Issue 70
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Procurement report
Cracking down on bid-rigging
Anti-competitive conduct can cause very significant harm to Ireland’s economy, businesses and consumers, writes Úna Butler, Commission Member of the…
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Cloud services procurement: 2025 policy update
In May 2025, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) issued a revised version of its Cloud Services Procurement Guidance Note,…
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Inside Kildare County Council’s procurement unit
For a period of two years Kildare County Council was unable to recruit a procurement officer as the competition with…
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Green public procurement and decarbonisation
Eileen Torres Morales, research associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute, tells eolas Magazine that green public procurement holds the key…
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Navigating AI in public procurement
AI and analytics are transforming public procurement, but authorities must balance innovation with the EU and Ireland’s strict rules on…
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Public affairs 2
Ciaran Mullooly MEP: Putting communities first in Europe’s just transition
The European Parliament speech writers love their catchy one-line slogans. When it comes to the move to decarbonation, they regularly…
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Public affairs 2
European Citizens’ Panel on the new EU long-term budget: An Irish citizen’s perspective
In May 2025, a panel of 150 randomly selected citizens from each of the EU’s 27 member states agreed on…
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Barry Cowen MEP: If Europe cannot feed itself sustainably, it is not secure
Europe today is grappling with the most complex set of security challenges in a generation – from Russian aggression in…
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Public Affairs
Shared Island Unit head Émer Deane: ‘An ordinary way of thinking’
As the Shared Island initiative enters a new phase, Ciarán Galway meets with Émer Deane – the Assistant Secretary in…
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Public affairs 2
UK minister outlines criteria for united Ireland referendum
In an interview with eolas Magazine’s Joshua Murray in April 2025, the UK Government’s Northern Ireland Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,…
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