On October 11, 1977, Matt Bomer was born.
Anthony Coughlan is an academic , Secretary of The National Platform for EU Research and Information Centre and retired Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Social Policy at Trinity College , Dublin .. The National Platform for EU Research and Information Centre. The National Platform for EU Research and Information Centre. National Platform. National Platform. -LRB- It is suggested that he is left wing , however he has taken contrarian views on divorce and lately on the Marriage Equality Referendum -RRB- He actually gave evidence for Des Hanafin in the Challenge to the Divorce Referendum .. He has contributed to various debates in the media such as on RTE 's Questions and Answers , both in his capacity as a lecturer and as a spokesperson for lobby groups such as the National Platform .. Questions and Answers. Questions and Answers ( TV series ). National Platform. National Platform. He opposed EU enlargement and EU treaties such as the Single European Act , Maastricht Treaty , Amsterdam Treaty , Nice Treaty , Nice Treaty re-run and the Lisbon Treaty .. Single European Act. Single European Act. Maastricht Treaty. Maastricht Treaty. Amsterdam Treaty. Amsterdam Treaty. Nice Treaty. Treaty of Nice. Lisbon Treaty. Treaty of Lisbon. Recently he has been making contributions to the post-Lisbon Treaty debate and made submissions to the Oireachtas committee on Europe on behalf of the National Platform .. National Platform. National Platform. Lisbon Treaty. Treaty of Lisbon. Born in Cork , he became politicised while studying English , history and economics at University College Cork in the fifties , setting up a branch of the Labour Party in the college .. Cork. Cork ( city ). University College Cork. University College Cork. He moved to London where he studied for a postgraduate degree in Social Policy at the University of London .. University of London. University of London. In London he joined the Connolly Association , and would have befriended the republican socialist C. Desmond Greaves .. Connolly Association. Connolly Association. C. Desmond Greaves. C. Desmond Greaves. He returned to Ireland and took up a job lecturing in Trinity College 1961 .. He became involved in the Wolfe Tone Society when it was set up in 1964 becoming acting as its secretary as well Dublin Housing Action Committees , both of which were heavily populated by members of the Republican Movement most of which evolved into Sinn Fein the Workers Party .. Wolfe Tone Society. Wolfe Tone Society. Republican Movement. Republican Movement ( Ireland ). Sinn Fein the Workers Party. Sinn Fein the Workers Party. The Wolfe Tone Society -LRB- WTS -RRB- campaigned for civil rights in Northern Ireland and supported the NICRA .. Wolfe Tone Society. Wolfe Tone Society. NICRA. NICRA. Contributed articles to the United Irishman and Tuairsc the paper of the Wolfe Tone Society .. Wolfe Tone Society. Wolfe Tone Society. United Irishman. United Irishman ( 1948 newspaper ). He left the Republican Movement in 1970 , he was joint secretary with Raymond Crotty of the Common Market Defence Campaign , he participated in the Common Market Study Group and campaigned against Ireland joining the Common Market. Republican Movement. Republican Movement ( Ireland ). Raymond Crotty. Raymond Crotty. Common Market. Common Market. and has campaigned against greater European integration policies through various organisations since such as the Irish Sovereignty Movement and National Platform .. National Platform. National Platform. Irish Sovereignty Movement. Irish Sovereignty Movement. Coughlan married Muriel Sadlier in 1983 .