Richard Pym, AIB Chairman addresses 2019 EM Ireland AGM Dublin, 17 September 2019 Richard Pym, AIB Chairman addressed European Movement Ireland’s 2019 AGM in Vhi House in Dublin this evening. 44 days ahead of the Brexit deadline, Pym spoke about the potential impact on Ireland. “For Ireland Brexit is immensely serious, and the effects are…
Findings of survey include strong, continued engagement of young people in 2019 European Parliament Elections Dublin, 12 July 2019: Executive Director of European Movement Ireland, Noelle O Connell has today welcomed the positive results of the post-Electoral Eurobarometer survey conducted by the European Parliament following the 2019 European Elections. Among the findings there was a…
Following the recent European Parliament Elections in May, Greek Prime Minister, AlexisTsipras, called a snap election after his party, Syriza, suffered a defeat of 9 percentage points to the main opposition, New Democracy, led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The Greek parliamentary elections took place on Sunday, 07 July 2019. Introduction Prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, was defeated…
Venue: Goethe Institut Dublin Speakers: Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee TD, Noelle O Connell
Venue: Italian Room, Department of Taoiseach, Government Buildings Speakers: Ambassador of Finland to Ireland H.E Raili Lahnalampi, Minister of State for European Affairs, Helen McEntee TD, Noelle O Connell
[Speaking to the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs for European Movement Ireland on 12 June 2019, was our Executive Director, Noelle O Connell, and our Head of Policy and Advocacy, Daniel Keohane] Chair, Members of the Committee, Thank-you for your invitation to attend today’s proceedings to discuss Irish public opinion on, and engagement…
On Wednesday, 05 June Denmark took to the polls for the second time in a fortnight. This time the Danish electorate chose a new Parliament or Folketing, as it’s known in Denmark. Background Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a Prime Minister who acts as head of government and a monarch as head of state. …
After five exciting days of counting, the 13 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) elected by people in Ireland have not yet been fully confirmed, and might not be for up to another month. This is because a full recount will be carried out in the Ireland South constituency, since only 327 votes separated two…
Lithuania held two rounds of voting in May to replace Dalia Grybauskaitė, the seventh and first female President since its Restoration of Independence in 1990. On 26 May, the ‘independent candidate’ Gitanas Nauseda was elected as the country’s new President. Background Lithuania operates under a ‘semi-presidential’ system, whereby executive control is split between the President and…