File 13 - ICEM [Irish Council of the European Movement]

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P/P143/2/13

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ICEM [Irish Council of the European Movement]

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  • 09/1982-08/02/1984 (creation)

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The main aim of the Irish Council of the European Movement (ICEM) was to inform Irish individuals and organisations about the European Community and to bring together through membership, sectoral and professional interests with common aim of improving Irish involvement in European affairs. One of its primary objectives was for Ireland to gain membership of the European Communities (EC) (principally the European Economic Community (EEC), as the EU was then known). Mary Robinson backed the initiative and was a member of ICEM. After a referendum was held on the Third Amendment of the Irish Constitution which was overwhelmingly approved by voters in May 1972 Ireland joined the European Communities as a full member state on 1 January 1973. ICEM continued to play active role in influencing political, social, professional and vocational groups, concerning current European developments and the need for European integration, and ensuring Irish influence in the International European Movement. Material in this folder, consisting of correspondence, newsletters, articles, background information and circulars, relates to the period leading up to the negotiation and ratification of the Single European Act [see P143/2/11 and P143/2/12).

Material includes typed article "Towards a Practical Working Relationship", Dr Miriam Hederman O'Brien and Dr Dermot Keogh, Irish Council of the European Movement (ICEM) research committee, 198[2?]; circulars, meeting agendas, and correspondence from ICEM including in relation to seminar "Can Ireland Remain Neutral in a United Europe", April 1983, [?]/09/1982-08/02/1984; outline of paper on European Parliament by David Millar, 20/09/1982 and paper read at meeting "The Media View of the European Parliament: the 1979 Campaign", by Mary J Kelly; "European Opinion", ICEM newsletter, Winter/Spring 1983; correspondence from Giuseppe Petrelli, Movement European Association International, 02/1984, in relation to Congress of Europe, for European Union, Brussels, 22-24/03/1984; list of Irish business and organisation and their contact (directors, secretaries etc) with complimentary slip from ICEM, n.d..

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      02/02/2023
      17/07/2025
      27/10/2026

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