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Kilkenny to host AEJ Congress

Kilkenny City is to host a major conference in November, drawing journalists from across Europe. The Association of European Journalists, a representative body for journalists working in over 22 countries in Europe, is to hold its annual Congress in the marble city....

What does “Brexit” mean for Ireland?

With Britain questioning its EU membership, Claire Fox asks what such a ‘divorce’ would mean for Ireland. Claire is a final year student in UCC studying English and French. This article won the European Commission National Student Media award (Smedia)....

James Downey 1933-2016

By Mike Burns To his many thousands of readers he was ‘James Downey’. To colleagues and friends he was simply and affectionately Jim’.To President Michael D. Higgins he was “one of Ireland’s most committed journalists”.Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he was “a man of...

Brian Hayes MEP warns of consequences of Britain exiting EU

Brian Hayes MEP address on Friday, 15th April, Mont Clare Hotel, Dublin 2. “I am not convinced that there is enough contingency planning being done at government level on the Brexit referendum. There is an urgent need to put in place a stable government to...