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IPI and partner organizations call for action as press freedom violations surge in Turkey in 2025

The International Press Institute (IPI), together with undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, human rights, and journalists’ organizations, and media outlets, expresses serious concern over the recent escalation of press freedom violations in Turkey,...

The new age of Trump

By Dan Mulhall, former Irish Ambassador to Washington Friday, January 31st, 2025 Diplomats know that governments come and go, and are canny enough to maintain contacts on both sides of America’s political aisle. As a former ambassador to the US, I believe we need to...

How the Centre held in 2024

Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at Dublin City University,  on the how the Opposition voted itself back into the also rans yet again The story of 2025 will be how that centre holds itself together as it settles in for another full term in office. The...

OBITUARY: David Davin-Power

By Deaglán de Bréadún LONGTIME member of the Association of European Journalists and leading broacaster with RTÉ, David Davin-Power (also known as "DDP") passed away at the end of October, aged 72 years. He had become a national figure through...

Mark Little, Storyful, addresses the AEJ

Mark Little, founder of Storyful. Addressing the AEJ on Friday 25 October 2024.

Michael Ring addresses the AEJ

Comments by Deputy Michael Ring Thursday, 19th September, 2024. “We have a very serious problem with social media. Uncontrolled social media is a problem. If the world does not do something about it, God help young children today. When AI increases its influence,...

Association of European Journalists is concerned about developments in the public media in Slovakia

The Association of European Journalists (AEJ) strongly condemns the ongoing verbal assaults by government officials in Slovakia against journalists from the public broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS). Deputy Speaker of the Slovak Parliament, Ľuboš...

UCD Politics Professor David Farrell on the changing face of Irish elections

Prof David Farrell, Professor of Politics an International Relations, University College Dublin, addressed our gathering on  Wednesday, 17h April, 2024, at the Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin 4. He outlined in detail the changing face of Irish politics and...

Larry Donnelly on election year in the United States

Caption: Larry Donnelly, Lecturer in Law at the University of Galway Date: 1st March, 2024 The races for the Republican and Democratic nominations to be the 47th President of the United States are also finished. It has been a thoroughly boring affair thus far. Donald...

French Ambassador Vincent Guérend address our Christmas gathering

“French people are keen to take to the streets and to protest which is something in the French genes,” says French Ambassador to Ireland, Vincent Guérend. Not for the first time – nor the last – France is having a debate about whether or not the mission statement of...
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MICHEAL MARTIN ADDRESSES AEJ

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MICHEAL MARTIN ADDRESSES AEJ

Ireland must become more pro-active in the post-Lisbon Treaty Europe and encourage a better response from the organs of Government, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin told the AEJ today (5 May). Addressing the May lunch which also marked World Press...

GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC ADVISOR ADRESSES AEJ

GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC ADVISOR ADRESSES AEJ

An outline of the causes of the economic crisis in Ireland and how the Government was dealing with them was given in an off-the-record address to the AEJ on March 3 by Dr Alan Ahearne, Advisor to the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan TD. There was a large attendance...

FRENCH POWER AND INFLUENCE IN EU CRITICISED BY MCCREEVY

Ireland’s outgoing EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy today (December 18) launched a caustic attack on President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and on the extent of French power and influence in the EU. In a speech to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin, Mr...

DO NOT REPLACE CHURCH AS OPPRESSOR, BISHOP TELLS MEDIA

DO NOT REPLACE CHURCH AS OPPRESSOR, BISHOP TELLS MEDIA

The Bishop of Killaloe, Most Rev Willie Walsh has warned the media not to become “oppressive”, as the Catholic Church had once been. Addressing a meeting of the AEJ in Dublin on Friday, November 13, the Bishop also said the Ryan report did not do “full justice” to...

HIGGINS CALLS ON EU PRESIDENT TO SACK TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER

HIGGINS CALLS ON EU PRESIDENT TO SACK TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER

Socialist MEP and anti-Lisbon campaigner Joe Higgins has written to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, asking him to sack Vice-President and Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani for having taken part in a pro-Treaty campaign tour with the...

TWO OUTGOING MEPs DEBATE ELECTION ISSUES AT AEJ LUNCH

TWO OUTGOING MEPs DEBATE ELECTION ISSUES AT AEJ LUNCH

On Friday, May 28, the AEJ hosted a debate between two outgoing European Parliament candidates, Eoin Ryan of Fianna Fáil and Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn Féin. In her remarks, Ms McDonald said the Lisbon Treaty, while not coming up very much on the doorsteps was...

LABOUR PARTY LEADER WARNS ON LISBON TREATY CONCESSIONS

LABOUR PARTY LEADER WARNS ON LISBON TREATY CONCESSIONS

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...

IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR IRELAND TO RE-INVENT ITSELF

IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR IRELAND TO RE-INVENT ITSELF

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...

AEJ SALUTES TWO MEMBERS

AEJ SALUTES TWO MEMBERS

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...

PUBLIC SPENDING TO BE CUT BACK SHARPLY – McCREEVY

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 themselves into...

IRISH ECONOMY MAY NOT RECOVER UNTIL 2014 — FITZGERALD

IRISH ECONOMY MAY NOT RECOVER UNTIL 2014 — FITZGERALD

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....