Feb 26, 2015
The Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore has warned that concessions must not be made by the Government to religious and social conservatives about the wording of guarantees to be negotiated before the Lisbon Treaty is put to a second referendum. Addressing the AEJ in...
Feb 26, 2015
There is now an ideal opportunity open to Ireland to re-invent itself, Fine Gael Deputy leader and Finance Spokesman Richard Bruton told the AEJ’s February lunch in Dublin. Quoting President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who once said “You never want a serious...
Feb 26, 2015
There was a large turnout for the Annul AEJ Christmas lunch hosted by Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy on Monday, December 8. At the lunch Mr McCreevy presented Honorary Life Membership to longtime member Brian Farrell. He also made a special...
Feb 26, 2015
Ireland’s day-to-day spending will have to be cut back sharply for years, the country’s European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy warned a the Commissioner’s Annual Christmas Lunch for the Association of European Journalists.. “People shouldn’t kid...
Feb 26, 2015
The Irish economy may not fully recover until 2014 because the Government will have to raise taxes to restore stability to the public finances, Professor John FitzGerald of the Economic and Social Research Institute told the AEJ at a lunch on Tuesday, December 2....
