Cyprus Mail26 Jun 2026

Ireland pledges to put islands and cohesion at centre of upcoming EU presidency

Ireland’s Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers, pledged on Thursday that Ireland’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union would place cohesion policy, regional development and the future of Europe’s islands at the centre of the European agenda.

Speaking at the high-level conference on islands and coastal communities in Paphos, Chambers said Ireland, as one of only three EU member states with significant...

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