(Or: dealing with climate anxiety through art, comedy and the collective)

Sat 10th September

Time: 3pm. DALYMOUNT, Members’ Bar

Hosted by ‘Climate Worrier’ Colm O’Regan, this panel will offer an hour long respite from climate anxiety, and look at the various ways art and comedy can help spark creative engagement for a crisis that needs creative solutions. 

Join us as we grapple with The Current State of Things, and explore the potential for art to help us imagine new and better futures. 

Colm O’Regan is an award winning columnist, broadcaster, comedian and author. He has stood up and made people laugh all over the world, his comedy has featured on UK and Irish TV and his radio show Colm O’Regan Wants A Word has been nominated for and won awards in Ireland, Europe and the US. He has published four books of non-fiction – the three bestselling books of Irish Mammies and Bolloxology – and two novels: Ann Devine: Ready for Her Close-Up (2019) and Ann Devine: Handle with Care (2020). His latest book Climate Worrier is coming out in October.

Alice-Mary Higgins is a progressive, independent NUI Senator with a strong commitment to equality, the environment and human rights. An effective legislator, Alice-Mary has won over 50 amendments since 2016.

Lianne O’Hara is a poet, playwright, and prose writer. She lives in Dublin, Ireland. In 2020, she was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series, featuring a reading at International Literature Festival Dublin, and awarded a Literature Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland. She has also been selected for writers’ residencies in Catalonia (Faberlull, forthcoming),
Annaghmakerrig (Tyrone Guthrie Centre, 2022), and Cill Rialaig (Irish Writers Centre, 2020).