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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...
RESULTS OF LISBON TREATY POSES MAJOR CHALLENGES, TANAISTE TELLS AEJ

RESULTS OF LISBON TREATY POSES MAJOR CHALLENGES, TANAISTE TELLS AEJ

The result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum of 12 June has created considerable challenges for Ireland and for all EU Member States, the Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Mary Coughlan TD told the AEJ. The Tánaiste,...

OSK TO SPONSOR AEJ WEBSITE

OSK TO SPONSOR AEJ WEBSITE

The Irish Section recently signed a deal with OSK Auditors and Accountants who will audit the AEJ’s annual returns in return for sponsorship of the website www.aej.ie. This follows the Irish Section’s incorporation as a limited company in 2007 and the consequent...

Lisbon Treaty Debate

Lisbon Treaty Debate

The Irish section hosted Libertas Chairman Declan Ganley and Brendan Butler, Director of EU and International Affairs with IBEC at its May lunch meeting on Friday, May 23. Arguing for a 'No' vote in the Lisbon referendum on June 12, Declan Ganley said that under the...

Freedom of the Press global survey

Irish AEJ member Joe Carroll recently attended a meeting of the UK Section of the Association of European Journalists in London at which Christopher Walker of Freedom House presented their latest global survey on Freedom of the Press. Here is Joe’s report: ‘I was made...

IRISH SECTION HOSTS LISBON REFORM TREATY DEBATE

IRISH SECTION HOSTS LISBON REFORM TREATY DEBATE

The AEJ Irish Section hosted a debate on the Lisbon Reform Treaty at the Stephen’s Green & Hibernian Club, Dublin 2 on Friday, April 10. Fine Gael MEP Mairéad McGuinness argued the case ‘for’ and Sinn Fein MEP May Lou McDonald the case ‘against’. Ms McDonald...

Jillian Van Turnhout addresses February AEJ lunch

Jillian Van Turnhout addresses February AEJ lunch

On Friday, February 8, the Chief Executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance, Jillian Van Turnhout addressed the AEJ. Ms Turnhout is also a member of the European Economic and Social Committee, an institutional consultative body established by the 1957 Treaty of Rome....

AEJ protest at evidence of systematic media bias in Russian elections

The AEJ Media Freedom Representative William Horsley sent a letter to the Chairman of the Central Election Commission in Russia, Mr Vladimir Churov, expressing concern about the “overwhelming evidence" of media bias in favour of United Russia in the current State Duma...

Former AEJ President Enrico Serra has passed away

Enrico Serra, historian and journalist, has passed away in Rome aged 93. In the 1960s he was International President of the AEJ and at one point Secretary-General of the Italian Section. Mr. Serra began his career in journalism at a very young age and was for many...