End of Life Forum

Monday, October 5, 2009

End of Life Forum

Another Public Meeting organised as part of the Forum on End of Life in Ireland takes place at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa, Rosses Point Road, Sligo on Thursday, 8 October 2009 at 6.30 p.m.

The meeting will be chaired by Mr. Dermot Healy – ‘Author and Poet’.
Panellists will include:
Sharon Brennan, Clinical Nurse Specialist Support Team, North West Hospice
Fr. John Carroll, Chaplain, Sligo General Hospital
Seán Feehily, Funeral Director
John Griffin, Retired DON, Cregg House, and Chairperson, Hospice Friendly Hospitals Standing Committee, Sligo General Hospital
Patricia Hannon, HSE Bereavement Therapist and Psychotherapist
Dr. Diarmuid Hegarty, Medical Director, NOW Doc, and Acting Coroner, Donegal South West

Pat Buckley

I was born in Galway, Ireland where I attended first Scoil Fhursa and then St Ignatius (Jesuit) College. My family moved to Cork in 1960 and I spent my last year at the Christian Brothers College in Mc Curtain street Cork (CBC).

I came to Dublin in 1963 where I met and married my wife Philomena. We have lived in Dublin since then and have been blessed with seven children and 17 grandchildren (so far). When I finished school I studied architecture through the professional institutions and I am a retired Member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (MRIAI). I also hold a BSc. in psychology and political philosophy.

I currently lobby pro-life and pro-family issues at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and occasionally at the European Parliament and Council of Europe. I am a member of the pro-life, pro-family coalition operating within the international institutions and I am a consultant to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children SPUC on UN and related matters.

Between 1978-85, as a married couple Philomena and I were involved in the presentation of Marriage Encounter Weekends and pre-marriage courses. We also represented Worldwide Marriage Encounter on a committee for the family in the Dublin Archdiocese. Between 1985-1988. I was appointed National Secretary and then President of the Catholic Secondary Schools Parents Association (CSPA). I have been lobbying pro-life issue at the UN for upwards of 12 years.

I am a past President of the National Association of Catholic Families (NACF)

Publications:

1997: Anthology of pro-life verse

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Monday, October 5, 2009

End of Life Forum

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