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Ireland: Interviews

O’Loughlin: We need more coordination between research and regional funding

25.11.2010 - Fiona O'Loughlin is a member of Kildare County Council and Mid-East Regional Authority in Ireland. Her opinion on simplifying the implementation of the EU research framework programme will be adopted at the January Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions. Here she discusses the implications of her opinion for Europe and Ireland.

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Brian Meaney: Councils must do more to 'go green'

07.04.2010 - Brian Meaney is one of several new members of the Irish delegation to the Committee of the Regions. He is a Green Party councillor, sitting on both Clare County Council and on the town council of the county's capital, Ennis. He is also a member of the Mid-West Regional Authority. In the CoR, he is a member of the European Alliance group and the ENVE and COTER commissions.

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Irish delegation to focus on economy and climate change

Patrick McGowan from Donegal County Council and the Border Regional Authority is head of the Irish delegation in the Committee of the Regions 2010-2015. Here he sets out the priorities for the nine Irish members for the next five years.

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Social and economic benefit of volunteering reinforces proposal for European Year

30.09.2009 - Declan McDonnell (ALDE/IE) was recently appointed as the CoR's rapporteur on the European Commission's proposal to designate 2011 as the European Year of Volunteering. McDonnell had previously been responsible for the CoR's 2007 opinion on the contribution of volunteering to economic and social cohesion, and here he explains his personal interest in the issue and why he believes it is important for local and regional authorities to encourage volunteering.

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