THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IRELAND’S LINKS WITH EUROPE
The EU is also concerned with justice. It wants a common legal and judicial culture across all the states. The growth of the single market and online sales has inevitably led to greater numbers of cross-border disputes.
In the circumstance, the EU:
●● is seeking judicial co-operation to help individuals with cross-border cases
●● decides which EU country has jurisdiction to try particular cases involving cross-border matters
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The European Parliament’s main human rights event is the awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought each December. Past winners of the Sakharov Prize have included famous human rights defenders, such as Nelson Mandela in 1988 who won the first Sakharov Prize, and Malala Yousafzai in 2013.
●● ensures judgements in one country are recognised and enforced in other EU countries.
Ireland’s Links with Europe Early Christian Ireland
The Arrival of Christianity in Ireland
Royal sites
Early missionary churches Sites called Domnach Padraig
Main focus of Patrick’s mission
Emain Macha
Armagh (St Patrick)
Downpatrick
2Analyse the evolution and development of Ireland’s links with Europe
Cruachu Tara Naas Dún Ailinne
Cashel
St Patrick from Britain, mid-5th century 0 20 km
Other missionaries - mainly from Continent - late 4th-5th centuries
The pope in Rome sent missionaries, including St Patrick, to Ireland and these missionaries were mainly responsible for converting the country to Christianity (see p. 46).
In later centuries, Irish missionaries were responsible for carrying Christianity into different parts of Europe and founding monasteries there (see p. 49).
