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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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 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...

By Tim Ryan, Treasurer, Irish Section EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, the situation in Kosovo and the war in Ukraine were the focus of the Annual Congress of the 2023 AEJ in the southern Albanian city of Vlora from 25 – 28 October. In addition, the question of...