On 17 November 1969, Denis Corboy, attaché in the European Communities’ Dublin Information Centre, forwards to Louis Janz, Director of the European Communities’ Press and Information Service, a summary of the parliamentary debates prompted in Ireland by that country’s possible accession to the European Communities.
On 19 December 1969, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations forwards to Gaetano Martino, Commissioner with special responsibility for external relations, a summary of the outcome of the working meeting held two days earlier in Brussels between agricultural experts from the Commission and Ireland.
Le 23 mars 1970, l'Agence Europe publie le texte in extenso du mémorandum adopté le 30 janvier 1970 par le Conseil irlandais du Mouvement européen qui définit la position de l'Irlande vis-à-vis des Communautés européennes en voie d'élargissement.
Published in April 1970 by the Irish Government, the white paper on the subject of Ireland's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) analyses the economic, political and social consequences of membership.
In April 1970, in the framework of the negotiations for Ireland's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC), the Irish Ministry of Agriculture analyzes the effects of European integration on the agricultural and fishing sectors.
On 23 June 1970, Irish MPs examine the Dublin Government’s White Paper on Ireland’s accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) and debate its potential economic, political and social repercussions.
On 30 June 1970 at the Luxembourg Diplomatic Conference, Patrick Hillery, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, welcomes the official opening of the accession negotiations of the candidate countries to the European Communities.
In 1971, Patrick O'Keefe, editor of the Irish Farmers' Journal tells Irish trade union activists about the advantages that the country’s membership of the European Economic Community would bring to Irish agriculture.
In an official report published in January 1972 and presented to both Houses of the national parliament, the Irish Government highlights the importance of Ireland's accession to the European Communities.
On 15 April 1971, at the annual dinner of the Confederation of Irish Industries and in the presence of Altiero Spinelli, member of the European Commission, Patrick Hillery, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sets out the stakes of the country's accession to the European Communities.
In October 1971, the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes a brochure detailing the positive effects of the European Common Market on the national industry and on the labor market.
In December 1971, the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes a brochure describing the impact of the European Common Market on national agriculture.
In 1971, the Irish Council of the European Movement publishes a booklet detailing the potential advantages for national agriculture after Ireland's accession to the European Common Market.
In 1972, in the run-up to Ireland’s accession to the European Communities, the Irish political party Fianna Fail publishes a guide which answers the key questions on the country’s participation in the European Community.
In 1972, in the run-up to the referendum on Ireland’s accession to the European Communities, to be held on 10 May, the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union publishes a note in which it opposes Irish accession to the Communities.
In 1972, in the run-up to the referendum on Ireland’s accession to the European Communities, to be held on 10 May, the Irish Farmers’ Association sends out the results of a detailed study to its members analysing the potential advantages and disadvantages of the country’s participation in the Community system.
Treaty concerning the accession to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
On 22 January 1972, at the signature of the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community (EEC), the Irish Prime Minister, John Lynch, highlights the historical significance of the EEC enlargement process.
On 22 January 1972, in Brussels, Patrick Hillery, Irish Foreign Minister (on the left) and Jack Lynch, Prime Minister (on the right), sign Ireldand's Treaty of Accession to the European Communities.
On 1 January 1973, Sean Padraig Kennan (on the right), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Ireland to the European Communities, hands his letter of credentials to André Dubois (Director-Secretary General of the Council).
On 24 January 1972, the day after Ireland signed the Treaty of Accession to the European Communities, the Irish daily The Irish Times wonders in what Europe the country enters.
In January 1972, the Bulletin of the European Communities publishes a detailed analysis of the particular problems relating to Ireland's membership of the European Communities.
En décembre 1972, la revue Europa Union annonce la fin de la période de pauvreté et de misère en Irlande grâce à l'adhésion du pays aux Communautés européennes.
On 21 March 1972, the Irish Prime Minister, Jack Lynch, announces to the Dáil that a national referendum is soon to be held on the issue of Ireland’s accession to the European Economic Community (EEC).
On 21 March 1972, Liam Cosgrave, Leader of the Irish Liberal Party, Fine Gael, reiterates the implications of the forthcoming national referendum on Ireland’s accession to the European Economic Community (EEC).
In his memoirs, Denis Maher, former Member of the Irish Delegation to the negotiations on the accession of Ireland to the European Communities, describes the debates concerning the popular referendum of 10 May 1972.
In this pamphlet, published in 1972, the Irish Socialist Party strongly emphasises the dangers that pose a threat to Ireland should it join the European Economic Community (EEC).
In its June 1972 issue, the federalist journal L’Europe en formation draws lessons from the referendum organised in Ireland on 10 May 1972, at the conclusion of which more than 80 % of votes cast were in favour of the country’s accession to the European Communities.
On 18 April 1972, the French journalist Claude Darcet draws a portrait of the Republic of Ireland, which is preparing to join the European Economic Community.