the ideas and discussion strand of Other Voices, returns to Dingle for its tenth edition on the 29th and 30th of November.

Dingle Skellig Hotel

**This is not a ticket to the Music Trail or the Church of St James **Ireland’s Edge, the ideas and discussion strand of Other Voices, returns to Dingle for its tenth edition on the 29th and 30th of November as part of this year’s Other Voices festival.The theme of this year’s programme, ‘Open Channels / Bealaigh Oscailte’ centres on themes of dialogue, movement and exchange, those powerful, often ambiguous forces that shape our relationship with our world. The words ‘Channel’ in English, and ‘Bealach’ in Irish, imply connection and communication. Ireland’s Edge for the past ten years now has itself been a channel, a way through the noise and chatter; a space in which people and ideas meet up; a forum where a diversity of voices and perspectives are brought to bear on the developments that define and redefine our world every day. This tenth edition will seek to give voice to why this kind of collective discourse and exchange is so indispensable to our shared future. As the world becomes ever more fractured, from the level of the community, to the transnational, movement and discourse in turn have become more fraught. This year, we will ask what lessons we can take from our global, and indeed national, past and present, and what policy makers, leaders and citizens might do to keep the channels open. With a compelling lineup of speakers, panellists and performers, drawn from the worlds of politics, media, technology and creativity in its broadest sense, Open Channels / Bealaigh Oscailte will investigate how openness, the ability to both transmit and receive, to welcome and be welcomed, to speak and to listen, is a vital resource upon which our societies Courtesy of our venue partner The Skellig Hotel, a specially prepared three-course lunch will be available to all Saturday attendees in the Skellig Hotel’s Coastguard Restaurant. This tenth edition of Ireland's Edge has been made possible thanks to the support of our event partners Reed and AIB. // TICKETS //*Please note that entry to Ireland's Edge events are not included in Music Trail wristbands and must be purchased separately* // CONCESSIONS &amp; ACCESSIBILITY //We have a small number of concession tickets available for those who are facing unexpected financial hardship this year and need some help in joining us down in Dingle. If this is you please reach out with some background information and we will do our best to help. Similarly if you have accessibility needs and require a companion pass please contact us at ticketing@othervoices.ie and we will be in touch soon.

// Fri‍ 29th Nov — 4pm-7:30pm //New (Dis)Order: Geopolitics, Democracy and Power in Uncertain TimesDonnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor of Politics at the School of Law and Government, DCU and Hannah McCarthy, International Journalist, Documentary-Maker and Lawyer, and Carole Cadwalladr, Journalist and Writer.Hosted by John Naughton — Academic, Journalist and Author-A Tangled Web: Disinformation, Extremism and the Growth of the Far-Right‍Aoife Gallagher, Extremism Researcher and Author of Web of Lies: The Lure and Danger of Conspiracy Theories, Lucky Khambule, Co-Founder &amp; Coordinator of The Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) and Una Mullally, Writer and Journalist.Hosted by Christopher Kissane — Historian, Writer and Host of Ireland’s Edge — The Podcast-It’s Not Easy Being Green: In conversation with Minister Eamon Ryan TDMinister Eamon Ryan TD — Minister for the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Transport, in conversation with Christopher Kissane — Historian, Writer and Host of Ireland’s Edge - The Podcast.-Music at The Edge: Piaras Ó Lorcáin

// Sat‍ 30th Nov — 12pm-6:30pm //Paved Paradise?: Balancing Tourism &amp; Social SustainabilityDidi Ronan, Founder NATIVE, Lynne Dyer, Founder of Street Food Project, Penzance &amp; Growing Links and Peadar Ó Fionnáin, GP and Green Party Local Area Representative for Corca Dhuibhne.‍Hosted by Christopher Kissane — Historian, Writer and Host of Ireland’s Edge - The Podcast-Abair Gaeilge‍Doireann Ní Ghlacáin PhD, Craoltóir, Ceoltóir agus Podchraoltóir ar How to Gael // Broadcaster, Musician, Co-Host, How to Gael Podcast, SexyTadhg, Ealaíontóir // Artist, Edel Ní Loibhéad, Léiritheoir agus Craoltóir // Producer and Broadcaster.‍Á chur i láthair ag // Hosted by Billy Mag Fhloinn, Béaloideasóir, Seandálaí, Ealaíontóir, agus Ceoltóir // Folklorist, Archaeologist, Artist and MusicianBeidh dreas ceoil ó SexyTadhg // With a performance from SexyTadhgThis conversation will be conducted completely in Irish with simultaneous translation accessible via translation headsets.-‍LUNCHCourtesy of our venue partner The Skellig Hotel, served in the Coastguard Restaurant-Parks and Recreation?: How do National Parks fit into the National Picture?‍Olive Heffernan, Science Journalist and Author of High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean, Aodh Ó Domhnaill, CEO of the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, (IFPO) and Ella McSweeney, Broadcaster and Journalist‍Hosted by Christopher Kissane — Historian, Writer and Host of Ireland’s Edge — The Podcast-Art as Evidence: Forensic Architecture‍Joshua Richards, Researcher, Forensic Architecture, in conversation with ‍Una Mullally, Journalist and Writer.-"Stay Tuned!": The Future of Public Service Broadcasting and Media‍Kevin Bakhurst, Director General, RTÉ, in conversation with ‍Christopher Kissane — Historian, Writer and Host of Ireland’s Edge — The Podcast. -"Do Something About It": In conversation with Blinne Ní GhrálaighBlinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC in conversation with David Kenny, Professor in Law and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.