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This week's EU Job and Traineeship List 👉bit.ly/EMIJobs-List This week's list includes: • EU Presidency Policy Officer @IrlinLuxembourg Luxembourg in Luxembourg; • Internship/Stage opportunity @IrlEmbParis in Paris; • Programme Assistant (Intern) at the European Policy Centre in Brussels.

H.E. Mr Glauk Konjufca, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora and H.E. Mr Ilir Kapiti, Ambassador of Kosovo met with the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs in Leinster House.

22 years of success, openness, and unlimited opportunities. On 1 May 2004, ten new countries joined the European Union. It was the biggest ever enlargement to the Union, which has delivered more than half a century of peace, stability, prosperity and helped raise living standards. United in diversity, together we create, build and safeguard the uniqueness of the European way of life. 🇪🇺 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇭🇺 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 🇸🇮

Human rights defenders have recognized 10 more Belarusians as political prisoners. Lukashenka is not “thawing” repression – he continues to take new hostages. We must fight not only for the release of all those unjustly imprisoned in Belarus, but for a complete end to repression

The European Parliament demands justice and accountability for civilian victims in Ukraine: 3 Irish Left MEPs did not support this call - Sinn Féin’s MEPs Boylan & Funchion and independent MEP Flanagan abstained. europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…

Belarus ranks 165th in the 2026 Press Freedom Index by @RSF_en. Over 20 media workers remain behind bars. Hundreds of journalists have been forced into exile, while others work underground, facing arrests and searches. This is the reality of a regime that fears the truth.

The Joint Committee on European Union Affairs chaired by Deputy @barrymward has published two reports on topics recently considered by its Members. #SeeForYourself at oir.ie/eb6f398

Members of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs met with a delegation led by the Speaker of the Parliament of Albania, H.E. Niko Peleshi in Leinster House today.

@PwNeilo @JMcGuinnessTD @GarretAhearn @IDAIRELAND @diarmuid_wilson 💯

@barrymward @JMcGuinnessTD @GarretAhearn @IDAIRELAND @diarmuid_wilson Ireland 🇮🇪 still doesn't have a trade office in Taiwan unlike so many of our EU counterparts! Many politicians now admit Ireland 🇮🇪 is losing out!

Ireland has shown how targeted legislation can protect children online and deliver justice. Now, it’s Europe’s turn. Thanks to the so-called ‘Coco’s Law’, over 1,860 harmful communication incidents have been recorded since 2023 in Ireland, with more than 400 charges and summonses issued. This is clear proof that when you put ‘teeth’ into legislation and implement it, it delivers results! Europe must now take note of these best practices and make them a priority. It’s time for hard laws that criminalise online bullying, not just soft recommendations. Let’s make ‘Coco’s Law’ a European law.

Juvenile antisocial behaviour grey area for Gardaí – Ward finegael.ie/juvenile-antis… via @FineGael

@drivetimerte If you want coastal tourism close to Dublin, you can't beat Dublin's Riviera: Dún Laoghaire, Glasthule, Sandycove, Dalkey, Killiney and Shankill 😎

It is not for Beijing to determine the foreign policy of other countries. 各國有權自主決定外交方針，北京無權置喙。 IPAC stands with President Lai and the people of Taiwan. IPAC 堅定支持賴總統與台灣人民。

@LunchtimeLiveNT The six-year lease for renters, introduced by the Government, is an entitlement for tenants, not an obligation. A new tenant is absolutely not obliged to sign up for a term of six years.

The 1926 Census, the first census of the Irish Free State, is now available for public search online. Under the Statistics Act 1993, individual census returns are made public 100 years after the census. You can now search your home or local area 🔎 nationalarchives.ie/collections/se…

#Dáil Topical Issue 2: Deputy Barry Ward @barrymward- To the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration - Garda powers relating to criminal and antisocial behaviour by juveniles. #SeeForYourself oir.ie/0a4ff4f

The Joint Committee on European Union Affairs will meet on Wednesday with the Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne TD, on Ireland’s preparations for its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU. ➡️oir.ie/833b29b

Well done to voters in Hungary 🇭🇺for choosing Europe 🇪🇺 Congratulations to @magyarpeterMP and the Tisza Party, fellow members of the @EPP. I hope Hungary can now get on with the process of reform, reorganisation, and reintegration with its colleagues in the European community.

The Government is spending nearly €4 million a day on helping people - and we will do more. There is no truth to opposition claims that the Government is making money from this crisis.

Ireland is the 7th most democratic nation in the world today. Norway, New Zealand & Iceland top the list. During a period of "democratic recession" worldwide, we can be proud of Ireland's electoral process, political culture and popular participation 🇮🇪👏 economist.com/interactive/de…