Evolve – Northern Ireland’s new public policy forum got off to a flying start with its first event in the Ulster Hall yesterday. The sell-out event, which including public, private, not-for profit and education sector, heard keynote speaker Jack McConnell deliver an engaging presentation on the experience of devolution in Scotland and how the administration [...]
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Scotland’s longest serving First Minister to address new public policy forum
Jack McConnell, Scotland’s longest serving First Minister has been announced as the inaugural speaker for Northern Ireland’s new public policy forum, ‘Evolve’.
Speaking at the Ulster Hall on 8th September, Mr. McConnell, who was Scottish First Minister for six years, will give an address on the [...]