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	Social Care Ireland&rsquo;s 2012 conference will be taking place in Kilkenny on the 28th and 29th March 2012 and will focus on the theme of &lsquo;Taking stock&rsquo;. The theme of the conference could not be more appropriate. For reasons we are all aware of, we face into an uncertain future and never was there a better time to &ldquo;take stock.&rdquo; Three excellent keynote speakers, a wide and varied range of individual presentations and relevant discussion groups feed in to the conference theme. The opportunity for meeting and sharing with people from the three different professions represented by Social Care Ireland &ndash; practitioners, educators and managers &ndash; has become a very positive and welcome feature of recent conferences. The 2012 conference promises to be no different.<br />
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	The conference starts at 9am on the 28th March and lasts until 2pm on the 29th. The Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny City will be hosting us this year.</p>
