Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – EU & Me – Five Reflections on Ireland
« Ça va Patrick, as-tu tout compris?» (have you understood everything?) I’ll never forget the dread I felt on hearing these words from my ...
Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – Opening New Doors
It was 1st January 1973 and I no longer felt like a young person living on a cold, bleak island off another cold ...
Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – A Success Story Likely to Continue
Ireland joined the EU on 1 January 1973 following an overwhelming 83% “yes” vote in the respective referendum of 10 May 1972. Since ...
Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – Membership and Gender Equality – Lots Done but More to Do
When I look back, I sometimes wonder how things might have been if we had not joined the European Economic Community in 1973. ...
Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – Sangwidges and Solidarity
One of my earliest memories was catching a ride on horse drawn cart down St Patrick St with my cousins. The cart made ...
Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – The View From the Other Side of the World
At the time, I was not aware of just how Irish I am, so didn’t pay much attention to Ireland’s joining what was ...
Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – An Ethical-Cosmopolitan Turn
In January 1973 Irish journalist Dennis Kennedy penned an article for German weekly newspaper Die Zeit as part of a short series on ...
Ireland EU 50
Ireland EU 50 – Celebrating 50 years of Ireland in the European Union
The EU50 programme is marking Ireland’s 50 years of EU membership since our decision to join the EEC in 1972. Now, as the ...
