The keynote speech by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, will take place this morning at 11:00hrs.

Constitutional business and reports will commence after lunch at 13:30hrs and EPSU General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan will make his presentation to conference at 13:45hrs.

A panel debate ‘Mobilising, bargaining, and campaigning for change: why and how we make the difference’ will take place at 16:00hrs.

Your Congress Guide is available here and the conference agenda is available here.

Follow all the conference news, images and updates on Twitter at #EPSUcongress19

Tuesday 4th June: News headlines

• Here's a look at today's Irish and UK newspaper front pages.
• The UK chancellor, Philip Hammond, has been accused of being blind to the scale of poverty in the UK after he dismissed a UN report that found the government’s austerity programme had caused misery for many Britons.
• For an understanding about how the current housing shortage in Ireland is affecting workers, check out Fiona Reddan's article in the Irish Times: Can I buy a home in Dublin on an average wage?
  
• In Honduras, anti-government demonstrations have continued despite a decision to repeal controversial policies that critics feared could have lead to the privatisation of public services. 
• 30 years after the events of Tiananman Square in Beijing, the city falls silent as security tightens around the anniversary.
  

Dublin's fair city

IMMA

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) is located a short distance west of Dublin city centre and is easily accessed via the Luas red line tram (disembark at Heuston).

IMMA is located at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Built in 1680, its design was based on Les Invalides in Paris and it’s the oldest classical building in Ireland.

Current exhibitions at IMMA include Acts of Mourning by Colombian artist Doris Salcedo and Then and Now by Janet Mullarney.

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