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Tue 10 Oct 2008Councils urged to take note of pending EU policy
COUNTY COUNCILS are not paying enough attention to pending EU policy and legislation and should designate an official to deal with European matters so as not to fall behind the regions in other countries.
This is the view of the the South West Regional Authority representative on the EU's committee of the regions, Paul O'Donoghue. The Fianna Fáil member is the president of the UEN-EA, the Union for Europe of the Nations - European Alliance, one of the four political groups in the regional committee.
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