Waterford City Event Guide

Waterford Young Fine Gael, in conjunction with W.I.T Young Fine Gael, is delighted to host a public information meeting on The Lisbon Treaty with Seán Kelly, Fine Gael MEP for the South constituency.

Date: Tuesday, September 22nd 2009
Venue: Auditorium in the WIT Cork Road campus
Title: "Get Waterford Working – Why We Need Lisbon"

Seán Kelly is a former President of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was the first Kerry man to hold that prestigious office being elected at the first attempt by a record margin at the GAA Congress in 2002. In July 2006 he took up the position of Executive Chairman of the Irish Institute of Sport, a body that was set up in Ireland to support elite athletes and players, and served as Executive President until he announced his resignation in July 2008. He is generally regarded as one of the most successful, innovative and media-friendly president’s in the Association's history as is evidenced by the string of awards he has received including Person of the Year 2005, Community Entrepreneur of the Year 2006, Business Person of the month (April 2005) and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Dublin Institute of Technology in February 2007. He has won the second seat as a Fine Gael candidate at the 2009 European Parliament election for the South constituency.

Guest speakers include Young Fine Gael President, Barry Walsh, a Cork man first elected president of Young Fine Gael in November 2007 in Maynooth, having previously served as Vice-President. Following a busy first term as president, which involved the first Lisbon Treaty Referendum, he was re-elected for a second term in February 2009, at the YFG National Conference in Athlone. Barry graduated from Law at the University of Limerick and is currently plying the legal trade in Dublin. Along with the Vice-President, Barry represents YFG on the Executive Council of Fine Gael.

The talk – entitled "Get Waterford Working – Why We Need Lisbon" – will help to explain what the Lisbon Treaty is about and clarify common misconceptions about what the treaty does. The talk will conclude with a Questions & Answers session. This is a free event and doors open at 6.30pm. For further information contact Waterford YFG at 086-1592188.

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