In a couple of weeks we'll be hosting the Golden Nanny Awards in Dublin.
The inaugural event last year was an unexpected success. This was due largely to the presence of Senator Catherine Noone who prefaced her acceptance speech with the words, "Libertarians, contrarians, barbarians, thank you."
She later tweeted, "Proud recipient of the Golden Nanny Award 2017 – proud moment."
Organised by Forest Ireland, this year’s event is supported by Students for Liberty. Last week The Times (Ireland edition) published an excellent article by Beatriz Gietner, national coordinator for SfL Ireland (With students like this, who needs the nanny state?).
A popular guest at previous Forest events in Dublin, Beatriz will sadly miss the Golden Nanny Awards because she's currently in her native Brazil.
We will however be joined by over 60 guests including her colleague Rob Duffy, Irish Independent columnist Ian O'Doherty, Cllr Keith Redmond, and Chris Snowdon, editor of the Nanny State Index, who is also our guest speaker.
Click here for further information. A full list of award nominees will be published later this week.
See also: Libertarians, contrarians, barbarians ... the Golden Nanny Awards 2017.