2025: Sixth Annual Sherie de Burgh Commemorative Event

Children Post Separation – Research and Guidance on Shared Access for Infants and Young Children

The sixth annual Sherie de Burgh commemorative seminar jointly hosted by One Family and the School of Social Work and Social Policy in Trinity College Dublin will explore the experiences of one-parent families in Ireland and reflect on their joint research, which illustrates a practice-to-policy approach and can be accessed here:

Guidance on Contact Time for Infants and Young Children in Separated Families

Event Details

Date: Thursday, 13 February 2025

Time: 5pm – 7pm

Programme

Registration:   5pm – 5.30pm
Seminar:         5.30pm – 7pm
Reception:      from 7pm


Location

Trinity Research in Social Sciences (TRiSS)
TRiSS Seminar Room
6th Floor, Sutherland Centre
Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

Streaming link: available to view on Zoom on the day (link TBC)

Panel

Chair

Dr Catherine Conlon – Assistant Professor, Social Policy School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin.

Speakers

His Honour Judge Geoffrey Shannon – Former Law Society director and current Circuit Court judge, Dr Shannon was Special Rapporteur on Child Protection for the Irish Government 2006-19 and is the author independent report into historical child sex-abuse allegations in St John Ambulance 2023.

Geraldine Kelly – One Family’s Director of Parenting will speak about the research collaboration between One Family and the School of Social Work and Social Policy in TCD and how it illustrates a practice-to-policy approach.

More details to be added shortly.

How to find the event

The TRISS Room is on the 6th Floor of the Building