AEJ VISIT TO PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS
The AEJ began 2013 with a courtesy visit to the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins at Aras an Uachtaráin. The invitation from the Aras in particular marked the election of Eileen Dunne to her second term of office as International President of the AEJ. In his...
EJC LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAMME
The European Journalism Centre (EJC) has just launched the Innovation for Development Reporting Grant Programme (IDR), a media-funding project that aims to advance journalistic coverage of issues related to global development and the United Nations' Millennium...
IRISH PRESIDENCY OF EU TO FOCUS JOBS AND GROWTH – TAOISEACH
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Association of European Journalists that "stability, jobs and growth" would be the key themes of Ireland's EU Presidency which begins on January 1. Addressing the AEJ Christmas lunch on December 17, he said there would also be a...
MINISTER FOR YOUTH & CHILDREN ADDRESSSES AEJ
A short outline of the issues surrounding the Children's Referendum on November 10th was given to the AEJ lunch on Friday, November 2nd by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald TD. The Minister said there was a huge lack of awareness by Irish...
ADDRESS BY SEC GEN OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND & REFORM
The first Autumn AEJ lunch, held on Friday, September 21, was addressed by Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. His address was given under Chatham House rules.
COVENEY OUTLINES HUGE POTENTIAL FOR IRISH AGRICULTURE
Ireland should follow New Zealand's example in filling the world demand for milk and milk products once the EU quota system end in 2015, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney told the Association of European Journalists on Friday, July 19th....
RABBITTE UNDERLINES INCREASING ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
The role of social media in the surge of revolutionary fervour from Tunisia, to Tahrir Square, to Benghazi and beyond, provides an immediate and illuminating example of the capacity of a free media to promote radical change, the Minister for Communications, Energy and...
BORD BIA HOSTS AEJ LUNCH
Members hear of huge potential for Irish food and drinks exports February’s AEJ lunch was kindly sponsored by An Bord Bia and members heard a very stimulating presentation from CEO Aidan Cotter. He began by asking two key issues which are critical to Ireland’s food...
AEJ MARKS IRELAND’S PRESIDENCY OF THE OSCE
To mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe, the first AEJ lunch of 2012 was addressed by Frank Cogan, Head of the OSCE Taskforce. This is Ireland’s first time to chair the Vienna-based body although the country has...
LETTER FROM AEJ TURKISH SECTION TO AEJ GENERAL SECRETARY PETER KRAMER
Dear Peter, On the weekend of November 5/6, one of the two biggest muslim holidays, the Sacrifice Holiday, began. To mark the occasion, the Freedom For Journalists Platform (GOP), which includes AEJ Turkey, began a national and international campaign of sending...
IRELAND AND EU AT PERILOUS STAGES IN THEIR HISTORIES – CREIGHTON
Both Ireland and the wider European project are at perilous stages in their histories, the new Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton told the July lunch of the AEJ (July 8). Minister Creighton was the first Minister from the new Irish Government to address...
PRESS FREEDOM A CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY
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...