The inaugural Redmond O’Neill Memorial Lecture took place at 7pm on 13 June 2012 at Bolívar Hall in London. Pearse Doherty TD delivered Gerry Adams TD President Sinn Féin’s lecture to a [Read more]
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Redmond O’Neill Memorial Lecture
7pm Wednesday 13 June
Bolívar Hall
54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL
Organised by: the Redmond O’Neill Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Gerry Adams TD, President Sinn Féin
Chair and Introduction by: Ken Livingstone
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