Message for NUI Graduates ...

For any graduates of the National University of Ireand who are interested in participating in another electoral process, you may wish to know that there is an election taking place for Chancellor of the NUI. To vote you have to apply for a ballot paper - details of how to do so are posted at http://www.nui.ie/news/081120-chancellor-candidates.asp. One of the candidates is Dr Maurice Manning, who I worked closely with when he was Leader of the Seanad between 1995 and 1997. Maurice played a crucial role in assisting the Labour Party's legislation passing smoothly through the Seanad, including a number of difficult Bills on which I worked at the time when I was a Government adviser to Minister Mervyn Taylor, such as the Civil Legal Aid Bill and the Family Law Bill. I have no hesitation in warmly supporting Maurice's bid to become the Chancellor of the NUI and I have no doubt that if elected he would perform that role with distinction, professionalism and style.