{"id":59628,"date":"2026-02-26T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=59628"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:24:00","slug":"irelands-eu-presidency-part-2-competitiveness-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=59628","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s EU Presidency Part 2: Competitiveness and Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5583\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-002.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5583','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-002.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-2026-02-26-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=59628-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-02-26-002.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 17:06 &#8212; 23.5MB)<\/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-59659\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155027-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155027-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155027-155x110.jpg 155w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155027-90x64.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155027-370x262.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155027.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59660\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155142-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155142-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155142-100x110.jpg 100w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155142-64x70.jpg 64w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155142-318x350.jpg 318w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260226_155142.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr Ian Cooper, Senior Research Fellow at the Dublin European Law Institute and Brexit Institute, DCU, joins Mercedes L\u00f3pez to talk about Ireland and Competitiveness and Innovation at the<br \/>\nopening 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<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dcubrexitinstitu te.eu\/people\/ian- cooper\/\">https:\/\/dcubrexitinstitu te.eu\/people\/ian- cooper\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/competecentre .eu\/\">https:\/\/competecentre .eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ian Cooper, Senior Research Fellow at the Dublin European Law Institute and Brexit Institute, DCU, joins Mercedes L\u00f3pez to talk about Ireland and Competitiveness and 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 1st [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5584\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-002.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5584','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-002.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-2026-02-26-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=59628-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-02-26-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-02-26-002.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 17:06 &#8212; 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