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"More than 100 days after the Copenhagen summit ended inconclusively, the outlook is bleak. Yvo de Boer, the UN’s climate chief, is stepping down on July 1st – frustrated by the lack of real progress and lured by a presumably lucrative offer from international consultancy group KPMG to become its “global adviser on climate and sustainability”.
His resignation is “pretty bad news for the process”, according to Fiona Harvey, Belfast-born environment correspondent of the Financial Times.
Speaking by video link from London to a symposium at the Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA), she said it was “not helpful to lose the captain of the ship at this point in the voyage”."
Europe must lead the way against climate skepticism
The Irish Times - 4 March 2010
"IRELAND HAS taken “very courageous” steps to tackle its banking crisis, a senior board member of the European Central Bank (ECB) said yesterday.
Speaking after an event organised by the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin yesterday, Spanish economist Prof José Manuel González-Páramo said the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) would be approved by the European Central Bank “soon”."
Ireland 'very courageous' in bank crisis
The Irish Times - 20 February 2010
"As the ECB prepares to reduce its support for the banking system through extensive loans at low rates, Mr Gonzalez-Paramo said the central bank would take into account the state of vulnerable banking systems such as Ireland's.
There are fears of a rise in interest rates as the ECB limits its lending at low fixed rates and banks have to pay the variable rates imposed in the money markets for their short-term borrowings
In his address to the Institute of International and European Affairs he said inadequate rules and regulations, and not financial integration, had not been the cause of the crisis, and the EU needed further integration, not less."
Irish Independent - 20 February 2010
"Speaking at Dublin’s Institute of International and European Affairs yesterday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said preliminary research also suggested that legal guarantees secured by the Government after the initial rejection of the treaty, and the agreement to allow all member states retain a commissioner were significant factors in the second vote."
Economy key in Lisbon Treaty vote, says Martin
The Irish Times - 10 February 2010
"In his new policy, Cameron invoked plenty of Churchillian “never again” language, including a “guarantee” to hold a referendum on any new EU treaty and an opt-out from the charter of fundamental rights. More immediately, however, he also promised to repatriate powers to Britain, including social and employment legislation.
This is not without technical complexity – and great political challenge. As Shane Fitzgerald and Paul Gillespie pointed out in a recent paper for the Institute of International and European Affairs, repatriation could only happen in a new treaty."
The Irish Times - 9 February 2010
"Lord Puttnam, who lives in Skibbereen, Co Cork, said students and teachers perform better in best built environments and that choices were made here during the boom years to spend money on less worthy projects.
Speaking in Dublin at the Institute of International and European Affairs, he said education spending should account for a minimum of 7 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP)."
Poor state of schools Shameful - Puttnam
The Irish Times - 20 January 2010
"The Development of industry-wide carbon-footprinting tools is urged in a new study on Irish agriculture in the next decade.
The study, entitled From Farm to Fork, was published yesterday by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin. It brought together experts across the agri-food sector to prepare a plan to cut the carbon footprint of Irish agriculture in the next decade and address the huge challenges this will present, as well as looking at climate change and resource depletion."
Climate shift could create new openings in agri-food
The Irish Times - 4 December 2009
"As well as Enterprise Ireland, iGap has enlisted the support of the Irish Software Association, the Irish Internet Association and the Institute of International and European Affairs to devise a training programme aimed at fast-tracking entrepreneurs' international business efforts."
Ireland needs to ramp up and fund more internet business start-ups
Irish Independent - 19 November 2009
"The State’s exclusive coastal zone should be extended from 12 miles to 25 miles to give greater protection to marine life, according to a policy paper published by the Institute of International and European Affairs, writes Lorna Siggins."
Call for coastal zone to be extended
Irish Times - 6 November 2009
"Much of the work on the retrofit blueprint has already been done, and a consultation with utility companies on energy reduction targets is almost complete.
"The scheme is expected to mirror much of the content of a report launched last week by the Irish Institute of International and European Affairs."
"Energy savings for 1 million homes" - Energy Minister proposes plan to retrofit homes
Sunday Business Post - 25 October 2009
"Joseph Curtin, the Institute of International and European Affairs senior researcher who collated the institute’s report, said there were more than 400,000 homes in IrelandwithaG1energy rating, which is the lowest possible score on the recently-introduced Building Energy Rating (BER) system."
Sunday Business Post - 25 October 2009
"The compelling economic case for a full national home retrofit programme was set out yesterday by the Institute of International and European Affairs. Its Greenprint report envisages a 12-15 year programme costing €1-€1.5 billion annually, but saving a similar amount in reduced heating bills, while creating 30,000 jobs directly, reducing fuel poverty and cutting Ireland's annual emissions by 5 million tonnes."
Irish Times - 22 October 2009
"The proposal by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), which is based in Dublin, sets out ways for households to cut their energy costs.
"It concludes that about 1.2 million homes could be upgraded to save energy costs through a range of methods, including improved wall and attic insulation and more efficient lighting."
Irish Examiner - 22 October 2009
"And a new report by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) says over 30,000 construction jobs would be created if 1.2 million homes were upgraded."
"Upgrades could save us €1,000 in heating bills" - Government plan can save money and create jobs
Independent - 22 October 2009
"At a conference on organised crime in Dublin yesterday, Det Chief Supt Pat Byrne said other European countries should examine the Irish model of non-conviction based forfeiture of criminal assets. The conference, hosted by the Institute of International and European Affairs, was also addressed by Europol director Rob Wainwright and Gary Leong, senior lawyer with the Serious Fraud Office in Britain."
Irish Times - 16 October 2009
"We’re trying to raise the model of criminal assets seizure in Europe, through, in particular, the establishment of our new Europol CAB as a platform for more integrated efforts in this area." Mr Wainwright was speaking at a conference entitled Organised Crime, Corruption and Financial Crime, held at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin yesterday.
"European Criminal Assets Bureau bassed on CAB" - Europol Director praises CAB in Ireland
The Examiner - 16 October 2009
The government should be able to spend exchequer funding on a campaign to encourage people to back changes it proposes to the Constitution, former EU commissioner, Peter Sutherland has said.
The Supreme Court’s McKenna judgment, which barred such spending, has “not merely been interpreted as inhibiting but actually as precluding” the Government from such spending, he said.
Campaign funding restrictions criticised
Irish Times - 25 July 2009
"European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes will speak on Recent Developments in Competition Regulation in Dublin next Friday. Dr Kroes was president of Nyenrode university in the Netherlands from 1991 to 2000 and was previously Dutch minister for transport and public works.
The talk takes place at 12.45pm on July 17th at the Institute of International and European Affairs office on North Great Georges Street, Dublin. For more details, call 01-8746756 or e-mail reception@iiea.com."
"Competition commissioner to speak in Dublin"
Irish Times - 13 July 2009
"Bo Lundgren... has found himself an unlikely celebrity abroad -- what with his testimony to a US congressional panel, visits to Spain, Germany and Britain in recent months.
"The interest all came as a complete surprise," said Lundgren... Aside from the trips abroad, there have been interviews -- and lots of them. The BBC, Fox and CNN have all rented studios with satellite link-ups in Stockholm since the crisis began. "Even Al-Jazeera wanted to know how we handled the situation." ...
...After popping up on RTE Radio One's 'Morning Ireland', the man dubbed 'Mr Fix-It' sat through two-and-a-half hours of questioning at an Oireachtas committee meeting, before addressing the Institution of International and European Affairs. "
"Ireland hopes Swedish Mr Fix-It has the answer to banking crisis"
The Independent - 9 July 2009
"Bo Lundgren, director general of the Swedish National Debt Office, says they nationalised in the end despite not wanting to."
Morning Ireland - 7 July 2009
"Speaking at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, Mr Lundgren said: “Your problems are greater than ours, to put it mildly.” He said it would take “a year or two” to repair the Irish banks and there would be “costs to handle”.
“You should handle bad assets as long as it takes to recover the value,” he said.
Mr Lundgren, who was also speaking at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin, said the total balance sheet of the Swedish banking sector amounted to 120 per cent of GDP. This compares with 300 per cent of GDP for the Irish banks."
Irish Times - 8 July 2009
"I have written before about the incisive and articulate contributions of Bo Lundgren, the Swedish Finance Minister in charge during their banking crisis of the early 1990s. Lundgren was in Dublin on Tuesday, giving a talk at the Institute of International and European Affairs and testifying before the Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Service. "
Irish Economy Blog - 7 July 2009
View the video of Mr Ban's Dublin Castle address here. Download the official IIEA press release here and the transcript of Mr Ban's speech here. View excerpts from Mr Ban's speech and photos from the event here.
"The UN chief will also meet President Mary McAleese and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, as well as attending the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr Ban will give an address at Dublin Castle this morning, under the auspices of the Institute of International and European Affairs, entitled Sixty Years of UN Peacekeeping."
"Cowen to Discuss Climate Change with Ban Ki-moon"
Irish Times - 7 July 2009
"UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today praised Ireland’s contribution to peacekeeping claiming the country was a dynamic presence in the international body. Mr Ban said Irish personnel had served with distinction throughout the organisation.
In a major speech in Dublin Castle Mr Ban paid tribute to Irish soldiers killed in the line of duty under the UN flag, expressing his deepest appreciation for the country’s commitment."
"Ban praises Irish role in peacekeeping" - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses IIEA
Irish Times - 7 July 2009
"UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to Ireland's contribution to UN peacekeeping missions over the past 50 years. Mr Ban also paid tribute to the 90 Irish citizens who lost their lives during UN missions. The UN Secretary General was addressing members of the Institute of International and European Affairs at Dublin Castle this morning."
"Ban pays tribute to Irish peacekeepers" - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses IIEA
RTÉ News - 7 July 2009
"The net effect of this [agency capture], says Joseph Curtin of the Institute of International and European Affairs, is that the common good is the big loser when special interests hold court. For Ireland, he argues, this manifests itself as “a congenital inability to think strategically”."
Irish Times - 2 July 2009
"In a lecture on 'The Europe We Need', delivered at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin yesterday, he said: “We are launched on big and stormy seas. We need a bigger and better boat, and there are also still some monsters in the deep."
"Lisbon 'needed for stormy seas' of fiscal crisis" - Timothy Garton Ash speaks at the IIEA
Irish Times - 24th June 2009
"Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde visited Ireland last week with bad news for the ‘Celtic Tiger’, saying its economy will shrink more than Iceland’s this year. According to the Irish Independent, Haarde spoke at the Institute of European Affairs in Dublin, where he said that EU membership would not have saved Iceland’s banking sector last autumn and that proposed EU financial reforms now do not go far enough to prevent a future collapse."
"Haarde in Dublin: Ireland worse than Iceland"- Geir Haarde speaks to the IIEA
Ice News - 22nd June 2009
"Mr Haarde warned proposed EU reforms of the banking sector don't go far enough and won't prevent further crises. "The EU will have to do a lot of work on financial regulation," Mr Haarde said in a speech at the Institute of European Affairs.
"Irish GDP will shrink faster than Iceland's, says ex-PM" - Geir Haarde speaks to the IIEA
The Independent - 19th June 2009
“I think we could pull ourselves out of the recession without applying for membership. In any event, applying for membership, let alone seeking the Euro, is a matter of time. It will take several years.” --Geir Haarde, before speaking to the Institute of International and European Affairs
Geir Haarde Former Icelandic PM in Dublin address (skip to 22 minutes past)
Morning Ireland - 18th June 2009
"Treaty expert Peadar ó Broin of the Irish Institute of European Affairs said the format so far is following the Danish model when they opted out of defence and justice in 1992. Only later in 1997 did it become a protocol attached to the Amsterdam treaty. Even without treaty status, it would be a strong document as it would have the political support of all member states and would be binding in international law..."
"EU ambassadors approve Lisbon guarantees for Ireland" - Peadar O Broin on the Treaty of Lisbon
Irish Examiner - 17th June 2009
"Brendan Halligan, the chairman of Sustainable Energy Ireland, believes the social partners have not yet quite internalised the green agenda but are close to doing so. "The Irish system is very peculiar," he said. "It takes time but when it decides to do something it does it, and it does it well.""
"Emerald Isle plots green revolution" - IIEA work on Agriculture
The Guardian - 14th June 2009
"The campaigns “have been very national in character. they’ve been fought quite largely on domestic issues and the domestic economic situation,” said Joseph Curtin, a senior researcher at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin. "
Bloomberg - 7th June 2009
"Wu, co-author of the 2006 book Who Controls the Internet? and a leading scholar in internet law, spoke on Monday at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin on how these sectors fluctuate between openness, with numerous competitors, and the flipside tendency towards having a dominant monopoly in control."
"Barrier- Free Growth Zone" - Tim Wu speaks at the IIEA
Irish Times - 29th May 2009
"Today’s innovative web and mobile technologies risk following the path taken by radio, TV and film, and move from being open and entrepreneurial markets to markets monopolised by one or several large companies. This is according to Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School who spoke yesterday about the future of telecommunications at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin."
"Warning of Technology Monopolies" - Tim Wu speaks at the IIEA
Irish Times - 26th May 2009
"In Dublin this week to give a keynote talk to the Institute of International and European Affairs’ Digital Futures group, Bailar now splits his time between speaking and consulting, working with his personal investments, and doing philanthropic work. His Dublin talk focused on how technology can help fight the recession, and the need to rethink technology in the light of changing infrastructure – the need to cut consumption, and find new energy sources."
Gregor Bailar speaks at the IIEA
Irish Times - 15th May 2009