Ireland in the EU: In conversation with Noelle O’Connell
Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union is now underway. Until the end of the year, Ireland will chair Council meetings, build consensus among Member States, and represent the Council in its relations with other EU institutions.
In this episode of Eurofound Talks, Mary McCaughey speaks with Noelle O'Connell, former CEO of European Movement Ireland, Vice-President of European Movement International, and founder of Merrion Advisory. Together, they reflect on Ireland's evolving relationship with the European Union, the country's growing influence in European policymaking, and the challenges and opportunities facing Europe in the years ahead.
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Mary McCaughey
Head of UnitMary McCaughey is Head of Information and Communication in Eurofound. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and the College of Europe, Bruges, she started work in Brussels with Europolitics and the Wall Street Journal Europe. She worked with the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) in South Africa during the country’s transition to democracy, and in 1998 she took up the post of spokesperson with the Delegation of the European Union in Pretoria, heading up its press and information department during the negotiation of the EU–South Africa free trade agreement. Following the end of the Kosovo War, she worked as a communications consultant for the European Agency for Reconstruction in Serbia. She took up the post of Editor-in-Chief in Eurofound in 2003.
Noelle O'Connell
Noelle O'Connell is the former CEO of European Movement Ireland, Vice-President of European Movement International, and founder of Merrion Advisory.
