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Communicating Europe 2015

As part of the Communicating Europe initiative, Near FM will hold a live panel discussion from Coolock Library on Wed May 13th @ 2pm.

The facilitated discussion will feature a Q&A from an audience made up of young people and students and will centre on topics such as The Value of the EU in our lives, and employment opportunities for young people.

The discussion will be facilitated by Declan Ralph who presents The Week in Review every Saturday @ 12.30pm on Near FM.

The confirmed panelists are:

Lynn Boylan – MEP for Dublin
Ms Lorraine Gilligan – Manager Youth and Adult Education – Léargas
Paul Ginnell (Policy Adviser) – European Anti Poverty network
Rónán Patrick Burtenshaw – Freelance Journalist and a member of the Irish Congress of Trade Union Youth Committee (ICTU)
Gianluca Avagnina – Journalist and a final year Journalism student in DCU

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