Twitter Photo: Jane Sanders in conversation with Joseph O'Connor, Ireland Oct 12

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In conversation with Joseph O’Connor, award winning novelist and Frank McCourt Chair of Creative Writing in UL, Dr. O’Meara Sanders will discuss the 2016 Presidential election, the Sanders campaign and Institute, the Republican and Democratic rivals faced, and the current political climate in America. She will discuss as well her own Irish heritage, her upbringing in 1950’s Brooklyn in an Irish-American home, and the influence of Irish art, music and literature on her life. Finally, she will tell her and Bernie Sanders’ shared story, having grown up just blocks from each other in Brooklyn, but who first met decades later as political candidate and activist in Vermont.

Over 11 days in October, I.NY explores and celebrates the deep and vibrant connection between Ireland and New York City. The festival invites artists, writers, musicians, educators, entrepreneurs and more to tell the story of how the Ireland New York relationship has impacted their personal, professional and creative lives. It invites as well an audience, from home and abroad, to share their own stories, hear those shared by others, and experience the broader Ireland New York story through a diverse programme of cultural events.

Dr. Jane O’Meara Sanders appears in conversation with Joseph O’Connor as part of the I.NY festival’s Annie Moore Talks series in University Concert Hall on Thursday 12 October, 2017

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1. Twitter Photo: Jane Sanders and University of Limerick President Dr Des Fitzgerald

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2. Jane Sanders TV Interview Limerick Ireland

Oct 12, 2017
She was a driving force behind Feel the Bern campaign and wife of the greatest President America never had. Dr Jane Sanders, wife of Bernie joins us on the show to discuss her Irish roots and why she believes her husband would have beaten Donald Trump