Sean Gallagher - the 'Changing Ireland' interview - on youth work, criticisms and experience

Today is election day and Presidential candidate Sean Gallagher has replied (late and with apologies) to the questions we posed about his views on youth and community work and his level of involvement. We also asked for his reaction to community worker Rita Fagan's criticisms of his record as a community worker when she spoke on TV3. Mr. Gallagher deflected the criticism saying, "I would never pass judgement on the work of others or their commitment to the sector."
The full interview is published here verbatim:

Sean Gallagher may yet answer community development questions

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SEAN GALLAGHER AND (INSET) RITA FAGAN.

UPDATE!
We've just received a call from Sean Gallagher's team. Kasia Murphy said Sean's replies to our questions are on their way by email. She indicated that the candidate's communications team has been stretched in recent days.


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FOR THE RECORD, on Monday of this week, 'Changing Ireland' contacted Sean Gallagher’s press office to arrange an interview that we intended to publish online. 

Rousing welcomes for Mary Robinson and Rita Fagan at Possibilities Conference

This 'Possibilities' conference is one with a difference, featuring threatre, music, song and dance, not to mention famous activists and promoters of peace and human rights. 

Following Kila's performance, Mary Robinson received a rousing welcome when she spoke this afternoon, focusing in on a few lines in the UN Declaration of Human Rights and our duty to community.

She phrased it better than the original which states: "Article 29 - Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible."

She spoke about the need for "a greater sense of shared responsibility for the implementation of international human rights law."

She was followed by five speakers from communities in Ireland including Mayo's John Monaghan and Dublin's Rita Fagan, the former unpaid, the latter unpaid, both working in communities.

- 2 VIDEOS UPLOADED (ALMOST LIVE)!

2 videos we've uploaded from this afternoon - one featuring the Dalai Lama answering a question about youth in Ireland and the second featuring Rita Fagan telling her story of community struggle, after which she sings! And for the record, Rita’s a good singer.

PHOTO: Community worker Rita Fagan.

DALAI LAMA - LIVE REPORT FROM SAGGART

INTRO
This is a live report from Saggart, Co. Dublin, oddly named after the Irish word for "priest."
The theme of today is activism and taking action, but the Dalai Lama speaks here of nurturing peace within the individual and within society. ALLEN MEAGHER reports: