ALMUNIA SAYS APPROVAL OF BANK RESTRUCTURING SOME MONTHS OFF
European Commission approval of Permanent TSB's restructuring plan is still some months away, despite the bank's hopes that it could be achieved by the end of December, European Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia told a meeting of the Association of European...
MINISTER HOGAN TELLS AEJ EUROPEAN CAMPAIGNS WILL BE COSTLY
Candidates in next year's European elections are likely to need a budget of € 100,000 to run an effective campaign following the redrawing of the State's constituency boundaries, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has told the AEJ. Mr Hogan said higher profile...
CHANGING THE SYSTEM FROM WITHIN
On Wednesday, June 19th, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim spoke to an AEJ luncheon meeting at the St. Stephen's Green Hibernian Club. In her passionate introduction, she told the meeting of her career which led her from a muslim village in northern Nigeria to...
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY IN DUBLIN
On Friday, May 3rd, several events took place in Dublin to mark international World Press Freedom Day. The Irish section of the Association of European Journalists hosted a lunch at the Stephen's Green/Hibernian Club at which the guest was Dáithí Ó'Ceallaigh, Chairman...
AEJ HEARS BACKGROUND TO ‘HORSEBURGER’ SCANDAL
The background to the recent 'horseburger' scandal was given to the AEJ at a lunch in the Stephen's Green Hibernian Club on Friday, April 5. In a very interesting and insightful address, Professor Alan Reilly, CEO of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)...
NAMA TO INVEST €2 BILLION IN DUBLIN’S DOCKLANDS
The National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) is to develop a string of new commercial, infrastructure and residential projects focused on Dublin's Docklands, its Frank Daly, told the AEJ. Addressing the Association on Thursday, February 21st, he said the agency's...
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....