{"id":59626,"date":"2026-02-26T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=59626"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:21:16","slug":"irelands-eu-presidency-part-1-competitiveness-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=59626","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s EU Presidency Part 1 : Competitiveness and Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9114\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9114','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=59626-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 11:32 &#8212; 15.8MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59655\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_154956-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_154956-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_154956-170x86.jpg 170w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_154956-90x45.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_154956-370x186.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_154956.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59656\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260227_092010-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260227_092010-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260227_092010-170x73.jpg 170w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260227_092010-90x39.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260227_092010-370x159.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260227_092010.jpg 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr Massimo Fabio, Partner, Head of Trade and Customs, KPMG Italy,\u00a0 Mr Valerio Scollo, Partner, GSK Stockmann join Mercedes L\u00f3pez to talk about financial markets and Competitiveness and\u00a0 Innovation at the opening of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence COMPETE as part of our new series on Ireland\u2019s 2026 Presidency of the Council of the European Union<\/p>\n<p>1st Broadcast 26th Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/competecentre .eu\/\">https:\/\/competecentre .eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kpmg.com\/xx\/en \/contacts\/f\/massimo- fabio.html\">https:\/\/kpmg.com\/xx\/en \/contacts\/f\/massimo- fabio.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gsk- lux.com\/en\/lawyers\/valeri o-scollo-ll-m-nyu-ll-m- nus\/\">https:\/\/gsk- lux.com\/en\/lawyers\/valeri o-scollo-ll-m-nyu-ll-m- nus\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Massimo Fabio, Partner, Head of Trade and Customs, KPMG Italy,\u00a0 Mr Valerio Scollo, Partner, GSK Stockmann join Mercedes L\u00f3pez to talk about financial markets and Competitiveness and\u00a0 Innovation at the opening of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence COMPETE as part of our new series on Ireland\u2019s 2026 Presidency of the Council of the European [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9115\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9115','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=59626-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-02-26-003.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 11:32 &#8212; 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