The Common Name of the Irishman
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…
First Irish Presidency
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…
Communities Report
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…
EuroNews
This 1978 edition of Euronews explained the four constituencies for direct election to the European Parliament. However, today it is broken down into three constituencies. Additionally the bulletin went on…
Understanding the EEC
As a lack of understanding of the EEC and the consequences of entry was heavily used throughout the campaign not to join, the ICEM released a collection of pamphlets to…
Public Opinion
Prior to the referendum, the ICEM and the Irish Students European Association conducted public opinion survey’s. At the time of the survey, the results demonstrated that many voters had not…
St. Brigid’s NS
Oisín McCarthy Curtain from St Brigid’s NS in Castleknock taught us fun facts about Finland during his performance of his original song ‘In Skies of Fire and Ice’.
Ballinspittle NS
The students of Ballinspittle NS took a unique take on teaching us fun facts about France as the performed the French National Anthem using Irish trad instruments.
Corballa NS
In this fun take on exploring Belgium, Jerry from Corballa NS teaches us fun facts about Belgium in stop animation line drawings.
St. Paul’s Community College
To celebrate 50 years of EU membership the students of St. Paul’s Community College interviewed the international students in their schools in their native language.