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For over six decades the Eurovision Song Contest has brought people across Europe together through what has been identified as the longest-running annual international televised music competition in the world, with over 40 countries now taking part regularly. However, while Eurovision aims to be politically neutral, it has often found itself at the centre of…
DetailsEamon Gilmore has been the EU Special Representative for Human Rights since March 2019 and was recently re-appointed for a second two-year term. The tasks of the Special Representative for Human Rights are to enhance the effectiveness and visibility of EU human rights policy. He is the former Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and…
DetailsFor the past 12 months, the European Movement Ireland team have been working remotely, having to adapt to the various challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this special episode of ‘Just the Chats’, our team reflects on their final days in the office in March 2020, and changes for the organisation in its digital…
DetailsClár speisialta é seo de Just the Chats mar cheiliúradh ar Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2021. Shuigh ár gCeanasaí Cumarsáide agus Oideachais, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh síos le painéal aíonna, atá nó a bhíodh ag obair leis na hInstitiúidí, i mbun cainte faoin Aontas Eorpach agus an Ghaeilge – stair agus todhchaí na Gaeilge san Eoraip,…
DetailsListen to a recent EMI Online Event between ESB CEO, Pat O’Doherty and EM Ireland CEO, Noelle O Connell. This event looked at the electric future for Ireland and Europe including electricity’s innovative role in facilitating a green recovery and meeting the climate commitments of the EU’s Green Deal. Pat O’Doherty is the CEO of…
DetailsIn this episode of Just the Chats for the 67th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Council of the European Movement, which later become European Movement Ireland, we sit down with one of our distinguished founding members, Denis Corboy. Denis shares an account of the early days of the organisation, how it played a…
DetailsIn this special EU Jobs episode of Just the Chats, our CEO Noelle O Connell sits down with Minister of State for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne TD, our own Graduate Jobs Programme manager, Ciarán Murray and two young Irish professionals working in the EU Institutions – Sophie McNamara, a language assistant with the European Commission,…
DetailsWith Brexit negotiations reaching the endgame, Noelle O Connell sits down with newly appointed UK Ambassador to Ireland, Paul Johnston for an in-depth discussion on Brexit, his thoughts on the future of UK relations with Ireland, Europe and the US, his career as a diplomat to date and hopes and goals for his tenure as…
DetailsIn this episode of Just the Chats we take a look behind the curtain of Germany’s past and present in a frank and insightful conversation with the current German Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Deike Potzel. Our discussion explores 30 years of unity in Germany, lessons learned and recent commemorations of reunification; Germany’s current role as…
DetailsIn this EM Ireland Brussels Branch special episode of Just the Chats, we sit down with Naomi O’Leary, Europe Correspondent of the Irish Times, and David Garrahy, Chair of the EM Ireland Brussels Branch for their insights and analysis from Brussels. We delve into how Ireland is seen in Brussels and across the EU, the…
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