Ireland is in crisis. The Irish Republic proclaimed in 1916 seems doomed to economic depression and political failure as the centenary of the Easter Rising approaches in 2016.
- 2016 book review by John Bruton: It attempts to sum up for the present time, as the authors of the original document purported to do for their time , what the Irish people believe about themselves and what they aspire to achieve by collective independent action.
- Martina Devlin discusses 2016 in her article in The Irish Independent here: The signatories of the 1916 Proclamation made a point of addressing "Irishmen and Irishwomen" three times in a brief text, as Gerard O'Neill reminds us in his book '2016: A New Proclamation for a New Generation'.This was an explicit recognition that society is composed of two sexes withequal contributions to make. Yet how can the female voice have the same worth as the male's with such piffling Dail representation?
- The Irish Independent run piece on 2016 here: In his book '2016 -- A New Proclamation for a New Generation', which he launched at the GPO in Dublin last night, he said Ireland is still much better off now than it was at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising which gave birth to the Proclamation.
- Liam Delaney blog review here: The key strength of the book is its breadth drawing from the fact that Gerard is a wide reader,a deep thinker and has a broad sense of the issues facing Ireland. His use of survey data blended in with narrative is interesting. His treatment of North-South issues and the Global Irish is also great.
- taxation.ie review here: It’s over. The Irish love affair with property ownership is coming to an end and in future people will rent rather than buy, according to a new book by Gerard O’Neill,the chairman of market research company, Amarach.
- Listen to Gerard O'Neill and others debate the 2016 Proclamation on the Marian Finucane Show here
But it doesn't have to be that way.
Drawing on the words of the 1916 Proclamation, this timely and inspiring book shows how the ideas and vision in the original proclamation can guide us to build a better island by 2016.
2016: A New Proclamation explores the relevance of the original proclamation to Ireland today and invites the reader to determine what they would want to proclaim for Ireland and the Irish in the years ahead. It asks the question: if we had to write it, what would the 2016 Proclamation say.
Listen to Gerard's speech at the launch here.
Find out more about the book here.
To find out more about Gerard O'Neill, click here.
