Family & Life

Dublin Conference on The Fragmenting Family - 14/09/2007

Family Conference September 14. The purpose of the conference is to discuss issues facing the family in Ireland today. In particular, the conference will examine trends in family life in the light of Census 2006. This shows that family breakdown in Ireland is increasing rapidly and non-marital family forms, especially cohabitation, are also increasing rapidly.

The conference will also examine cohabitation as a sociological phenomenon and will look at attempts to radically redefine the meaning of family and even parenthood. Currently, far-reaching legal changes are being proposed to family law in Ireland, and combined with social trends that are adversely affecting marriage, this conference is both timely and topical. Please let us know as soon as you can whether you will be attending by emailing togorman@ionainstitute.ie or info@ionainstitute.ie

"The Fragmenting Family": Schedule and Speakers

Venue: Davenport Hotel, Dublin 1, Friday, September 14, 2007.

Admission free

9.30: Registration (See registration details at: CLICK TO READ MORE.....)

9.45: Welcome and introductory remarks: David Quinn

10:00: What Census 2006 tells us about family trends: Professor Patricia Casey

10:50: Coffee break

11.10: Cohabitation; what the social sciences tell us: Anastasia de Waal

12:00: The fragmenting family: Professor Brenda Almond

12:40 to 13:00: Questions and closing remarks.

Speakers

David Quinn is a religious and social affairs commentator and director of The Iona Institute

Patricia Casey is Professor of Psychiatry University College Dublin and a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin. (Patron Iona Institute)

Anastasia de Waal is Head of Family and Education Unit for Civitas, a social affairs think tank based in London.

Brenda Almond is Emeritus Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy of the University of Hull. She has served on the Human Genetics Commission in the UK and her latest book is The Fragmenting Family.

Organiser: David Quinn/Iona Institute
Contact Number:  01 661 9204
Email Address: info@ionainstitute.ie
Website Address: www.ionainstitute.ie