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Ireland's EU Commissioner Michael McGrath gifted to the people of Cork an award-winning garden created to mark Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the visit of the College of Commissioners to Cork City this summer at a ceremony earlier today.
Adam Lambe from the National Youth Council of Ireland joined fellow members in Brussels to advise European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on youth policy priorities.
A six-month, largely free cultural programme celebrates the EU-backed transformation of Temple Bar – launched as Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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