{"id":60489,"date":"2026-04-09T12:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=60489"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:09:26","slug":"ireland-presidency-of-the-eu-ireland-the-eu-on-youth-and-a-2026-youth-manifest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=60489","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Presidency of the EU : Ireland, the EU on Youth and a 2026 Youth Manifesto and youth democracy. (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2231\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-04-09-003.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2231','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-04-09-003.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-2026-04-09-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=60489-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-04-09-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-04-09-003.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 10:43 &#8212; 14.7MB)<\/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-60490\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-1536x1145.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-148x110.jpg 148w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-90x67.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-370x276.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two-593x442.jpg 593w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lorna-Hayes-Oxfam-Panel-Two.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33652\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-155x110.jpg 155w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-90x64.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Sin\u00e9ad Rocha, Campaigns Co-ordinator<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b><i>Gary Walsh, Campaigns Manager, Oxfam Ireland <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b><i>Lorna Hayes, Deputy CEO<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and<\/span><b><i> Head of Policy &amp; Research,\u00a0 European Movement Ireland <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">joined <\/span><b><i>Mercedes L\u00f3pez <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to talk <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">about\u00a0 <\/span><b><i>\u201cThe Europe that we want\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> workshops for young people, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manifesto<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and EU and youth democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamireland.org\/\">https:\/\/www.oxfamireland.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1st Broadcast 9th April 2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sin\u00e9ad Rocha, Campaigns Co-ordinator, Gary Walsh, Campaigns Manager, Oxfam Ireland and Lorna Hayes, Deputy CEO and Head of Policy &amp; Research,\u00a0 European Movement Ireland joined Mercedes L\u00f3pez to talk \u00a0about\u00a0 \u201cThe Europe that we want\u201d workshops for young people, a manifesto and EU and youth democracy. https:\/\/www.oxfamireland.org 1st Broadcast 9th April 2026 &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2232\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-04-09-003.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2232','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-04-09-003.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-2026-04-09-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=60489-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-04-09-003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-04-09-003.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 10:43 &#8212; 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