Thanks to the Cork Independent for the lovely article about the launch of 'Leading the Way' in City Hall last Thursday 🙏🥳. @ucc.ie @jfcryan.bsky.social @joh2024.bsky.social @eschonquinlivan.bsky.social www.corkindependent.com/2025/12/17/w...

Fantastic day raising awareness of Ireland's upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU thanks to DFA Communicating Europe Initiative and Cork City Council. 152 primary school pupils and 128 secondary school students engaged with us. Many thanks to Cllr Boyle for handing over prizes.

Wonderful to see Devere Hall at UCC packed with national and secondary school children today, taking part in an EU quiz. Congrats to @eschonquinlivan.bsky.social and the Hub in Active European Citizenship 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 @joh2024.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social

Prof Colin Copus delivers an engaging talk on the role of councillors. He highlights the constant tension in their public life as well as the boundaries between public and private life #CLRG25

Professor Copus congratulates @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social on his internationally acknowledged centre #CLRG25 and the work it has achieved in the last 10 years. @ucc.ie

Cork City Council Chief Executive, Valerie O'Sullivan, presents her vision for Cork. She starts by stating that Ireland is one of the most centralised countries in the OECD, only 2nd to Greece #CLRG25

Minister Cummins discusses local government potential and the digital economy. He argues that it has a critical role in delivering more for local communities.

Minister John Cummins TD, Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, insists that local government is the heartbeat of everything that goes on in Ireland. ##CLRG25

Recognition award presented to Paul Moynihan, a dedicated and inventive public servant with a profound respect for elected representatives and an undying love for Cork City.

Congratulations on Leading the Way co-written by @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social John Ger O'Riordan and Ann Twomey. Presentations made by the Cork City Lord Mayor, Cllr Fergal Dennehy. #CLRG25

As @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social presents the #CLRG25 achievements of the last 12 months, he announces the launch of Leading the Way. Official launch in Cork Chambers on 11/11 at 6.30pm

10 year anniversary conference of the #CLRG25 Revitalising Local Government led by @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social . Opening words by @ucc.ie @theresareidy.bsky.social to launch proceedings.

I like the expert assessment @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social 👌🏻

Excellent panel on SotEU address organised by European Commission Rep in Ireland and IIEA. Delighted to see BSc Gov & Political Science student, Cian Walsh, contributing in a substantive way, representing young people's expectations of the EU.

No surprise. Fresh political crisis, economic uncertainty and social turmoil on the cards.

You're a school and collaborated with an artist for Civic Engagement purposes? 👉 You can submit your good practice example by 31 October 2025 via this form: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 👉 More details about the Open Call are available here.

And it's a wrap on a fantastic CES 2025, despite very low attendance. Really excellent papers from a wide range of fields. @ucc.ie

Such thought provoking panel on the EU in a second Trump presidency at CES 2025 in Philadelphia.

Have Irish students given up fully on possessives? Is that it? Now, I need to read things twice to see if it means possessive or plural. Or I can have nightmares with mentions of Trumps or Weidels. Because the world needs several of them!? 🤪😮‍💨

A packed trip to Dublin with 25 BSc Government students @ucc.ie to interact with Electoral Commission, @europarl.europa.eu Ireland, and TD Collins during a visit of the Dáil. Great role play at the Europa Experience.

Great Europe Day celebration with an EU scavenger hunt, an EU flag activity, face painting and EU colouring with 3 and 4 year olds in Kilmurry preschool. A test run for future active citizenship activities. So much enthusiasm! @ec.europa.eu in Ireland, European Parliament in Ireland.

What a day of celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration! With preschoolers first and an EU treasure hunt, an EU flag activity, colouring and face painting

We are preparing our Europe Day celebrations from preschool (3 and 4 year olds 😳) to 16 year olds. Running EU scavenger hunts, EU flag and EU face painting stations. Just over 260 kids involved to celebrate the Schuman Declaration's 75th anniversary 🇪🇺🚸👧🧒 @euerasmusplus.bsky.social

Challenging and inspiring two-day workshop with Danish, Belgian and Irish teachers on EU security simulation for 15 to 18 year olds. It didnt hurt that it took place in stunning Ghent with best weather.

Very exciting and disputed workshop on EU security role play with teachers from Belgium, Ireland and Denmark. @ucc.ie

Another excellent plenary session at #psa25 (and also @anandmenon.bsky.social) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social

Tariff pause announcement on Wednesday night UK time = malevolent act of war by Trump admin on @economist.com

Emotional send-off today @ucc.ie for our wonderful BSc Government and Political Science fourth year students at the end of the academic year. Thanks to @eschonquinlivan.bsky.social for organising ❤️. Good luck to all for bright futures. Remember, bureaucrats do it better ☺️. @joh2024.bsky.social

Framing the issue in the manner of a domestic abuser. It was the choice of the US to impose the tariffs in the first place; it would be the choice of the US to escalate further if its trading partners retaliate.

⚠️ Commission president @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will convene a meeting with EU pharma companies' representatives next week on Tuesday to discuss the still present risk of tariffs for the sector, according to an EU senior official

Senior EU officials still utterly amazed that Trump is intent on blowing up a €1.6 trillion US/EU annual goods and services trade relationship

Netanyahu sold himself for years as Israel's Trump whisperer. He made a show of preemptively lifting all tariffs on US goods. Israel got hit with a 17% "reciprocal" tariff anyway. The clearest possible reminder that no one can predict Trump, nor rely on him www.timesofisrael.com/trump-unveil...

Looking forward to discussing Le Pen's ineligibility on @news.rte.ie RTE News at One at 1.05pm. Tune in!

Historical decision with ineligibility of Marine Le Pen for 5 years. Change to the starting line for 2027 presidential election. Biggest point of discussion in French media: does France have a government of judges which bypasses voters and flouts democracy?

Happy #MothersDay to the very best, @eschonquinlivan.bsky.social ❤️. Family lunch with sushi 🍣 and Dubai chocolate 🍫 (we had to try it!) xxx.

Some thoughts on the European response to the chaos now emanating from the White House - on Ukraine and more broadly, based on chats with senior European policymakers directly or indirectly involved in formulating the bloc's response 1/

Neither this US Administration nor Russia believe a strong EU is in their interest. How do you weaken the EU? Beyond platforming the far right, via a bad deal for Ukraine

By Morten Morland

Ireland and other EU member states will have to financially back Ukraine in the event of the United States withdrawing financial and military support, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs has said. www.rte.ie/news/2025/03...

Honoured to be included in the LGiU Future Local Lab as one of their Top 25 Local Government Thinkers. All politics is local! #LocalMatters @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @uccinnovation.bsky.social

Excitement building as we head towards #Monahan25 next Tuesday @ucc.ie with the Mayor of Limerick, John Moran. Should Cork follow Limerick's example with a Directly Elected Mayor?

Thanks to @echolive.bsky.social for featuring this in their news section 👏. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

We were delighted to be joined today by Dr Eoin Drea from the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies to discuss everything Trade, Tariffs and Trump as well as regulation vs innovation. Great crowd of engaged students.

Few concrete results were expected from Paris, it was organised so quickly. Expectations now running high for an additional high-level emergency meeting on/around 24 Feb in Kyiv, hosted by the Ukrainian Govt. At least 13 European leaders expected to attend & senior EU officials

Fourth night of protests across Georgia after EU accession talks suspension Officials in the country say at least 44 people have been hospitalised in increasingly violent clashes between police and protesters as President Salome Zourabichvili says she won’t step down when her term ends.

Did Musk even watch the video? Fidias explains in it that commissioners are like ministers, which every parliament gives authority to to make decisions, including🇺🇸 This is rich from a man about to become an unelected bureaucrat, with Trump trying to bypass Congressional approval and appoint by fiat

Very happy with my door. 🇪🇺 @ucc.bsky.social @leargas.bsky.social Amazing work done by Dr Aoife Hegarty for the Hub in Active European Citizenship.

The Orbanization of Slovakia

Fantastic presentations for 9th #CLRG24 by Dr Costello, Cllr Coughlan, @ucc.bsky.social Dr Quinlivan. Recognition by Lord Mayor Dan Boyle of former Cork City Council CEO Ann Doherty and 1st year BSc GovPol, Jessica Hurley. Brilliant crowd & as usual masterful chairing by @theresareidy.bsky.social