Beech Hill College
The students from Beech Hill College interviewed staff at their school about the benefits and the affect the EU has brought them in the last 50 years. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhQlNm2WqE[/embedyt]
DetailsArdscoil na Trionide
The students from Ardscoil na Trionide walked us through the evolution of public opinion of the EU in an innovative fashion with this animation. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a85_eG5V758[/embedyt]
Details50 Steps to 50 Years, 1982-1992
From the end of the marriage bar, the launch Erasmus, to joining the Euro, Ireland’s five-decade membership of the European Union (EU) has been marked by key moments that have impacted Irish society today and will continue to do so. As we mark the 50th anniversaries of Ireland’s referendum on accession and joining the EU,…
Details50 Steps to 50 Years, 1972-1982
From the end of the marriage bar, the launch Erasmus, to joining the Euro, Ireland’s five-decade membership of the European Union (EU) has been marked by key moments that have impacted Irish society today and will continue to do so. As we mark the 50th anniversaries of Ireland’s referendum on accession and joining the EU,…
DetailsIrish Language Competition
As was evident in the campaign against joining the EEC, the fear of Ireland losing its national identity was very much present. Thus in 1966 the ICEM alongside the Commission of the EEC awarded two fellowships to the writers of an article or study relevant to the problems and activities of European communities that was…
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Throughout the campaign to vote against Irish entry into the EEC their emphasis on the overall lack of awareness surrounding the political, cultural and social implications of Ireland joining the EEC. In 1979, a group of secondary school students from Mulingar put together a seminar and exhibition entitled ‘You and Europe’ to investigate the level…
DetailsThe beginning of our journey
The Irish Council of the European Movement was established to raise awareness of the benefits of the European Economic Community. Their aim was to inform the public of European affair and the impact that that joining the EEC would have on Ireland. The committee included trade union representatives, employers organisations and the national farmers association…
DetailsNational Forum on Europe
Beginning in 2006 the National Forum on Europe put together a series of conferences ‘Making the European Union Relevant for Women’ Gender equality and the EU, Equal treatment for men and women at work, combatting poverty, MS Co-opering in Education and Training, The EU and Human Rights, The EU and health and women in decision…
DetailsIreland joins the EEC
The result of the vote meant that Irish policies towards Europe were described as more secure and predictable future for Irish civilians. However, John Temple Lang commented the reality then lied in balancing the relationship between national law and community law, particularly with European competition law, an issue which had not been properly discussed, much…
DetailsIrish as an official language
On the 31st of December 2021, the Irish language was finally granted full official and working status in the EU. When Ireland joined in 1973, only the treaties were translated into Irish, so it has been a long journey to get the Irish language this status. Dr. Pádraig Bredán Ó Laighin was instrumental in pushing…
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