How much influence does Ireland wield in Europe? What are our interests in the EU and the continent more widely? And how are the interests of other European countries evolving? A few weeks ago, an opinion article in The Irish Times by Brussels-based think-tanker, Dr Eoin Drea, strongly criticised successive governments for actions and inactions on Europe which, he believes, have caused Ireland’s influence in the bloc to wane. It was not well received in the stuffier corners of officialdom where criticism, whether constructive or otherwise, tends not to be welcomed with open arms. But critical and even provocative ideas…

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