by chrismmgordon | Feb 26, 2015 | News
Press freedom is an essential cornerstone of democracy but it is under permanent pressure from a variety of sources, the Editor of The Irish Times, Geraldine Kennedy, told the Association of European Journalists in Dublin. The purpose of journalism was to serve the...
by chrismmgordon | Feb 26, 2015 | News
Present: Eileen Dunne, Martin Alioth, Tim Ryan, Kevin Healy, Mike Burns, Simone Rapple, Tom MacSweeney, Rodney Rice, Andrew Sheppard, Dermot Scott, Seán MacCartaigh, Joe Carroll and Michael Fisher. The Secretary, Martin Alioth, gave an account of the past year...
by chrismmgordon | Feb 26, 2015 | News
The EU/IMF rescue package is not in the in the long term best interests of Ireland, Labour Party Deputy Leader and Finance Spokeswoman Joan Burton told the AEJ. Speaking to the Association on Tuesday, February 8, Deputy Burton said the political turmoil in the Fianna...
by chrismmgordon | Feb 26, 2015 | News
An overview of the European Commission’s agenda for the 2011 was given the AEJ by new Director of the Irish Representation Office Barbara Nolan when she hosted the annual Christmas in the Stephen’s Green & Hibernian Club on Monday, December 13. Among the items on...
by chrismmgordon | Feb 26, 2015 | News
RTE newscaster Eileen Dunne has been elected President of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) European-wide umbrella body. Ms Dunne, who is Chair of the Irish Section of the AEJ, was elected President during the AEJ’s 48th Annual Congress, held in Ordu,...
by chrismmgordon | Feb 26, 2015 | News
The former chief executive of the body that manages government debt has said he is “aghast” at the surge in the cost of our borrowing on international markets. Addressing the Association of European Journalist (AEJ) today (September 17), Mr Michael Somers,...
