NasCSO- Civil Society Roundtable 12.00 – 13.30 | Friday, 20 January 2023 | Online In 2021, European Movement Ireland and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland held a series of online meetings for Irish Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and MEPs called NasCSO. These discussions covered topics from equality and diversity, Gaeilge to agriculture and…
Michael Sweetman became the director of the ICEM in 1971. During the campaign to join he advocated that the ICEM were the best qualified to refute statements on why Ireland should not join the EEC. He urged the members of the ICEM to continue sending in daily letters to the newspapers on issues in the…
Ireland’s first presidency occurred two years into our membership, in 1974. During this time Ireland hosted the first formal European council where the heads of state and government all met in Dublin. Amid Ireland’s second rotation of presidency the first direct European elections were held. For the first time European citizens directly elected representatives to…
In this celebratory edition, the Communities Report looked back at the achievements so far and what was in store for the future. Jean Monnet wrote a piece on the atmosphere in the room during Robert Schuman’s declaration 25 years ago.