Cody Keenan has been a speechwriter for President Barack Obama for nearly a decade, rising from a campaign intern in Chicago to Director of Speechwriting at the White House.

Bob Shrum has served as Senior Advisor to numerous Democratic Presidential campaigns, and has been described as “the most sought-after consultant in the Democratic Party.” He has also served as press secretary to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy from 1980 to 1984 and political consultant until 2009.

Caitriona Perry is the Washington Correspondent for RTE – Ireland’s public service media organisation. Based in Washington DC, her beat covers the whole of the United States and beyond.

Ryan Tubridy is Ireland’s leading media personality and has won numerous awards including a Meteor Award and a TV Now Award.

Niall Breslin, known as Bressie, is an Irish musician and former Westmeath Gaelic footballer. His work in the area of mental health education and empowerment began during his time on The Voice Of Ireland after his own struggles with anxiety led him to open up publicly on the issue.

A native of Midleton, Co. Cork, Sinéad studied law at University College Cork and qualified as a barrister in 1993. She began her working life

Bertie Ahern was first elected to the Dail in 1977, and since then he has served in various ministerial roles – culminating in three terms as Taoiseach.

Paul Kelly is best known for his mastery of pastry having spent 20+ years perfecting his skills in the culinary industry, he is also widely known for his role as a judge on TV3’s infamous bakery show – The Great Irish Bake Off.

Minister Katherine Zappone is an Independent member of Dail Éireann, Minister for Children and a former Independent Senator (2011-2015).

MP for Foyle, Former leader of the SDLP and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland. Member of the Westminister Committee on Exiting the European Union.

Mary Lou McDonald – Deputy Party Leader, Sinn Fein, shadowing An Tánaiste, and all-Ireland Spokesperson on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention.

Ian Paisley has been the Member of Parliament for North Antrim since 2010, winning by the largest majority and vote in Northern Ireland amongst his party. He is the DUP spokesman for Agriculture in the House of Commons and sits on the Northern Ireland Select Affairs Committee.

Tony Connelly is Europe Editor for RTE News. He has been covering EU and European Affairs from Brussels since 2001.

Professor Mary E. Daly is one of Ireland’s most prominent senior historians and is a member of the government’s Expert Advisory Group on Commemorations.

Robert Schmuhl is the Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Chair in American Studies and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University.

Regina Doherty T.D. is the Minister for Employment and Social Protection following her appointment by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar T.D., on the 14th June 2017.

Kevin Dundon is the Chef/Proprietor of Dunbrody Country House Hotel & Restaurant in Co Wexford.

Pádraig Naughton became Executive Director of Arts & Disability Ireland in 2005.

Sarah McInerney is co-presenter of Newstalk Drive, a fast-paced current affairs drivetime show.

Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri is the Ameer/ Head-Imam of Al-Mustafa Islamic Educational & Cultural Centre, Ireland and Founding Chair of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration.

Tomi Reichental was born in 1935 in Slovakia. He was sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944.

oan Burton TD is currently the spokesperson on Finance, Education and The Arts and is a former Leader of the Labour Party and Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Social Protection from 2011 to 2016.

P.J. Lynch illustrates children’s books and has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Christopher Medal three times.

Verona is the President of the Irish Road Haulage Association and Managing Director of DruMur Transport Limited, Ramsgrange, County Wexford

Senator John Dolan has been the CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland since 2000.

Felix M. Larkin was academic director of the Parnell Summer School from 2012 to 2015. He has also written extensively on Irish press from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Mike O’Connor is Assistant Head, School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology, he also works in Dublin Castle.

Lisa Chambers is a Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo and the Party’s spokesperson on Defence and currently sits on three Dáil committees Children and Youth Affairs, Budgetary Oversight and Foreign Affairs and Defence.

Elizabeth Whyte has been the Executive Director of the Wexford Arts Centre since 2006.

Political Commentator, Vice President for Corporate Communications with Rivada Networks

Margaret Roche is head chef at Hugo’s Restaurant, Merrion Row Dublin 2. She previously spent nearly 3 years working at the Waterside Inn, the 3* Michelin restaurant under Alain Roux.

Thomas Martin is a poet, a painter, a writer and an illustrator, living in Co. Wexford. He also is a founding member of the Arts Ability Studio Group at Cumas in New Ross.