Ireland takes over the EU Presidency

On 1 January, Ireland took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. At a ceremony at Dublin Castle, the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister of State for European Affairs marked the start of a significant year for Ireland’s membership of the EU. 2013 marks 40 years since Ireland’s EU accession, the start of Ireland’s seventh Presidency of the Council of the EU (January-June) and the European Year of Citizens. The Presidency website contains information about the Presidency, Ireland’s priorities, and the events taking place in the next six months: www.eu2013.ie

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 Sarajevo Winter Festival 2013

Ireland is the special guest at this year’s Sarajevo Winter Festival (7 Febrary – 21 March 2013). The arts and culture festival will be opened by Irish Ambassador H.E. Mr Kieran Dowling at the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH on Thursday 7 February. The festival’s programme includes:

Into the Mist – Joel Elgin
An exhibition of prints and etchings based on Ireland’s myths and legends.

Bosniak Institute, opening on 7 February, at 12:00
http://sarajevskazima.ba/?p=7831

Exhibition of wildlife and landscape photography by Belfast-born photographer Vincent McGoldrick.

Historical Museum of BH, 11 February, at 15:00
http://sarajevskazima.ba/?p=8176


Meeting devoted to Irish literature (including a reading of James Joyce poetry)

National and University Library of BiH, 27 February at 11.00
http://sarajevskazima.ba/?p=7947

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Comóradh - A Decade of Commemorations

The first issue of Comoradh - A Newsletter for the Irish Abroad in the Decade of Commemorations can be found here.