Dukes to attend IT event - EU Debate 2005.

Chief Executive of the Institute of European Affairs (IEA) Mr. Alan Dukes, was the guest at an EU sponsored event under the Jean Monnet Project 2005 in IT Tralee. This is an EU funded programme whose aim is to support the introduction and development of European Studies in universities and other higher education establishments in the Member States by way of contribution to the on-going debate on the future of Europe. The School of Business and Humanities hosted a student led debate on a topic germane to Ireland's membership of the EU on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 3 pm in the North Campus.

2 teams drawn from the School of Business and Social Studies and the School of Engineering debated the EU's Constitutional Treaty in the context of enlargement and outlined the implications for Ireland. The debate was preceded by an address at 2.15 pm by Mr. Dukes on the Constitutional Treaty which was the subject of a referendum in Ireland later that year. Both events were free and open to the public.