Irish Regions European Office in Brussels

What is the Irish Regions European Office (IREO) and the European Union’s Committee of the Regions (CoR)? And how do they impact you? This thread 🧵 will explain the work of the CoR and how the IREO supports the Irish Delegation within it. Find out more below 👇🏻

Did you receive our latest newsletter? The July newsletter includes a Round Up of the @EU_CoR 167th Plenary, open funding calls, upcoming events and the launch of the MFF! 📩Sign up to our newsletter here ➡️ ireo.eu/subscribe/ @EMRAssembly #EuinMyRegion

The 167th plenary session of the @EU_CoR took place on 2–3 July. Irish Delegation members played a prominent role, particularly during the UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) debate. Read our full report➡️ shorturl.at/Edbzr 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 #EUinMyRegion

👏 Congrats to @CllrAMcGuinness (@KilkennyNotices) — elected Cathaoirleach of the Southern Regional Assembly for 2025 -2026 at AGM today! Joining him: @PeggyRyan_Cllr (@TipperaryCoCo), elected Leas Cathaoirleach. Here’s to a great year ahead! 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 #EUinmyRegion

👏 We were thrilled to have @Bridinmurphy_ from @wexfordcoco join us for her inaugural assembly meeting on July 11th. Bridín is pictured here alongside @electbarbaraann. 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 #EUinmyRegion

We’re delighted to welcome all new and returning councillors to the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly! A special congratulations to @davidhealyv on being elected Cathaoirleach for 2025–2026 🤝Looking forward to working with all Assembly members in the years ahead

#NAT 'Multilevel governance must be embedded in any EU preparedness and resilience strategy' affirmed @cllrkmac, outlining how LRAs must be empowered and encouraged to implement #foresight and #adaptation measures that strengthen European resilience from bottom-up

First updates from the Secretariat following the closure of the Transfer Network call 10 days ago. We are delighted with Ireland's 8 applications, and we look forward to seeing the number of Irish cities and towns impacted by @URBACT increase. New networks ➡️ underway in q4! 🤝

At today’s @EU_CoR plenary, I stressed the need to make water a political priority across the EU.💧 The @EU_EESC was the first to call for an🇪🇺 #BlueDeal, and we now welcome the @EU_Commission’s Water Resilience Strategy as a key step forward.

'By levelling the playing field, we can foster a vibrant and diverse agricultural landscape' advised Caroline Dwane-Stanley, highlighting the need for equity and local responsiveness in the post-2027 #CommonAgriculturalPolicy. She stressed that the CAP must be more than a subsidy…