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Prof Scott Lucas addresses AEJ

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, UCD, was our guest speaker on Friday, 15th May, 2026.  He covered a wide range of issues, including domestic US politics, the Middle East and the wider geopolitical crises.  He...
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The Challenge of AI

Address by Dr Elaine Byrne, Chair of the Policing and Community Safety Authority Friday, 20th March, 2026 The Policing and Community Safety Authority, PCSA, was established on 2 April 2025 under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024. We are an...
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Address by Neale Richmond, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, at the AEJ lunch on Thursday, 29th January, 2026, Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin.

Ireland’s bilateral relationship with the U.S. is built on powerful historical, social and cultural links. Centuries of transatlantic migration have resulted in large Irish-American communities all across the U.S. Almost 32 million people in the U.S. claim Irish...
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Eamonn Mallie: Eyewitness to War and Peace

Friday, 28th November, 2025 I've lived an interesting life. I wanted to share it with a wider audience. You always have detractors – people who try to knock you back. I didn't let them impede me. I kept driving on. I was a very lucky journalist. I crossed...
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Concern over proliferation of legal challenges – Attorney General Rossa Fanning

Friday, 17th October, 2025. Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin 4. Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC told our gathering that the proliferation of legal challenges to legislation or to decisions by public bodies, especially in the planning and environmental areas, was of...
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If you want to run for President you must prepare in advance: Sean Gallagher

Address by Sean Gallagher, former Presidential candidate and entrepreneur, on Friday, 19th September, 2025, at the Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin. Campaigning for the Presidency is very arduous. I ran in both 2011 and 2018 and one of the challenges is securing a place...
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Sean Kelly MEP: on plans to run for President

Sean Kelly, Ireland South ME, said there were arguments for and against running for President. Speaking at out lunch on Thursday, 26th June, at the Clarence Hotel in Dublin, the MEP  highlighted comments from Ryanair boss Michael O’ Leary who described the...
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EU in maximum vulnerability by failure in mass migration policies

Speech by Senator Michael McDowell, Grand Canal Hotel, Friday, 16th May, 2025 The single point of maximum vulnerability for the EU is its abject failure to deal with mass migration into Europe. That is the Achilles heel of centrist Europe. Incorporating an...
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Statement of the Association of European Journalists on the Arrest of Nine Journalists in Istanbul

The Association of European Journalists (AEJ) expresses profound concern and unequivocally condemns the recent arrest of nine journalists in Istanbul. These detentions occurred amidst widespread protests following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March...
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Prof Luke O’ Neill: Science leads us to the truth

Did the Covid-19 lockdowns do more harm than good? Did anything positive come from the pandemic? And how can we prepare for the next one? To try to answer these three questions, we must use science. Of all the things we do as humans, science is the most reliable way...
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Lisbon Treaty Debate

Lisbon Treaty Debate

Feb 26, 2015

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

Feb 26, 2015

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

Feb 26, 2015

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

Feb 26, 2015

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

Feb 26, 2015

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

Feb 26, 2015

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...

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