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Mangan, who retired early last year, is the most senior former garda to write about his career

The editor of Gript, the former commissioner of New York City Human Rights Commission, and the chairman of the Republicans Overseas UK, will form part of the US politics panel at this year’s Kennedy Summer School. Taking place on Saturday, September 2 at 4.15 p.m. the panel will see human rights lawyer Pat Gatling, UK republican Greg Swenson, American journalist and former NBC anchor Renee Fattah, and Gript editor John McGuirk take to the stage in New Ross as part of this year’s event.

In 1858, Europe and North America were connected for the first time via the undersea transatlantic telegraph cable, which reduced communication times from weeks to minutes, in an achievement now considered the 19th-Century equivalent of putting a man on the moon.

Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America, is delivering the closing address at this year’s Kennedy Summer School.

On Friday, September 1, the Kennedy Summer School will place a spotlight on the Changing Face of Ireland in a panel discussion which will address issues of diversity and identity in the light of the findings of the most recent census.