Ireland in Europe – Celebrating St.Patrick’s Day 2022
The Irish Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia ( ICCM) are taking the opportunity, in this St.Patrick’s week, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our accession to the European Union. There is no doubt that the decision made all those years ago has had the greatest impact on our country, our economy, on our peoples and on our social fabric than any since Ireland gained its independence from the British Empire 100 years ago this year. We are, as most countries in the EU, very proud of our nation and our culture and yet we are equivalently proud to call ourselves European. Our former Prime Minster Leo Varadker pronounced in his inaugural address to the European Union in 2018, that he was born a European and that status now represents the…